Title: The permafrost environment
Description: Comprehensive review of the nature of the permafrost environment and its utilization. Provides detail on how normal procedures for construction, etc. need to be modified to cope with the special conditions giving examples from throughout the Arctic, including Canada, Siberia, Alaska, Greenland and northern Scandinavia.
Subjects: Building, Civil engineering, Cold weather conditions, Frozen ground, Permafrost, Human beings, effect of climate on, Human beings, effect of environment on, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology