Impermanent permafrost (1988)

Old books and maps on the table.

Old engravings depicting the nature of the North.

A map that shows the permafrost area.

Panorama of the Yakut tundra.

Rocks on the banks of the Lena River.

Tundra vegetation.

Permafrost.

The Fedor Shergin Mine.

cracked earth.

A swollen mound with ice at its core.

Relief of Yakutia.

Tundra from a helicopter.

Residential quarter of Yakutsk.

A house on stilts.

Cracks on a residential building.

Cracked asphalt on the street.

Extraction of soil for the roadbed.

The building of the Institute of Permafrost Studies.

Underground laboratory.

Archaeologists at the excavation site.

Extraction of soil near the road.

Exposed permafrost.

All-terrain vehicle rides on the tundra.

Car tracks in the tundra.

Dump.

Tiksi village.

Yakut taiga.

A swamp in the taiga.

Felling the forest.

Loading of wood on cars.

Trees felled in the taiga.

Conducting research on permafrost.

Bumpy terrain.

Land reclamation system near Yakutsk.

A ruined field.

Fields with proper land use.

Pick cucumbers. and tomatoes.

Haystacks.

Tundra from a helicopter.