The scientific expedition named Clean Arctic - Vostok-77 will begin on August 15 with a study of the ecology of the Kola Peninsula, the first its seven routes. It will study the pollution of the sea by microplastics that are carried by the Gulf Stream. This, as reported by the press service of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic, was stated by the head of the expedition, the head of the Clean Arctic project Andrey Nagibin.
"The Gulf Stream starts from the Caribbean Islands, runs along the entire coast of the USA, Canada, Britain, Sweden and Norway. In addition to the fact that the Gulf Stream enables the existence of ice-free ports, we call it the "North Atlantic garbage truck". About 70% of the contents of our Barents Sea is what the Gulf Stream brought here. We are talking about plastic, and it's all brought from our colleagues, we want to check it," Nagibin said.
According to him, the expedition will include scientists from various centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, volunteers from the youth club of the Russian Geographical Society. This will be the first research batch of 77 planned in the expedition, Nagibin said.
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