THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUAL SNOW AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Aleksandr Shnyparkov, Sven Fuchs, Sergey Sokratov, Peter Koltermann, Yury Seliverstov, Marina Vikulina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2012
• Subjects: arctic; concept of risk; khibiny mountains; snow avalanches; Geography (General); G1-922; Arctic; Khibiny
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-3-64-81; https://doaj.org/article/9ca07304e8f04d8f8c6c7f080e86a1f5

In recent years, the Government of the Russian Federation considerably increased attention to the exploitation of the Russian Arctic territories. Simultaneously, the evaluation of snow avalanches danger was enhanced with the aim to decrease fatalities and reduce economic losses. However, it turned o...