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Industrial pollution in the Kol'skiy Poluostrov, Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

W.G. Rees  and
A.P. Kapitsa
W.G. Rees
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER
A.P. Kapitsa
Affiliation:
Geography Faculty, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Abstract

This paper describes some of the very severe problems of pollution found in the industrialised regions of Kol'skiy Poluostrov (Kola Peninsula) in the European Russian Arctic. Information concerning this area, as is the case for other parts of the former Soviet Union, has tended in the past to be inaccessible, or highly fragmented. By assembling information from a variety of sources, including discussion with local experts, the authors have produced a coherent picture of the background to and current extent of industrial pollution in this area. The problems are shown to be quite as severe as western scientists have feared.

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Polar Record , Volume 30 , Issue 174 , July 1994 , pp. 181 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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