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Pollution prevention

Persistent organic pollutants

EASTERN ASIA AND JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA

WESTERN AMERICA

PCB AND LINDANE (HCH)

SIBERIA

Alert

Zeppelin

NORTHEAST AMERICA AND CANADA

WESTERN RUSSIA

Pallas

Stórhöfði

CHLORDANE

WESTERN EUROPE

PCB AND LINDANE (HCH)

Concentration in air (pg/m 3 ) at:

Alert

Zeppelin

Pallas

Stórhöfði + 2 Chlordane, pg/m 3

+ 2 Chlordane, pg/m 3

+ 2 Chlordane, pg/m 3

+ 2 Chlordane, pg/m 3

0

0

0

0

— 2

— 2

— 2

— 2

— 4

Active air monitoring Main air transport route of pollutants Catchment area of rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean Origin of pollutants measured at selected monitoring stations

— 4

— 4

— 4

+ 2 DDT, pg/m 3

+ 2 DDT, pg/m 3

+ 2 DDT, pg/m 3

DDT, pg/m 3

+ 2

0

0

0

0

— 2

— 2

— 2

— 2

— 4

— 4

— 4

— 4

1995

2005

2015

1995

2005

2015

Changes in sea ice extent

+ 2 Dieldrin, pg/m 3

+ 2 Dieldrin, pg/m 3

Sea ice extent in September 2018 Sea ice extent in September 1981 Main glaciers and Greenland ice sheet AMAP boundary

0

0

— 2

— 2

— 4

— 4

1995

2005

2015

1995

2005

2015

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