PROVISIONAL LEGENDCircumarctic Map of <strong>Permafrost</strong> and Ground Ice Conditions<strong>Permafrost</strong> and Ground IceDistribution of permafrost and content of pore ice and segregation ice in upper <strong>10</strong>-20 m of ground<strong>Permafrost</strong>Ground ice content (visible, Oh vol.)extent High Medium Low Nil(% of area) (>20) (<strong>10</strong>-20) (
Editorial CommitteeOver the past 15 months considerable progress hasbeen made in organizing the circumarctic permafrostmap project. Through a series of reciprocal visits andcorrespondence permafrost mapping specialists in Canada,U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. have developed a commoninternational legend and prepared test maps of regionswithin each of the three countries. This provisionallegend (opposite) was agreed upon in Anchorage,Alaska, in September <strong>1991</strong> at a series of meetingsattended by Heginbottom (Canada), E.S. Melnikovand Solomatin (U.S.S.R.) and Ferrians and Brown andothers (U.S.A.). The final map scale will most likelybe 1 :<strong>10</strong>,000,000. The following schedule is proposed:November <strong>1991</strong>-Base maps prepared and distributedamong principals in the U.S.A., Canada, and theU.S.S.R. Submit abstracts for VI <strong>International</strong>Conference on <strong>Permafrost</strong>, the 27th <strong>International</strong>Geographical Congress and several other workshopsand conferences.March 1992-Complete initial compilation accordingto current legend and circulate among principalsin U.S.A., Canada and the U.S.S.R. Presentposter at the Arctic and Vegetation Workshops,Boulder, Colorado.April 1992-Conduct review meeting in Ottawa orWashington, D.C., of U.S.A., Canada and U.S.S.R.principalsMay 1992-Distribute draft map to other IPA countriesand request input for August meetings inWashington, D.C.August 1992-Present, review and reviseat IPACouncilmeetings held in conjunction with the <strong>International</strong>Geographical Congress. Prepare final layout.Complete and review conference paper for VIConference.Fall 1992/Winter 1993-Preparecompilation.Spring 1993-Print.and review finalJuly 1993-Present and distribute map to Conferenceparticipants in Beijing.Planning for review of Conference papers continues.Initial reviews will take place prior to the August 1992meeting of the Editorial Committee and Council inWashington, D.C. At that time, all manuscripts will begiven final consideration and the authors notified soonthereafter of acceptance and/or necessary modifications.Professional organizations, individuals and membersof IPA Working Groups will be asked to assist inthe review process and to participate if available in theIPA review sessions in August.The Chinese Organizing Committee agreed to extendthe deadline for abstracts until February 15, 1992.However, in order to facilitate processing, remainingabstracts should be air mailed or express mailed to IPAEditorial Committee, P.O. Box 9200, Arlington, VA222 19-0200, U.S.A. Authors will be notified promptlyof their receipt and provided with instructions forpreparation and submission of the manuscript. Deadlinefor submission of manuscript remains June 1,1992. Three copies of all non-Chinese and non-Sovietmanuscripts are to be sent to the address listed above.The review of all manuscripts will be completed bySeptember 1992.Finally, through the cooperation of IPA AdheringMembers and Working Groups adequate materials arebeing received to produce two issues of Frozen Groundper year.Report byJerry Brown, ChairmanTerminologyThe Terminology Working Group was organized inFall 1988, after the V <strong>International</strong> <strong>Permafrost</strong> Conference,to develop a set of internationally acceptedpermafrost terms for use in both engineering and science,with equivalents in various languages, and todisseminate and encourage the use of such terminologyCurrent membership:Robert 0. van Everdingen, Chairman, Arctic Instituteof North America, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaRoger G. Barry, University of Colorado, Boulder,Colorado, U.S.A.Arturo E. Corte, Instituto Argentina de Nivologia yGlaciologie, Mendoza, ArgentinaOscar J. Ferrians, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage,Alaska, U.S.A.Johannes Karte, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,Bonn, GermanyBranko Ladanyi, ~cole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec.CanadaFrozen Ground
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