The use of cryogenic resources by the population of Yakutia to obtain drinking water: modern meaning, features of harvesting and storage

Authors

  • ALEXANDER A. SULEYMANOV Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24866/1997-2857/2024-3/18-27

Keywords:

Yakutia, cryoanthropology, cryogenic resources, snow, ice harvesting, melt water

Abstract

The article examines the modern practices of the use of snow and ice by the population of Yakutia to obtain drinking water. Basing on field materials, archival documents and data from ethnoblogosphere, the author reconstructs the evolution of this way of using cryogenic resources, identifies its current scale and traces the mechanisms of harvesting and organizing the storage of ice used nowadays. The article emphasizes the significant role of ice in providing the population of Yakutia with drinking water at present, noting the importance of technological development for the relevance of ice harvesting and storage practices and their optimization.

Author Biography

  • ALEXANDER A. SULEYMANOV, Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher Department of History and Ethnosociology of the Arctic

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25-09-2024

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ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY IN CIRCUM-PAСIFIC

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The use of cryogenic resources by the population of Yakutia to obtain drinking water: modern meaning, features of harvesting and storage. (2024). Humanitarian Research in the Eastern Siberia and the Far East, 3, 18-27. https://doi.org/10.24866/1997-2857/2024-3/18-27