Long-term monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) at the Norwegian Troll station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: R. Kallenborn, K. Breivik, S. Eckhardt, C. R. Lunder, S. Manø, M. Schlabach, A. Stohl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Dronning Maud Land; Troll Station; Troll; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6983-2013; https://doaj.org/article/a5b9ade88bf8486b8fafdfebbd8ab6c4

A first long-term monitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic air has been conducted at the Norwegian research station Troll (Dronning Maud Land). As target contaminants 32 PCB congeners, α- and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), trans - and cis -chlordane, trans- and cis -n...