Аннотация:Approximatly seven thousand caves have been discovered and explored in Russia. Bearing in mind the Russian cold climatic conditions, a large number of ice caves were found here. The exploration of Russian underground regions began in the early eighteenth century, mostly in connection with academic expeditions; the geographers not only described the caves, but created cartographic charts as well.
The comparison of Russian experience of Ice Cave aping, realized starting 1730, and a foreign one, effected from 1671, are considered.
Исследования проведены в соответствии с госзаданием «Геоинформационно-картографическое обеспечение морфоструктур пространственных данных»,
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