The researchers of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute of SB RAS as the basis for the modern 'Arctic breakthrough'

Scientists at the Permafrost Institute of the USSR made a comprehensive research in the Arctic and the Arctic shelf in the 60-es of the XX century. For several decades monitored the unique natural phenomena inherent in the Northern Territory. On the basis of these data, as well as through the work of the Institute of the modern expeditions with foreign participants was possible to made 'Arctic breakthrough' and the construction of a powerful research station on the island Samoilovsky.