Earth`s Cryosphere», 2019, Vol. XXIII, № 2, p. 81-83
ALDAR PETROVICH GORBUNOV (11.08.1927–19.12.2018), ALPINE PERMAFROST RESEARCHER
V.V. Shepelev, O.I. Alekseeva
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SB RAS,
36, Merzlotnaya str., 677010, Yakutsk, Russia; sheply@mpi.ysn.ru, o.i.alekseeva@mpi.ysn.ru
The life and career of the outstanding permafrost scientist Professor Aldar Petrovich Gorbunov, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, are described. His contribution to the Earth’s alpine permafrost research and to popularization of scientific knowledge is reviewed.
Geocryology, alpine permafrost, alpine physical geography