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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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