10 March 2021

Nikolay Grigoriev’s Booklet on Igarka Permafrost Translated into English

The booklet “Cryo-Hydrogeological Features of the Igarka Region” published in Yakutsk in 1992 by N.F. Grigoriev, a prominent Soviet & Russian permafrost researcher, has been translated into English by Dr. Nikita Tananaev, who also provides some updated information and new photographs from his several years of research work in Igarka. This booklet is a unique description of permafrost distribution and groundwater occurrence in the Northern Yenisey region, surrounding the city of Igarka, a former capital of the Soviet Arctic development.

Climate change affects the regional environment, and international research teams aim at studying, explaining and forecasting expected changes in the Arctic landscapes. In this scope, this booklet can guide the research by providing both historical data and current state descriptions to future researchers working in the Northern Yenisey region, a fragile permafrost environment highly susceptible to the ongoing climate warming.

The booklet is available for reading and downloading at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ERTPvO6Bx0FpX_nzx_ouKFX_SO0_avKI/view?usp=sharing

 

Nikolay Girogoriev

Dr. Nikolay Grigoriev (1911–2005)