The Russian Geographical Society (RGS) has started an open call for volunteers who wish to join the new environmental movement in the Arctic.
The volunteers will take a training course, during which they will gain knowledge on how to conduct scientific research in the Arctic, analyze the types, forms and volumes of pollution and determine the best methods of its elimination.
Successful candidates will receive a certificate and will be able to join the RGS expedition to clean up the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation from man-made pollution.
The expedition "Arctic. General cleaning" will be held in Khatanga in the summer of 2024. Applications are accepted until March 1, 2024.
The first stage of the complex expedition of the Russian Geographical Society took place in Khatanga in August 2023. The cleaning of the territory was carried out jointly with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 70 volunteers from different cities of Russia participated in the work.
In two weeks, they cleared more than three kilometers of coastline, collecting more than 200 tons of man-made waste that had been accumulating here for decades.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
