The soil in any tundra is all permafrost. Permafrost is soil that has been frozen. Permafrost can form in any place in the world the soil just has to be moist and the conditions must be cold.

This guy looks like he has been digging by himself for days and only gone 8 feet down. This is interesting because you dont know what he's doing but if he were doing this in winter he would freeze in less than 3 hours.

This is permafrost melting due to global warming but this site isn't about that so well stick to permafrost. This is typical now a days and the more it melts the higher the water is going to get. this permafrost could have been a mile high and now its a few feet off the ground.