Past and Future of Permafrost Monitoring: Stability of Russian Energetic Infrastructure
Vladimir Melnikov, V. I. Osipov, Anatoli Brouchkov, Svetlana Badina, М.Р. Садуртдинов, Dmitry Drozdov, Г. В. Малкова, M. N. Zheleznyak, О.В. Жданеев, Nikolay A. Ostarkov, А. Б. Осокин, D. O. Sergeev, V.A. Dubrovin, Mikhail E. Kuznetsov, Konstantin Nikolaevich Frolov, А. Г. Алексеев, Roman Yu. Fedorov
Abstract
This study is an attempt to suggest a new state system of permafrost monitoring, primarily for energetic infrastructure, based on past approaches and achievements in Russia for over a hundred years of Arctic studies. The methodology of this study is based on general theoretical methods of scientific research. Historical (retrospective analysis of the development of the monitoring system of long-term permafrost in Russia) and logical (inductive generalization) methods were applied. The structure and methods of permafrost monitoring in the Soviet Union and new technologies used nowadays to establish permafrost monitoring systems, taking into account modern Arctic energetic development, have been analyzed.