Show ground never thaws thaus m in northern siberia eternal lee ice to depths of moro thun yards bluds the soil sell of 0 f northern siberia even in summer according to professor itch of jr ir kudsk who spoke at berlin reco recently ully before the berlin geographical 0 st o biety the frozen ground acovera un area of square kilometers a territory halt half na its large ns as europe iti in a well has been sunk tu to a depth d cl it 11 of 0 f meters without alln arg rg the lie bottom of tile frozen stratum as T tco lee hinders inders Ii the sinking of surface water so ao that vast cold boga bog a or hildrus are formed on what might otherwise be fertile soil the only spots where flinging ever penetrates tills everham tug ing ice are directly beneath stoe heated houses cases are on ret 4 al where villere these thrived columns of soll tapped subterranean rivers flow lim under the lee ice layer resulting in veritable artesian wils that spouted to lo the ceilings and drove out the becu pants tills witter soon froze turning ln lio 1110 whole into a solid block of lee ice decorated with altti gigantic |