8Th International Conference on Permafrost, Date: JUL 21-25, 2003, Location: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Sponsors: Int Permafrost Assoc, European Sci Fdn, Int Commiss Snow & Ice, Int Glaciol Soc, Int Soc Soil Mech & Geotech Engn, PACE21, Swiss Acad Sci, SANW, Geoforum Switzerland, SANW, Glaciol Commiss, SANW, Swiss Geomorphol Soc, Swiss Acad Engn Sci, Swiss Agcy Dev & Cooperat, Airbornescan, BHP Billiton Diamonds, Univ Zurich, Dept Geog, Geobrugg Fatzer Protect Syst, Helibernina, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Geotech Engn, Migros Culture Percentage, Solexperts, Stump Bohr Drilling Co, Swiss Alpine Club, Swiss Cablecars, Swiss Fed Inst Snow & Avalanche Res, Swiss Fed Off Water & Geol, Swiss Natl Cooperat Disposal Radioact Waste, Swiss Platform Nat Hazards