These proceedings contain an extensive overview of the most recent research in the fields of permafrost science and engineering on a global scale. The 230 contributions portray the rich diversity of permafrost-related research being conducted worldwide. The themes covered include all major scientific, technical and engineering aspects of past and present frozen ground in polar and mountain areas, together with planetary processes. The data and theories presented are based on numerical modelling and field experiemnts and are applied to practical cases. The variety of new techniques and findings discussed in these volumes reflects the increasing interest in understanding permafrost and its related phenomena.

Szymon Wróbel is Professor of philosophy at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His books in English include: Deferring the Self and Grammar and Glamor of Cooperation, together with Krzysztof Skonieczny, he is co-editor of two books – Atheism Revisited: Rethinking Modernity and Inventing New Modes of Life (2020) and Living and Thinking in the Post- Digital World (2021).

Krzysztof Skonieczny is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales,” University of Warsaw. He is the author of Immanence and the Animal: A Conceptual Inquiry (2020) and co-editor (with Szymon Wróbel) of Atheism Revisited: Rethinking Modernity and Inventing New Modes of Life (2020) and Living and Thinking in the Post- Digital World: Theories, Experiences, Expectations (2021).