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International Permafrost Association No. 1, May 1 9 8 6 This is the first Newsletter of the International Permafrost ~ssociation (IPA). i.lat,erial for the next Newsletter will be welcomed and should be 'received by the Secretary-General by 1 November 1986. V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERMAFROST The next International Conference on Permafrost will be he.ld from 2-5 August 1988 a t The Nor\ egian I~stitute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Tho first clrcular has been distributed. The Conference address is: V 1nternational.Conference on Permafrost (VICOP) Norwegian Road Research Laboratory P.O. Box 6390 Etterstad N-0604, Oslo 6 Norway Excursions will be organized to Svalbard and to permafrost areas in Norway and Sweden. The excursions will be run both before and after the conference. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1) Executive Committee Meetings were held on 23, 24, and 25 September 1985 at Oslo, Norway. The meeting on 24 September was an open meeting with invited participants from all member countries. Ten countries were able to send participants. The minutes have been sent to all member countries. 2) The next Executive Committee Meeting is schedulgd for the period between 27 and 31 October at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The meeting will be held, by invitation, at the time of the Convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers. FIRST COUNCIL MEETING The first meeting of Council is scheduled for two days at the end of July and early August 1987 to coincide with the XI1 INQUA (International Quaternary Association) Meetings that will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The first Council Meeting has been chosen to coincide with INQUA in the hopes that this will minimize travel costs and encourage attendance, because some Council members will, in any event, be attending INQUA. Please mark the date on your calendar. NOMINATING COMMITTEE At the Executive Committee Meeting on 25 September 1985 held a t Oslo, Norway, Professor H.M. French (Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada) was appointed Chairman, Nominating Committee, for officers of IPA, 1988 to 1993. The two other members are Professor Shi Yafeng (China) and Professor A. Pissart (Belgium).

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International Permafrost Association N o . 1, May 1 9 8 6

T h i s is t h e f i r s t Newsletter o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e r m a f r o s t ~ s s o c i a t i o n ( I P A ) . i . l a t , e r i a l f o r t h e n e x t Newsletter w i l l b e welcomed a n d s h o u l d b e ' r e c e i v e d by t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l by 1 November 1 9 8 6 .

V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERMAFROST

T h e n e x t I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n P e r m a f r o s t w i l l b e he. ld from 2-5 A u g u s t 1 9 8 8 a t T h e N o r \ e g i a n I ~ s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y , T r o n d h e i m , Norway . Tho f i r s t c l r c u l a r h a s b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d . T h e C o n f e r e n c e a d d r e s s is:

V 1nternational.Conference o n P e r m a f r o s t (VICOP) N o r w e g i a n Road R e s e a r c h L a b o r a t o r y P.O. Box 6 3 9 0 E t t e r s t a d N-0604, O s l o 6 Norway

E x c u r s i o n s w i l l b e o r g a n i z e d t o S v a l b a r d a n d t o p e r m a f r o s t areas i n Norway a n d S w e d e n . T h e e x c u r s i o n s w i l l b e r u n b o t h b e f o r e a n d a f t e r t h e c o n f e r e n c e .

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

1) E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g s were h e l d o n 2 3 , 2 4 , a n d 2 5 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 8 5 a t O s l o , Norway. T h e m e e t i n g o n 24 S e p t e m b e r was a n o p e n m e e t i n g w i t h i n v i t e d p a r t i c i p a n t s f r o m a l l member c o u n t r i e s . T e n c o u n t r i e s were a b l e t o s e n d p a r t i c i p a n t s . T h e m i n u t e s h a v e b e e n s e n t t o a l l member c o u n t r i e s .

2 ) T h e n e x t E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g i s s c h e d u l g d f o r t h e p e r i o d b e t w e e n 27 a n d 3 1 O c t o b e r a t B o s t o n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , U.S.A. T h e m e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d , by i n v i t a t i o n , a t t h e time o f t h e C o n v e n t i o n o f t h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y o f C i v i l E n g i n e e r s .

FIRST COUNCIL MEETING

T h e f i r s t m e e t i n g o f C o u n c i l is s c h e d u l e d f o r two d a y s a t t h e e n d o f J u l y a n d e a r l y A u g u s t 1 9 8 7 t o c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e X I 1 I N Q U A ( I n t e r n a t i o n a l Q u a t e r n a r y A s s o c i a t i o n ) M e e t i n g s t h a t w i l l b e h e l d i n O t t a w a , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a . T h e f i r s t C o u n c i l M e e t i n g h a s b e e n c h o s e n t o c o i n c i d e w i t h I N Q U A i n t h e h o p e s t h a t t h i s w i l l m i n i m i z e t r a v e l cos ts a n d e n c o u r a g e a t t e n d a n c e , b e c a u s e some C o u n c i l members w i l l , i n a n y e v e n t , b e a t t e n d i n g I N Q U A . P l e a s e mark t h e d a t e o n y o u r c a l e n d a r .

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

A t t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g o n 25 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 8 5 h e l d a t O s l o , Norway, P r o f e s s o r H . M . F r e n c h ( D e p a r t m e n t o f G e o g r a p h y , U n i v e r s i t y o f O t t a w a , O t t a w a , O n t a r i o , K 1 N 6N5, C a n a d a ) was a p p o i n t e d C h a i r m a n , N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e , f o r o f f i c e r s o f IPA, 1 9 8 8 t o 1 9 9 3 . T h e t w o o t h e r members a r e P r o f e s s o r S h i Y a f e n g ( C h i n a ) a n d P r o f e s s o r A . P i s s a r t ( B e l g i u m ) .

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CONSTITUTION

T h e Basic P r i n c i p l e s o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n were a p p r o v e d by t h e f o u r f o u n d i n g c o u n t r i e s o n 1983-07-22 a n d c i r c u l a t e d a t F a i r b a n k s , A l a s k a . T h e d r a f t c o n s t i t u t i o n , a much f u l l e r d o c u m e n t , h a s a l s o b e e n s e n t t o a l l member c o u n t r i e s . T h e d r a f t c o n s t i t u t i o n w i l l b e d i s c u s s e d a t t h e C o u n c i l M e e t i n g , O t t a w a , ,

J u l y / A u g u s t 1 9 8 7 . Any s u g g e s t e d a m e n d m e n t s t o t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n s h o u l d b e r e c e i v e d b y t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l b y 1 J a n u a r y 1 9 8 7 i n o rder to a l l o w t i m e f o r n o t i f i c a t i o n o f t h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t s .

A m i n o r amendmen t t o t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d , b y m a i l b a l l o t , ( e l e v e n member c o u n t r i e s v o t e d i n f a v o r ; t h e r e were n o n e g a t i v e v o t e s ) . T h e amendmen t r e a d s a s f o l l o w s :

" T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e r m a f r o s t A s s o c i a t i o n s h a l l b e ca r r i ed o n w i t h o u t p u r p o s e o f g a i n f o r i t s member c o u n t r i e s a n d a n y p r o f i t s o r o t h e r a c c r e t i o n s t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e r m a f r o s t A s s o c i a t i o n s h a l l be u s e d i n p r o m o t i n g t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . "

NEWS OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES

A r g e n t i n a

T h e N a t i o n a l b o d y r e p r e s e n t i n g A r g e n t i n a is: C o n s e j o N a c i o n a l d e I n v e s t i g a c i o n e s C i e n t i f i c a s y T e c n i c o s (CONICET), M i n i s t r y o f E d u c a t i o n , B u e n o s A i r e s , A r g e n t i n a .

B e l q i u m

T h e N a t i o n a l A d h e r i n g Body f o r IPA is u n d e r t h e s c i e n t i f i c p a t r o n a g e o f t h e N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e o f G e o g r a p h y . P r o f e s s o r A . P i s s a r t ( U n i v e r s i t y o f L i e g e ) is C h a i r m a n .

C a n a d a

T h e C a n a d i a n N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e f o r P e r m a f r o s t o f t h e N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l o f C a n a d a i s C h a i r e d b y P r o f e s s o r H . M . F r e n c h ( U n i v e r s i t y o f O t t a w a ) .

C h i n a

T h e A d h e r i n g N a t i o n a l Body is t h e C h i n e s e S o c i e t y o f G l a c i o l o g y a n d G e o c r y o l o g y w i t h P r o f e s s o r S h i Y a f e n g a s C h a i r m a n .

F e d e r a l R e ~ u b l i c o f Germanv

T h e N a t i o n a l P e r m a f r o s t C o m m i t t e e , u n d e r t h e C h a i r m a n s h i p o f P r o f e s s o r H . L . J e s s b e r g e r ( R u h r - U n i v e r s i t a t Bochum) h a s b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d . I t i s p l a n n e d t o h a v e t h e c o m ~ n i t t e e s e r v e a s a s u b c o m l n i t t e e o f t h e German P o l a r S o c i e t y .

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F i n l a n d

A N a t i o n a l Committee f o r P e r m a f r o s t S t u d i e s i n F i n l a n d h a s b e e n o r g a n i z e d w i t h P r o f e s s o r M . S e p p a l a ( U n i v e r s i t y o f H e l s i n k i ) a s C h a i r m a n .

F r a n c e

The c o m m i t t e e h a s n o t y e t b e e n f o r m a l i z e d .

I t a l y

A [ J a t i o n a l A d h e r i n g 80dy h a s b e e n f o r m e d w i t h i n t h e G l a c i o l o g i c a l S e c t i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l C o o r d i n a t i n g G r o u p o f P h y s i c a l G e o g r a p h y a n d Geomorpho logy w i t h P r o f e s s o r F. Dramis ( U n i v e r s i t a D e l g i S t u d i D i C a m e r i n o ) a s C h a i r n a n .

J a p a n

T h e C h a i r n a n , N a t i o n a l A d h e r i n g Body , u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e J a p a n e s e S o c i e t y o f Snow a n d I c e , is P r o f e s s o r S . K i n o s i t a ( H o k k a i d o U n i v e r s i t y ) .

N e t h e r l a n d s

A S u b c o m m i s s i o n P e r m a f r o s t o f I N Q U A , w h i c h i s a c o m m i s s i o n o f t h e R o y a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s o f T h e N e t h e r l a n d s h a s b e e n f o r m e d .

Norway

D r . K . F l a a t e i s C h a i r n a n , N o r w e g i a n C o m m i t t e e o n P e r m a f r o s t . -.>,,

P o l a n d

T h e C o m m i t t e e o n P o l a r R e s e a r c h , P o l i s h Academy o f S c i e n c e s , i s t h e a d h e r i n g g r o u p w i t h P r o f e s s o r A . J a h n as t h e P o l i s h r e p r e s e n t a t i v e .

S w i t z e r l a n d

A w o r k i n g g r o u p h a s b e e n f o r m e d u n d e r t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p o f P r o f e s s o r W . H a e b e r l i ( E T H , Z u r i c h ) .

A U.S. C o m m i t t e e f o r t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P e r m a f r o s t A s s o c i a t i o n h a s b e e n o r g a n i z e d w i t h t h e U.S. N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l . T h e members a re :

J e r r y Brown, C h a i r m a n , N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n C . W . L o v e l l , V i c e - C h a i r m a n , P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y Dav id H o p k i n s , U n i v e r s i t y o f A l a s k a V i r g i l L u n a r d i n i , C o l d R e g i o n s R e s e a r c h a n d E n g i n e e r i n g

L a b o r a t o r y G e o r g e G r y c , U . S . G e o l o g i c a l S u r v e y R u p e r t T a r t , C o n s u l t a n t , A n c h o r a g e , A l a s k a W . L . P e t r i e , S t a f f O f f i c e r , NRC

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T h e C o m m i t t e e f u n c t i o n s u n d e r t h e Board o n E a r t h s c i e n c e s a n d i t s U . S . N a t i o n a l Comlni t t e e o n G e o l o g y . T h e m e m b e r s h i p r e p r e s e n t s t h e s c i e n t i f i c a n d e n g i n e e r i n g d i s c i p l i n e s a n d i n t e r e s t s i n v o l v e d i n p e r m a f r o s t a c t i v i t i e s . F o l l o w i n g i t s f i r s t o f f i c i a l m e e t i n g i n J a n u a r y 1 9 8 6 , t h e Committee w i l l e x t e n d i n v i t a t i o n s t o U . S . p r o f e s s i o n a l s o c i e t i e s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o j o i n i n t h e a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e I P A .

U . S . S . R . -

T h e U . S . S . R . N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e o n P e r m a f r o s t i s u n d e r t h e A c a d e m y o f S c i e n c e s o f t h e U . S . S . R . w i t h t h e h e a d b e i n g A c a d e m i c i a n ? . I . H e l n i k o v . D r . N . A . G r a v e a n d D r . A . P . G o r b u n o v a r e t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o n C o u n c i l . T h e N a t i o n a l Committee i n c l u d e s a b o u t f i f t y members f r o m i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d a g e n c i e s o f d i f f e r e n t M i n i s t r i e s o f t h e U . S . S . R . . T h e c o - o r d i n a t i o n o f a l l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n g e o c r y o l o g y is t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e S c i e n t i f i c C o u n c i l o f E a r t h C r y o l o g y o f t h e A c a d e m y o f S c i e n c e s o f t h e U . S . S . R . a n d t h e P e r m a f r o s t I n s t i t u t e o f i t s S i b e r i a n B r a n c h a t Y a k u t s k , U . S . S . R .

LOGO

E a c h of t h e f o u r p r e v i o u s I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e s o n P e r m a f r o s t h a s h a d a l o g o a n d t h e V t h C o n f e r e n c e h a s a l o g o d e p i c t i n g t h e n o r t h e r n l i g h t s o r a u r o r a b o r e a l i s . W e w o u l d l i k e t o h a v e a n o f f i c i a l l o g o f o r t h e I P A a n d s u g g e s t i o n s , d e s i g n s , s k e t c h e s , e t c . a r e s o l i c i t e d . Any i d e a s ? O n e s u g g e s t i o n , s h o w i n g a s e c t i o n e d p i n g o w i t h i c e w e d g e s ( w h i c h w e r e p a r t o f t h e I I n d a n d I V t h C o n f e r e n c e L o g o s ) is g i v e n b e l o w . ' .P

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V I I-NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERMAFROST

T h e C h i n e s e S o c i e t y o f G l a c i o l o g y a n d G e o c r y o l o g y h a s made a n a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y A s s o c i a t i o n o f C h i n a f o r h o s t i n g t h e V I I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n P e r m a f r o s t i n 1 9 9 3 i n L a n z h o u , C h i n a . T h e S o c i e t y is w a i t i n g f o r f o r m a l a p p r o v a l . T h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e h a s we lcomed t h e i n i t i a t i v e o f C h i n a a n d h o p e s t h a t t h e a p p l i c a t i o n w i l l b e a p p r o v e d .

AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS OF INTENATIONAL PERMAFROST CONFERENCES

N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l , 1 9 6 6 . P e r m a f r o s t : I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e P r o c e e d i n g s . NRC P u b . 1 2 8 7 . W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.: N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s . A v a i l a b l e o n m i c r o f i l m i n T h e C o l d R e g i o n s S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y B i b l i o g r a p h y # 2 5 - 3 1 3 8 , U . S . L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s o r NTIS.

N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , 1 9 7 3 . P e r m a f r o s t : The N o r t h A m e r i c a n C o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e S e c o n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e , Y a k u t s k . W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . : N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s . $ 5 0 . 0 0 .

N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , 1 9 7 8 . P e r m a f r o s t : USSR C o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e S e c o n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e . W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.: N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s . $ 1 9 . 5 0 .

N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l o f C a n a d a , 1 9 7 8 . P r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n P e r m a f r o s t , 2 v o l u m e s . Ottawa, O n t a r i o : N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l o f C a n a d a . $ 3 5 . 0 0 .

N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l o f C a n a d a , 1 9 8 0 . T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n P e r m a f r o s t , E n s l i s h T r a n s l a t i o n s o f khe S o v i e t - P a p e r s , 2 p a r t s . ~ t t a w a , ~ n t a r i o : N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h ~ o u n c x o f C a n a d a . $ 3 5 . 0 0 .

U n i v e r s i t y o f A l a s k a , 1 9 8 3 . P e r m a f r o s t : F o u r t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e . A b s t r a c t s a n d P r o g r a m . F a i r b a n k s : U n i v e r s i t y o f A l a s k a . $ 1 0 . 0 0 .

N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , 1 9 8 3 . P e r m a f r o s t : F o u r t h I n t e r - n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e , P r o c e e d i n g s . W a s h i n g t o n D.C.: N a t i o n a l Academy P r e s s . $ 3 2 . 5 0 .

N a t i o n a l Academy o f S c i e n c e s , 1 9 8 4 . P e r m a f r o s t : F o u r t h I n t e r n a - t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e , F i n a l P r o c e e d i n g s . W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.: N a t i o n a l Academy P r e s s . $ 3 2 . 5 0 .

P e r m a f r o s t : A B i b l i o g r a p h y , 1 9 7 8 - 1 9 8 2 . G l a c i o l o g i c a l D a t a R e p o r t GD-14, B o u l d e r , W o r l d Data C e n t e r f o r G l a c i o l o g y , 1 9 8 3 , 1 7 2 p . , $ 5 . 0 0 ( U n i v e r s i t y o f C o l o r a d o , Box 4 4 9 , B o u l d e r , C o l o r a d o 8 0 3 0 9 ) .

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