Vladimir P. Melnikov & R. Paepe 
Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources [PDF ebook] 

Unlike connotations such as greenhouse effect. global change, sea level, desertification, etc. , permafrost is definitely lacking in the everyday speech of many non-specialists. The reason is that areas of permafrost are too remote, barren and isolated. Focus on permafrost today is brought when huge environmental disasters, mainly related to pollution by oil spills, occur. Even then it is offered as