The fourth "Arctic Purity Cup" has ended, during which more than 2,000 participants collected about 53 tons of garbage at 45 sites.
"This season, environmental athletes have cleared the territory of several natural protected areas, parks and squares in towns and cities of the Arctic from household and construction debris," said Anna Kupryakova, head of the regional department of the Clean Games project. In 2021, 694 people participated in the events, 2,513 in 2022 and 3,000 in 2023. In total, they collected about 71 tons of garbage.
The Arctic Purity Cup is being implemented with the support of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic, the Kamchatka clothing brand Beregi and the Arctic Resource Center Foundation.
The press service of the "Clean Arctic" project announced that the names of the 20 finalists of the all-Russian "Ticket to the Arctic" contest have been revealed
The ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" has departed from the port of Saint Petersburg for Murmansk, where the drifting polar expedition "North Pole-42" will be launched
The Russian Federation Volunteers of the Clean Arctic environmental project have completed the cleaning of Tiksi village, Russia's northernmost port located beyond the Arctic Circle, the project's press service reported
The start of the fourth season of the federal project "Clean Arctic" in Tiksi village was given by the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev, the head of the Clean Arctic project Andrey Nagibin and the head of the Bulunsky district Afanasy Androsov
The expedition of Clean Arctic volunteers to Cape Chelyuskin will start on August 30 from Arkhangelsk, said Andrey Nagibin, head of the Clean Arctic public project
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