Dirty Arctic (16 photos) Bashny.Net

Usually, photographers, following the motto "Earth is beautiful," directed lenses in the opposite direction from such plots. But sometimes we make an exception to draw attention to the problem, and as a result, make our planet cleaner.



If you arrive on the Arctic coast of our country, the first thing that greets you - the endless piles of garbage and scattering of rusty barrels to gorizonta.Vzletnye band in the Arctic - it's military, and the military in the Arctic - is primarily a giant landfill.
Every year, the island imported tons of fuel, which shed a considerable amount of land and in coastal waters; heavy machinery, tons of equipment for the job, household and food security of the villagers with a population of 200 people. Nothing but personal property departing to the mainland from the island were not taken out - all waste, household garbage and dilapidated machinery remained in the dumps on the island. Wrangel Island is no exception, but merely an example of the development of our North.





Currently, most of the barrels and containers fallen into disrepair. They left tens of tons of petroleum products (gasoline, oil, diesel fuel).