Changes of Arctic landscape due to human impact, north part of Billefjorden area, Svalbard

• Published in: QUAGEO
• Main Authors: Tomczyk, Aleksandra M., Ewertowski, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan 2010
• Subjects: landscape transformations; human impact; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Svalbard; Billefjorden; Pyramiden
• Online Access: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/v10117-010-0008-3

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 obje...