Show ground never thaws in northern siberia eternal tee see to depths of more inure than yards ladli the hie soil of northern siberia even in summer according to professor of ir iutok who spoke at berlin recently before the b lerlin berlin geographical GeographIc nI society the frozen ground cocas in an area of 50 square kilometers a territory halt half is as large us europe in a moll tins has been sunk to a depth of meters without finding the bottom of the frozen stratum stra turn the ice ke hinders the sinking 0 of surface water so that vast cold 1 bogs or are formed on what might otherwise be fertile soil the only spots where thawing ever penetrates this in ins lee ice are directly beneath stove lic heated houses cases are on record whore where these thawed columns of soil tapped subterranean rivers lowing flowing under the tee ice inver resulting in yer ver liable artesian wells that spouted to the ceilings and drove out the mccu pants this water soon froze turning the whole house into a solid block ol of lee ice decorated with gigantic icicles |