Permafrost
Top picture: Norilsk -
demolition of apartment
blcok due to damaged
foundations
Bottom: Talnakh - water
leak in crawl space
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- Shows a building built on permafrost whose foundation has cracked and which is being torn down
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- CanŐt build buildings close to ground, have to allow open layer for cold to circulate so that ground doesnŐt thaw
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- Pipe has burst