Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard
Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard This study present indications of human impact on selected components of environment in the vicinity of Petunia Bay, Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen. The area is easy accessible and has low restriction of hu...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/v10117-010-0008-3 2023-05-15T14:56:21+02:00 Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard Tomczyk, Aleksandra Ewertowski, Marek 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10117-010-0008-3 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/v10117-010-0008-3 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH QUAGEO volume 29, issue 1, page 75-83 ISSN 0137-477X General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 2010 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-010-0008-3 2022-07-08T14:11:40Z Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard This study present indications of human impact on selected components of environment in the vicinity of Petunia Bay, Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen. The area is easy accessible and has low restriction of human activity so it is a need for monitoring of the human impact there. Three groups of objects were inventoried. Large-scale objects are attached to industrial impacts (mainly mining and transport of natural resources) - mines, warehouses, blocks. They are clustered around the west side of the bay - Pyramiden settlement. Medium-scale objects (mainly linear forms - path, tracks) were created by transport as well as scientific and tourist activity. Small-scale impacts (campsites, firesites) were created mainly by scientists and tourists and scattered around whole study area. Industrial activity in this area took place between 1927 and 1998, but its tracks are persistent and hard to remove. Scientific and tourist movements also started at the beginning of the XX century, but nowadays the activities become more and more intensive. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Billefjorden Pyramiden Pyramiden Svalbard Spitsbergen De Gruyter (via Crossref) Arctic Svalbard Billefjorden ENVELOPE(16.417,16.417,78.563,78.563) Pyramiden ENVELOPE(-3.817,-3.817,-72.283,-72.283) QUAGEO 29 1 75 83 |
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Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard This study present indications of human impact on selected components of environment in the vicinity of Petunia Bay, Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen. The area is easy accessible and has low restriction of human activity so it is a need for monitoring of the human impact there. Three groups of objects were inventoried. Large-scale objects are attached to industrial impacts (mainly mining and transport of natural resources) - mines, warehouses, blocks. They are clustered around the west side of the bay - Pyramiden settlement. Medium-scale objects (mainly linear forms - path, tracks) were created by transport as well as scientific and tourist activity. Small-scale impacts (campsites, firesites) were created mainly by scientists and tourists and scattered around whole study area. Industrial activity in this area took place between 1927 and 1998, but its tracks are persistent and hard to remove. Scientific and tourist movements also started at the beginning of the XX century, but nowadays the activities become more and more intensive. |
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Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard |
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Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard |
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