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In polar regions, much of the soil is permafrost: a mixture of soil and blocks of ice that are frozen year round. Above the permafrost is an "active layer" that freezes in the winter and thaws in the summer. Long-term warming is thawing many areas of permafrost in the Arctic, including Greenland. NOAA Climate.gov drawing.