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Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Welcoming Remarks. - Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Russian Associate Editors and Reviewers. - North American Readers. - Permafrost Conditions in the Polar Regions of Mars / O. N. Abramenko, V. S. Isaev, Ix. A. Komarov. - Changes in Geocryological Conditions along the Reconstructed Salekhard-Nadym Railway / N. S. Aleksandrova. - Cryogenic Deformations in the Late Cenozoic Deposits of the Tunka Depression in the Baikal Rift Zone / S. V. Alekseev, L. P. Alekseeva, A. M. Kononov. - Mercury Content from the Tunguska Meteorite Craters and in Some Siberian Towns / V. A. Alekseev, N. G. Alekseeva, L. N. Luchsheva, V. V. Kopeykin, L. G. Pelehan, V. A. Rukavishnikov, V. A. Chechin, V. V. Krivulin. - Cryogenic Strata of Gas-Bearing Structures of Northern Western Siberia: Look to the Future / Yu. B. Badu. - Cryogenic Processes along Linear Structures / N. P. Bosikov. - Biological Properties of Bacteria Isolated from Permafrost in Central Yakutia / A. V. Brouchkov, A. M. Peterson, E. V. Glinska, G. I. Griva, V. E. Repin. - [Delta]18? Variations in Late Holocene Ice-Wedges and Winter Air Temperature Variability in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, and in Adventdalen, Svalbard / N. A. Budantseva, A. K. Vasilchuk, A. M. Zemskova, Yu. N. Chizhova, Yu.K. Vasilchuk, H. H. Christiansen. - Mathematical Simulation of Ground Freezing with the Visualization of Cryogenic Structure under Formation / V. G. Cheverev, E. V. Safronov. - Radiocarbon Chronology and Dynamics of Palsas in the Russian European North / Ju. N. Chizhova, A. C. Vasil'chuk, N. A. Budantseva, Yu. K. Vasil'chuk. - Temperature Dependence of the Equilibrium Pore Water Content in Gas Hydrate Contained Sediments / E. M. Chuvilin, V. A. Istomin. - Construction in the Cryolithozone Using Innovative Systems of Foundation Soil Thermal Stabilization / G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Okunev, S. N. Strizhkov. - Permafrost Monitoring of Southern Tundra Landscapes in the Russian European North and West Siberia / D. S. Drozdov, G. V. Malkova, N. G. Ukraintseva, Yu. V. Korostelev. - Specific Features of Cryogenic Soil Formation in Western Yakutia / A. G. Dyagileva. - Contribution of Thawing Permafrost and Ground Ice to the Water Balance of Young Thermokarst Lakesin Central Yakutia / A. N. Fedorov, P. P. Gavriliev, P. Ya. Konstantinov, T. Hiyama, Y. Iijima, G. Iwahana. - Rock Glaciers and Permafrost Gravitational Formations of the Kolyma Upland / A. A. Galanin. - The Method of a Short Cylindrical Probe in Thermophysical Studies of the Bases of Dams Belonging to Northern Hydroelectric Complexes / R. I. Gavrilev. - Environmental Hazards of the Coastal Plains on Northern Yakutia / A. V. Gavrilov, E. I. Pizhankova, A. Yu. Derevyagin, A. B. Chizhov. - Main Features of Urban Pedogenesis in Permafrost Areas (Case of Yakutsk City) / A. Yu. Germogenova. - Critical Coefficients of Stress Intensity of Frozen Soils with Natural Structure / S. G. Gevorkyan. - Interaction between Pile and Freezing of Frost-Susceptible Soil with Time (Taking into Account Phase Change) / P. A. Gorbachev. - Physical and Mechanical Processes in Cryogenic Formations Associated with Temperature Change / J. B.Gorelik. - The Change of Geotechnical-Geocryological Parameters of Permafrost Foundations in the Western Sector of Russia's Cryolithozone by 2050 / V. I. Grebenets, A. V. Kislov, D. G. Shmelev. - The Study of Exogenic Permafrost-Related Geological Processes along the Yuzhno-Russkoe-Beregovoe Road / A. A. Gubarkov, M. V. Andreeva, E. M. Elantsev, A. V. Khomutov. - Coding of Ground Type during Geotechnical Site Investigations in Permafrost Regions / A. V. Iospa, A. A. Popova, V. I. Aksenov, G. I. Klinova. - Main Types and Causes of Deformations on Railways and Roads in the Norilsk Industrial District / V. Isakov. - Glacial Topography of the Northwestern Part of the Putorana Plateau / E. N. Ivanova-Efimova. - Implementation of Mathematical Landscape Morphology Methods for Estimating Risk of Damage to Linear Engineering Structures due to Thermokarst Processes / V. N. Kapralova, A. S. Viktorov. - The Transition Layer in Permafrost-Affected Soils, Northeast European Russia / D. Kaverin, G. Mazhitova, A. Pastukhov, F. Rivkin. - Ice Volume Estimates in the Bolshezemelskiy Artesian Basin Permafrost / V. Z. Khilimonyuk, E. N. Ospennikov, S. N. Buldovich, E. I. Gorshkov. - Environmental and Geological Problems of Subarctic Territories and Possible Solutions / V. Z. Khilimonyuk, A. V. Broushkov, S. I. Grebenkin. - Assessment of Landslide Geohazards in Typical Tundra of Central Yamal / A. V. Khomutov. - Heat and Mass Transfer in Water-Saturated Ceramics with Macro Inclusions of Ice / V. S. Kolunin, A. V. Kolunin, A. D. Pisarev. - Method for Estimating Properties of Cryopegs from the Yamal Peninsula / I. A. Komarov, N. V. Kiyashko. - Cryogenic Risks and Railroad Resources in Permafrost Regions / V. G. Kondratyev. - Experimental Study of Isotope Composition of Bound Water / V. N. Konishchev, V. V. Rogov, V. N. Golubev, S. A. Sokratov. - The Use of Sites with a Dense Network of Thaw Tubes to Monitor the Thickness of the Seasonally Thawed Layer in Central Yakutia / P. Ya. Konstantinov, A. N. Fedorov, I. S. Ugarov, R. N. Argunov, Y. Iijima. - Evaluation of the Ground Ice Content Based on Data from the NOAA Satellite: The Case of the Western Coast of the Yamal Peninsula, Russia / S. G.Kornienko. - Phytomass Reserves and Characteristics within the Active Layer of the Forest-Tundra Bog Ecosystem / N. P. Kosykh. - Impact of Thawing on Ground Deformation / P. I. Kotov. - Ground Ice in the Cryolithozone, Yamal Peninsula / L. N. Kritsuk. - Problematic Aspects of the Study and Exploration of the Arctic Cryolithozone / V. S. Krupoderov, V. A. Dubrovin. - Geotechnical Solutions for Slope Stabilization Along the Amur Highway Characterized by Permafrost Degradation of Road Embankments / S. A. Kudryavtsev, T. Yu. Valtseva, R. G. Michailin, Yu. B. Berestyanii. - Providing the Optimal Temperature for Underground Plant Seed Storage in Permafrost / G. P. Kuzmin, V. N. Panin. - Impact of Mineral Composition on Heat-Conducting Properties of Frozen Volcanic Ashes from Kamchatka / E. P. Kuznetsova, R. G. Motenko. - Modeling of Active Layer and Runoff: A Case Study from Small Watersheds, Kolyma Water Balance Station / L. Lebedeva, O. Semenova. - Gradient of Seasonal Thaw Depth along the Yamal Transect / M. O. Leibman, A. V. Khomutov, P. T. Orekhov, O. V. Khitun, H. Epstein, G. Frost, D. A. Walker. - Deposits of Gas Hydrates as a Potential Source of Mercury on the Continental Slope and Shelf in Northeast Sakhalin / L. N. Luchsheva, A. I. Obzhirov, A. S. Astakhov. - GIS-based Assessment of Contemporary Climate and Permafrost Changes in Northern Russia / G. V. Malkova, A. V. Pavlov. - The Dynamics of Seasonal Soil Freezing in Central Russia / A. Maslakov, V. Grebenets, D. Ablyazina, D. Shmelev, A. Radosteva, V. Pastukhov, V. Antonov, A. Bykovskiy, G. Gavrilov, A. Gorbatyuk, D. Mandzhiev, P. Melnik, A. Saveleva, A. Smirnov, G. Khmelnitskiy, A. Shpuntova, G. Kraev, D. A. Streletskiy. - The Salinity of Cryogenic Quaternary Deposits in the Yenisey North / A. G. Matyukhin, I. D. Streletskaya. - Stability and Growth of Gas Hydrates at Pressures below Ice-Hydrate-Gas Equilibrium / V. P. Melnikov, A. N. Nesterov, A. M. Reshetnikov, V. A. Istomin. - A Technological Approach to Minimize Problems of Thermal Erosion During Development of Yamal Gas-Condensate Deposits / S. P. Mesyats, N. N. Melnikov. - Impact of Oil Pollution on the Depth and Cryogenic Structure of the Seasonally Frozen Layer at Samotlor Field, West Siberia / E. S. Miklyaeva, V. A. Soldatov. - Design of Reliable Bases and Foundations in Permafrost Regions / M. A. Minkin, O. A. Potapova. - Impact of Permafrost Degradation on Northern Taiga Ecosystems in Western Siberia / N. G. Moskalenko. - Long-Term Temperature Regime of the Northeast European Permafrost Region During Contemporary Climate Warming / N. G. Oberman. - Quaternary Deposits and Geocryological Conditions of Gydan Bay Coast of the Kara Sea / G. E. Oblogov, I. D. Streletskaya, A. A. Vasiliev, E. A. Gusev, H. A. Arslanov. - Thermal Monitoring of Ground Temperature Stabilization Systems / S. N. Okunev, G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Strizhkov, N. A. Skorbilin. - Permafrost Structures and Deformations in Quaternary Sediments of West Yamal Peninsula / O. L. Opokina, E. A. Slagoda, A. I. Bazhenov. - Territorial Biospheric Resources of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra Cryolithozone under Intensive Exploration of Hydrocarbon Deposits / G. G. Osadchaya, T. Yu. Zengina. - Thermophysical Properties of Moss Cover and its Influence on the Thermal Regime of the Ground, Spitsbergen Archipelago / N. I. Osokin, A. V. Sosnovskiy. - Separation of Mobile Forms of Chemical Elements during the Formation of Segregated Ice / V. E. Ostroumov. - Influence of "Landscape Position Marginality Degree" on the Intensity of Dangerous Processes / E. Panchenko. - Preventive Localization of Adverse Exogenous Geological Processes in the Cryolithozone / V. V. Pendin, T. P. Dubina, O. S. Ovsyannikova, S. D. Ganova. - Gas Shows in the Permafrost of the Bovanenkovo Gas-Bearing Structure / E. E. Podborny. - Effects of Solid Microparticles on Grinding of Ice / L. S. Podenko, N. S.Molokitina. - Climate Change, Frost Action, and Permafrost-Related Processes in the Northern Taiga Region of West Siberia / O. E. Ponomareva, A. G. Gravis, N. M. Berdnikov, T. A. Blyakharchuk. - Ice Energy as a Model of Activity of Exogenic Geological Processes / V. L.Poznanin. - Evaluation of Landscape Conditions for Environmental Management in the Discontinuous Permafrost Subzone (Bolshezemelskaya Tundra) / A. M. Rocheva. - Observations of Microorganisms in Segregated Ice Using Methods of Electron Microscopy / V. V. Rogov, A. N. Kurchatova. - Solution to a Series of Problems of Frozen Ground Mechanics Using Time-Analogy Methods / L. T. Roman. - Changes in the Areas of Thermokarst Lakes in the Territory of the Bovanenkovo Field (Yamal) over the Last 20 Years / G. S. Sannikov. - Estimate of Engineering Characteristics of Runoff under Conditions of Limited Data on Hydrometeorological Observations, Northeastern Russia / O. M. Semenova, L. S. Lebedeva, I. N. Beldiman. - Stressed-Deformed State of Trenchless Polyethylene Pipelines Installed at Negative Temperatures / A. A. Serebrennikov, I. G. Lavrov, D. A. Serebrennikov. - Identification, Diagnostics, and Ranking of Geocryological Hazards for Long-Distance Pipelines and Other Linear Structures / D. O. Sergeev, J. V. Khalilova, G. Z. Perlshtein, A. N. Khimenkov, E. M. Makaricheva, A. N. Ugarov. - Water in the Form of Spatially Ordered Droplets Near the Vapor-Water Boundary / A. V. Shavlov, V. A.Dzhumandzhi, S. N. Romanyuk. - Glaciation of Siberia as Viewed from the Position of Earth Cryology: Glaciers as a Component of the Cryolithozone / V. S. Sheynkman. - Composition of Water-Soluble Salts in Late Cenozoic Deposits, Northeast Yakutia / D. G. Shmelev. - Features of Pleistocene-Holocene Permafrost History of the Western and Eastern Sectors of the Russian Arctic and Subarctic / N. A. Shpolyanskaya. - Forecast of Air Temperature Change in Yakutia to the Middle of the Twenty-First Century / Yu. B. Skachkov, L. G. Neradovskiy. - The Impact of Development and Fire on the Thermal State of Permafrost, Central Yakutia / P. N. Skryabin, S. P. Varlamov. - Structure and Composition of Complex Massive Ice Bodies in Late Pleistocene-Holocene Sediments of the Marre-Sale Cape, West Yamal / E. A. Slagoda, O. L. Opokina, A. N. Kurchatova, V. V. Rogov. - Some Astronomical Problems of the Cryosphere Evolution / I. I.Smulskiy. - Proof of the Glacier Origin of Tabular Massive Ice / V. I. Solomatin, N. G. Belova. - The Ice Complex of Western Taymyr / I. D. Streletskaya, A. A. Vasilev. - Changes in Surface Area of Thermokarst Lakes on the Basis of Satellite Images / T. V. Tarasenko, V. I. Kravtsova. - Calculation of Frost Heave Tangential Stress with Regard to the Deformability of a Pile Shaft / Z. G. Ter-Martirosyan, P. A. Gorbachev. - Permafrost Conditions Associated with the Railroad Bridge Crossing of the Shchuchya River, Southern Yamal Peninsula / S. N. Titkov. - Permafrost and Landscapes of the Russian European North in the Twenty-First Century / N. V. Tumel. - The Possibilities of Industrial Development of Natural Resources on Permafrost-Affected Bog Landscapes and Peatlands of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra / N. V. Tumel, G. G. Osadchaya. - Terrain Indicator Approach and Results for Permafrost Studies / N. G. Ukraintseva, D. S. Drozdov, Y. V. Korostelev, T. A. Korobova. - The Role of Cryogenic Head in the Formation of Repetitive Wedge Ice and Long-Term Frost Heave / A. A. Urban. - Large-Scale Mapping of Cryogenic Landscapes in the West Siberian Northern Taiga / E. V. Ustinova. - Thermal State of the Upper Horizons of the Permafrost in Central Yakutia / S. P. Varlamov, Yu. B. Skachkov, P. N. Skryabin, N. I. Shender. - Pollen and Spores as Indicators of the Origin of Massive Ice / A. C. Vasil'chuk, Yu. K. Vasil'chuk. - Classification of Tabular Massive Ice Bodies / Yu. K. Vasil'chuk. - Onshore and Offshore Permafrost in the Kara Sea / A. A. Vasiliev, P. V. Rekant. - Interannual Dynamics of Seasonal Thaw Depths of the Kenkeme-Lena Landscapes / I. S. Vasiliev. - Assessment of the Corrosiveness of Permafrost Landscapes / M. A. Velikotskiy, V. P. Marakhtanov. - Geocryological Programs for Specialist Training at Zabaikalsky State University / A. G. Verkhoturov. - Models of Mathematical Landscape Morphology in Cryolithozone Research / A. S. Viktorov, V. N. Kapralova, T. V. Orlov. - Composite Cast-in-Drilled Hole Piles in Frozen Soils, Magadan / V. P. Vlasov. - Interpretation of Natural Permafrost-Related Geomorphic Processes and Landforms in the Bovanenkovo Hydrocarbon Field on the West Coast of the Yamal Peninsula / A. A. Yermak, E. A. Slagoda, I. R. Idrisov. - Phytoindicators of Landslide Disturbances in the Central Yamal / K. A. Yermokhina, E. G. Myalo. - Changes in the State of Frozen Ground in the Course of Long-term Operation of the Yakutsk Combined Heat and Power (YCHP) Plant / S. I. Zabolotnik, P. S. Zabolotnik. - Evaluation of Critical Ecological Situations in the Tyumen Northern Cryolithozone under Economic Development / L. I. Zotova, S. Yu. Dedyusova. - Author Index. - Subject Index Volume 1. - Subject Index Volume 2.