Twelve permafrost cores and active layer pits were drilled/dug on Herschel Island in order to estimate the soil organic carbon and total nitrogen contents in the first 30, 100 and 200 cm of ground. The data are the core information obtained during sampling.

Supplement to: Obu, Jaroslav; Lantuit, Hugues; Myers-Smith, Isla H; Heim, Birgit; Wolter, Juliane; Fritz, Michael (2017): Effect of Terrain Characteristics on Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Stocks in Soils of Herschel Island, Western Canadian Arctic. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 28(1), 92-107