[Medical and scientific problems in exploring the Far North by man]

The North is a part of the Earth's biosphere, which is connected with other climatic and geographical regions via the common geological and climatic processes. The severe natural conditions make the North as an ecological system easily vulnerable to anthropogeneous factors. In this connection, the industrial development of the northern areas should rely on low-waste and ecologically pure technologies. The paper outlines the principles of the system interaction of social production, health services, and social security. The medical and scientific problems in the development of the Far North by man are formulated in general.