Scrap Metal in Dikson Settlement in Russia

According to some estimates, up to 4 million tons of industrial and construction waste were left in the coastal zone of the Russian Arctic.

Unique identifier: GP0STQFXA

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/09/2016

Locations: Arctic, Dikson (Settlement), Russia, Taymyr Peninsula

Credit line: © Liza Udilova / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Expedition to Dikson: Accumulated Contamination in Russian Arctic

In early September 2016, Greenpeace Russia visits Dikson on Russia’s Arctic Ocean coast, to document the accumulated contamination left behind by the industrial development of the USSR period. Dikson is the most northern settlement in Russia.

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