From the reviews: "This brief, specialized, technical book by Frolov and colleagues (all, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia) can be used by environmental science students and professionals in the field, especially those monitoring ice caps. ... The data harvested from the Eurasian Arctic shelf seas might be very useful for scientists ... . Summing Up: Recommended. ... Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in environmental sciences." (A. M. Hamza, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010)

• Arctic sea ice as an element of the global climate system.- Long-term changes in Arctic Seas ice extent during the twentieth century.- Variability of sea ice thickness and concentration in the twentieth century.- Consistency among sea ice extent and atmospheric and hydrospheric processes.- Possible causes of changes in climate and in Arctic Seas ice extent.- Assessment of possible changes in air temperature and sea-ice extent in the Arctic Seas in the twenty-first century.- Conclusions.

From the reviews: "This brief, specialized, technical book by Frolov and colleagues (all, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia) can be used by environmental science students and professionals in the field, especially those monitoring ice caps. ... The data harvested from the Eurasian Arctic shelf seas might be very useful for scientists ... . Summing Up: Recommended. ... Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in environmental sciences." (A. M. Hamza, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010)

• Arctic sea ice as an element of the global climate system.- Long-term changes in Arctic Seas ice extent during the twentieth century.- Variability of sea ice thickness and concentration in the twentieth century.- Consistency among sea ice extent and atmospheric and hydrospheric processes.- Possible causes of changes in climate and in Arctic Seas ice extent.- Assessment of possible changes in air temperature and sea-ice extent in the Arctic Seas in the twenty-first century.- Conclusions.

From the reviews: "This brief, specialized, technical book by Frolov and colleagues (all, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia) can be used by environmental science students and professionals in the field, especially those monitoring ice caps. ... The data harvested from the Eurasian Arctic shelf seas might be very useful for scientists ... . Summing Up: Recommended. ... Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in environmental sciences." (A. M. Hamza, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010)

• Arctic sea ice as an element of the global climate system.- Long-term changes in Arctic Seas ice extent during the twentieth century.- Variability of sea ice thickness and concentration in the twentieth century.- Consistency among sea ice extent and atmospheric and hydrospheric processes.- Possible causes of changes in climate and in Arctic Seas ice extent.- Assessment of possible changes in air temperature and sea-ice extent in the Arctic Seas in the twenty-first century.- Conclusions.