On Friday, the participants of the All-Russian forum and festival, headlined ‘The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken,’ in Murmansk experienced Arctic polar night clean-up in the Abram-Mys area on the western coast of the Kola Bay.
The goal of the project is to clear the Arctic territory from waste, formed after the intensive development of the region during the Soviet era, with the participation of volunteers not only from Russia, but also from other countries. During two seasons of "Clean Arctic", 110 hectares of Arctic land were cleared and more than 5,000 tons of waste were removed. This initiative is being held as part of Russia’s presidency in the Arctic Council The third summer of big clean-up in the Arctic started on May 21, on Polar Explorer's Day, in Karelia.
"We will have more than 30 expeditions this year," said Ruslan Gubaydullin, chairman of the ANO "Clean Arctic", as quoted by TASS. According to him, several participants in the Arctic cleanup in Murmansk are planning to be sent to Svalbard in the coming months for similar participation in environmental activities.
