The Melting Arctic Capital: Arkhangelsk

THE FRANKENCITIES PROJECT SEEKS TO PREDICT AND GRAPHICLY PRESENT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIOS FOR OUR GLOBAL URBAN FUTURE; DETAILING THE ONCOMING HORROR STORIES FOR 100 REAL WORLD CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. THIS WEEK, WE FEATURE A GRAPHIC VIEW OF THE FUTURE OF THE RUSSIAN CITY OF ARKHANGELSK.

A growing concern for northern Russian cities like Arkhangelsk, is the melting of the permafrost and the growth of sinkholes. As the permafrost thaws, it becomes more fragile, and so more easily eroded by the increasing flow of subterranean water. Some of the sinkholes are huge; swallowing not only fields and cars but entire farms and town blocks.

Franken-Arkhangelsk by Dr. Alan Marshall

For more about Franken-Arkangelsk, see this article at the Urban Transcripts Journal