Limnological Characteristics Reveal Metal Pollution Legacy in Lakes near Canada’s Northernmost Mine, Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut
We compared modern limnological characteristics of three lakes near the world’s northernmost base metal (lead-zinc) mine, Polaris Mine, which operated from 1981 to 2002 on Little Cornwallis Island (Nunavut, Canada), to a suite of sites from Resolute Bay (Qausuittuq), Cornwallis Island. Although both...
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
2021
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/72515 |