Earth’s Cryosphere, 2023, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, p. 56-66.

CHRONICLE

MIKHAIL IVANOVICH SUMGIN – THE FOUNDER OF GEOCRYOLOGY
(on the 150th anniversary of the birth)

Alekseev V.R.

Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Merzlotnaya St. 36, Yakutsk, 677010 Russia
*Corresponding author; e-mail: avr@crust.irk.ru

Information about the life and work of an outstanding scientist Mikhail Ivanovich Sumgin is presented. His contribution to the development of a young science of frozen rocks and related phenomena, geocryology, is discussed.

Keywords: permafrost, cryolithozone, frozen rocks, perennial and seasonal frost, cryogenic processes and phenomena

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Recommended citation: Alekseev V.R., 2023. Mikhail Ivanovich Sumgin – the founder of geocryology (on the 150th anniversary of the birth). Earth’s Cryosphere XXVII (2), 56–66.