Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard
Studies performed in the summers of 1979 and 1980 in the surroundings of the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, Svalbard, aimed at determining the impact of the presence of a research station on its immediate tundra surroundings. The sources of environmental degradation were singled out; the ways of...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2529 2023-05-15T16:34:55+02:00 Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard Krzyszowska, Anna Jadwiga 1985-01-12 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2529 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i2.6956 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2529/5780 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2529 doi:10.3402/polar.v3i2.6956 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 3 No. 2 (1985); 247-252 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1985 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i2.6956 2021-11-11T19:12:57Z Studies performed in the summers of 1979 and 1980 in the surroundings of the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, Svalbard, aimed at determining the impact of the presence of a research station on its immediate tundra surroundings. The sources of environmental degradation were singled out; the ways of expansion of various contaminants and the degree of their harmfulness to the environment were evaluated. This gave insight into the extent of tundra degradation in the vicinity of a polar research station. It was found that the heaviest impacts were caused by changes in the chemical composition of the soil, resulting from spills of petroleum-derived fuels, and by transport which damaged the surface of the tundra. Article in Journal/Newspaper Hornsund Polar Research Svalbard Tundra Polar Research (E-Journal) Svalbard Hornsund ENVELOPE(15.865,15.865,76.979,76.979) Polar Research 3 2 247 252 |
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Studies performed in the summers of 1979 and 1980 in the surroundings of the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, Svalbard, aimed at determining the impact of the presence of a research station on its immediate tundra surroundings. The sources of environmental degradation were singled out; the ways of expansion of various contaminants and the degree of their harmfulness to the environment were evaluated. This gave insight into the extent of tundra degradation in the vicinity of a polar research station. It was found that the heaviest impacts were caused by changes in the chemical composition of the soil, resulting from spills of petroleum-derived fuels, and by transport which damaged the surface of the tundra. |
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Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard |
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Tundra degradation in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Svalbard |
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tundra degradation in the vicinity of the polish polar station, hornsund, svalbard |
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