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Russia's clean up on Svalbard
last update: Jun 06, 2011 09:29 PM
From a "BarentsObserver" article: some 186 million rubles will be spend by Russia to clean up after Russia's activity on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources.
The job will be contracted out and will be for a total of € 4.6 million (RUB 185.6 million) and will include removal of sunken objects that can be of harm for navigation, removal of polluting waste materials, oil waste and scrap metal. The work should be done in the period 2011-2013.
This is the second place in the Arctic where Russia has started to clean up remains after years of activity. In September 2010, a similar tender for removal of polluting waste materials from Franz Josef Land was announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
On Svalbard, there are some 400 Russians, which has a total population of approximately 2700. Most of the Russians are employed in the state company Arktikugol’s coal mines.
Read:
BarentsObserver, 3rd June 2011
