ИСТИНА

The increasing activity in Polar regions, especially in Russian Arctic, brings new companies and people in there, not necessarily having experience in economic activity and not aware of the possible difficulties in adaptation to and protection from the Polar-specific hazardous incidents. The experience in dealing with the natural hazards in Polar regions was slowly gathered over hundreds years of mainly Arctic exploitation. However, such experience is not always at the level of the present time industrial development. Practically all the components of the cryosphere, from the atmospheric ice to Aufeis and permafrost affects the specific of the land use in here and require serious attention in any planning activity. The presentation is focused on the review of hazardous processes in Polar regions and the specific of the mitigation measures in there.