Comprehensive examination of research on the Arctic region, covering a wide range of topics including sea-ice dynamics, chemical oceanography, ecosystem adaptation, thermal adaptation in marine ectotherms and endotherms, biogenous sediments, as well as the evolution of palaeoclimates.
'[This book] should provide a welcome insight into studies underway in the Soviet Union, the results of which are not always readily accessible to researchers in the West.' Geographical Journal