Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East
In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:7315c7d55fee47d3ba263348402d3cbc 2023-05-15T14:57:57+02:00 Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East Henrik Kylin 2020-06-01 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381 https://doaj.org/article/7315c7d55fee47d3ba263348402d3cbc en eng Norwegian Polar Institute 0800-0395 1751-8369 doi:10.33265/polar.v39.3381 https://doaj.org/article/7315c7d55fee47d3ba263348402d3cbc undefined Polar Research, Vol 39, Iss 0, Pp 1-6 (2020) plastic debris chukchi sea chukchi peninsula kolyuchin bay wrangel island pollution geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381 2023-01-22T19:08:29Z In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on a beach stretch of ca. 1.2 km on southern Wrangel Island. The likely explanation for this difference is that the area around the mainland beach is ice-free for a longer period each year, but a contributing factor may be that late spring ice movement removed plastic from the beach on Wrangel Island. The language on the few items with identifiable labels was for the most part Russian or English, making the Chukchi Sea a possible source region. Beaches at the same latitude in the Atlantic may hold more debris on account of the higher human population density, more shipping and transport of floating debris unhindered by a narrow strait that is ice-covered much of the year. Fishing gear blown across the tundra is suggested as a potential threat to reindeer and other terrestrial wildlife. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Chukchi Chukchi Peninsula Chukchi Sea Kolyuchin Bay Polar Research Tundra Wrangel Island Unknown Arctic Chukchi Sea Wrangel Island ENVELOPE(-179.385,-179.385,71.244,71.244) Polar Research 39 0 |
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In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on a beach stretch of ca. 1.2 km on southern Wrangel Island. The likely explanation for this difference is that the area around the mainland beach is ice-free for a longer period each year, but a contributing factor may be that late spring ice movement removed plastic from the beach on Wrangel Island. The language on the few items with identifiable labels was for the most part Russian or English, making the Chukchi Sea a possible source region. Beaches at the same latitude in the Atlantic may hold more debris on account of the higher human population density, more shipping and transport of floating debris unhindered by a narrow strait that is ice-covered much of the year. Fishing gear blown across the tundra is suggested as a potential threat to reindeer and other terrestrial wildlife. |
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