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Dear Friends of the IPA and fellow permafrost enthusiasts, Due to the high and time-consuming involvment of the IPA in the organization of the Tenth International Permafrost Association – TICOP – which took place in June 2012 in Salekhard, Russia, as well as changes in the IPA secretary, the finalization of the Frozen Ground issue of 2011 unfortunately took a bit longer than usually. However we are happy to inform you today about the publication of Frozen Ground 35. The issue of the bulletin of the Int…

The IPA is pleased to introduce the call for funded Action Groups in 2012. Action Groups are an element in the IPA structure and are meant to fund targeted groups working towards the production of well-defined products. Action Groups will be funded on a competitive basis at up to 2500 € per year (maximum of 5000 € over the life of an Action Group). Up to 10 000 € per year of the IPA total budget will be devoted to Action Groups. These groups will have limited terms and will need to focus on clear…

The International Permafrost Association is proud to announce that Professor Nikolai Nikitich Romanovskii recently received the ‘IPA Lifetime Achievement Award’. This award was hand over during the TICOP conference to acknowledge the lifetime contribution of N. Romanovskii for his outstanding permafrost research. is recognized as a preeminent university teacher and researcher in the field of geocryology. His lifetime achievements have been accomplished as a member of the Permafrost Department of th…

The International Permafrost Association is proud to announce the the winners of the young researchers AWARD: Maria Cherbunina, Corina Doerfer, Julie Lepage, Anna Liljedahl, Aleksander Pastukhov and Samuel Weber.  

The Tenth International Conference on Permafrost that took place in Salekhard, Russia is over. Over 500 participants from more than 25 countries attended the meeting in the Yamal-Nenets region, shared their knowledge about recent outcomes in permafrost research and engineering, discussed future collborations and projects, and experienced the extraordinary hospitality of the local people.        

It is a great honor to announce that our colleague Kenji Yoshikawa was awarded with the 2012 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards due to its great efforts in education and outreach for permafrost issues. The award is the the highest honor that the university bestows upon the outstanding faculty. One of Kenji's most popular initiatices is its creation of the 'permafrost-hero' tunnelman. Episode 1-4 can be viewed at http://ine.uaf.edu/werc/projects/permafrost/.        

There is a new article in Nature Geosciences published in May 2012 about 'Geologic methane seeps along boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers'by Katey M. Walter Anthony, Peter Anthony, Guido Grosse and Jeffrey Chanton The full article can be found at http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1480.html The picture shows slow bubbling from superficial seeps that produces distinctbubble patterns and occasionally small holes (0.01–0.3 m2) that remainice-free for sever…

There is a Global Permafrost Zonation Index at 30 arc-second (

Satellites are seeing land surface variations in high detail in Northern latitudes that are subject to changing temperatures. Thawing permafrost is releasing greenhouse gases into parts of the Arctic, exacerbating the effects of climate change.

The International Conference on Permafrost is the premier event for permafrost research, organized by the International Permafrost Association every four years. The Tenth International Conference will take place in Salekhard, located on the Arctic Circle on the east bank of the Ob River, 25-29 June 2012. The deadline for extended abstracts has been extended to the 10th of February, 2012. Authors who submit an abstract will be eligible for an oral presentation or a poster. You can submit your extended a…