The vital infrastructure of Russia’s Arctic and Subarctic, in view of severe nature and climate, consumes much energy sources, mostly, coal shipped from central Russia by water transport via the Northern Sea Route (2-3 thousand kilometers) in summer. This raises the cost 3-4 times. A good alternative to the imported fuel is local peat. The principal consumer of peat as a fuel can be the Verkhoyansk Region in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which is the subject of research. This article describes the promising deposits of peat in this region, peat occurrence conditions and possible production output. The scope of the discussion embraces the most popular methods of peat production: milling, hydraulic, dredging, scraper-elevator, cutting, milling-and-forming, shoveling, etc., with field curing and harvesting. However, because of high bogginess of the tundra zone, the listed methods of peat production are unusable. In this regard, the most promising approach is winter production of frozen peat with preliminary monitoring of the frozen thickness by ground penetrating radar. The earlier studies into the temperature conditions of the active soil layers, including peat beds, are presented. The chosen technology will ensure maximum preservation of landscape and ecological safety.
The development of the mining industry in the North-East of the country is constrained by the depletion of reserves with favorable mining and geological conditions, an increase in the depth of ore deposits and mineral layers, and the complication of mining and geological and permafrost-hydrogeological conditions for the development of deposits. These and other problems pose new problems for designers, specialists and scientists and at the same time require material, energy resources, as well as a creative approach to their solution on the part of mining specialists. This required the training of specialists with creative approaches to solving design and production problems, which will grow and at the same time requirements will be placed on their professional and creative competence, which should be formed in the process of training engineers.One of the promising directions for solving the problem is the use of the case method for solving practical problems and is one of the most effective methods for achieving innovative
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