Industrial pollution in the Kol'skiy Poluostrov, Russia

Abstract This paper describes some of the very severe problems of pollution found in the industrialised regions of Kol'skiy Poluostrov (Kola Peninsula) in the European Russian Arctic. Information concerning this area, as is the case for other parts of the former Soviet Union, has tended in the...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Rees, W.G., Kapitsa, A.P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Kola Peninsula
kola peninsula
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400024232
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400024232
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Summary:Abstract This paper describes some of the very severe problems of pollution found in the industrialised regions of Kol'skiy Poluostrov (Kola Peninsula) in the European Russian Arctic. Information concerning this area, as is the case for other parts of the former Soviet Union, has tended in the past to be inaccessible, or highly fragmented. By assembling information from a variety of sources, including discussion with local experts, the authors have produced a coherent picture of the background to and current extent of industrial pollution in this area. The problems are shown to be quite as severe as western scientists have feared.

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