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Plastic input into the Arctic Ocean

YUKON 208

Eastern North Pacific 54 %

Alaska 25 %

KOLIMA 136

LENA 581

MACKENZIE 316

Beaufort Gyre

A r c t i c c i r c l e

North Pole

NELSON 50

Canadian Arctic 14 %

YENISEY 673

OB 427

Svalbard 23 %

PECHORA 110

North Norway 35 %

SEVERNAYA DVINA 110

Iceland 28 %

Sable Island 66 %

Faroe Islands 40 %

North Sea 62 %

River systems

Northern Fulmars

Arctic ocean circulation

Population density: Inhabitants per km 2, 2015 Under 1 1 to 5 5 to 25 25 to 250 250 to 1,000 More than 1,000

Percentage of Northern Fulmars with more than 0.1 grams of plastic in their stomach

North Atlantic circulation North Pacific circulation Beaufort Gyre and Transpolar Drift

Arctic watershed Major river basins

River discharge: the width is proportional to the volume of discharge, in km 3 per year for the period 2003-2018

High fishing intensity

Other cold current Other warm current

Sea ice extent: summer minimum in 2018

plastic ingestion by seabirds like northern fulmars compared to other Arctic locations at a similar latitude (Provencher at al., 2017).

the current state of knowledge and how to monitor trends and impacts on ecosystems. An action plan for the protection of the Arctic Ocean from marine litter and microplastics is also being discussed and CAFF is undertaking work to address the impacts of plastics on seabirds.

The Arctic Council has recognized the potential effects of marine plastic litter on the Arctic environment and is assessing

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