Human impact on tundra environment at the Ny-Ålesund Station, Svalbard

Studies were performed in Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, in June and July 1986 in order to gain an insight into the effect of activities of the polar research station on the nearby environment. It was found that chemical and mechanical factors were the most detrimental to the tundra environment. Fuel oil...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Jadwiga Krzyszowska, Anna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1989
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2408
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v7i2.6836