Abstract
Soil scientists developed basic concepts of the geography of Arctic and Antarctic soils about 20 years ago (Tedrow, 1977; Karavaeva, Targulian, 1977; Sokolov et al., 1982). They acquired abundant information on soils and soil-forming factors, studied the soils of the Antarctic circumpolar region in detail, and suggested zonal patterns for the region (Campbell, Claridge, 1987; Bockheim, Ugolini, 1990; Blume et al., 1997). Their findings contain many discrepancies, however, and they demand reinterpretation of the spatial distribution of soils at high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere and comparative analysis of soil covers of the Arctic and Antarctic.
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Goryachkin, S.V. et al. (2004). Similarities and Differences in Arctic and Antarctic Soil Zones. In: Kimble, J.M. (eds) Cryosols. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06429-0_4
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