The Russian military to take out 215 tons of scrap metal from Wrangel Island in the Arctic
RU EN

The Russian military to take out 215 tons of scrap metal from Wrangel Island in the Arctic

Clean Arctic  
05-31-2023
 

Forty members of the consolidated environmental unit of the Eastern Military District will collect, compress and prepare for the export of 215 tons of scrap metal from Wrangel Island in the Arctic, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Scrap metal will be collected in 22 cargo containers, which will be sent by ships to the mainland. About 18 units of special equipment will be used to clean up scrap metal from one of the districts of Wrangel Island.

Wrangel Island is located in the Arctic Ocean between the East Siberian and Chukchi Seas, is part of the reserve of the same name and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Since October 2014, units of the Eastern Military District have been located on Wrangel Island. Until the 1990s, there were also military units on the island.

In total, during the work in the Arctic zone from 2015 to the summer of 2022, about 2.200 tons of non-ferrous and ferrous scrap were prepared and exported from Wrangel Island. Over 215 tons of scrap metal were collected during the 2022 season, RIA Novosti reported.

# Russia
More
03-27-2024
Russian scientists will determine the mechanisms of climate change and the nature of Svalbard in 150 thousand years
Specialists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) will conduct paleogeographic studies in the new season of work on Svalbard this year
03-26-2024
The glacier of Romantics reached the final of the competition "From the South Seas to the Polar region"
The Yamal Glacier of Romantics, which is the most popular natural attraction of the Polar Urals, can be included in the list of the 30 most beautiful places in Russia as part of the "More than a Trip" program
03-25-2024
The Walla-Tunturi tour cluster scheduled to open in 2032
The opening of the Valla-Tunturi tourism cluster on the territory of the Kola Peninsula is scheduled for 2032, the Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region reported
03-22-2024
The Federation Council approved the law on the expansion of the Arctic zone of Russia
The Federation Council approved the law on the inclusion of the Berezovsky and Beloyarsk municipal districts of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra into the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation
03-21-2024
Russian experts study the state of permafrost and the process of melting glaciers in Svalbard
Scientists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AAI) are starting a new season of scientific work in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway
03-20-2024
The tourist route of the Arkhangelsk region become one of the best in Russia
The route "Arkhangelsk: the Arctic begins here" was included in the first printed catalog of national tourist routes in Russia