International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
The large part of the coast of the Arctic Ocean in Russia, Canada and USA (Alaska) is located in the permafrost zone. The territories of watersheds and mouths of the rivers of East Siberia, Alaska and northwest Canada are located in permafrost of different properties (continuous, discontinuous, sporadic). Frozen grounds substantially affect the hydrological regime of the rivers in cryosphere.