Melnikov Permafrost Institute


Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science is a research institute based in Yakutsk, Russia. It was founded in 1960.

Inventions

Method for Determining Air Content in Frozen Soil, Method and Apparatus for Determining Volume and Density of Soil Particles, Apparatus for Heat Exchange of Liquids and Gases, Method for Determining Frost Heave during Active Layer Freezeback, Pile for Permafrost, Device for Cooling Permafrost Soils, Method for Production of a Pile Foundation for Permafrost, Device for Stabilization of Indoor Temperature and other.

Divisions

Cryo-storage of seeds of rare and promising plants was opened in 2012.