The expedition of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) "Arctic. General cleanup" has ended in the settlement of Khatanga which is located in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Over 90 activists collected 547 tons of man-made waste from 40 km of coastline.
"All the tasks have been achieved. In general, during the two years of the expedition, we managed to collect more than 700 tons of waste. But it is also important that within the framework of the expedition, a new powerful RGS project was also implemented. The Volunteer of the Arctic movement was launched, from among the participants of which environmental teams will be quickly formed to organize work throughout the Arctic zone of Russia," said Igor Spiridenko, head of the expedition, chairman of the Krasnoyarsk Regional branch of the RGS.
This year, volunteers from 23 regions of Russia worked in two shifts in Khatanga. In addition to cleaning, the expedition members were engaged in scientific research, visited excursions around Khatanga, organized several exhibitions of the Russian Geographical Society, nia14.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
