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Accepted Paper:
Frozen: Temporality and Permanency of Roads in Sakha (Yakutia), Siberia
Tatiana Argounova-Low
(University of Aberdeen)
Paper short abstract:
This paper investigates aspects of temporality and permanency of roads and affordances that are provided by seasonal changes. Climate, frost, winter conditions and permafrost affect and influence the stability, functioning and operation of the roads and mobility in the area.
Paper long abstract:
This paper investigates aspects of temporality and permanency of roads and affordances that are provided by seasonal changes. Climate, frost, winter conditions and permafrost affect and influence the stability, functioning and operation of the roads and mobility in the area. The paper will focus on the ice roads, which are intensively used by truck drivers to deliver vital supplies to Arctic villages in the short winter season. It will specifically focus on the Lena River which, during the winter months, turns into a highway that operates as a federal road.