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Assessment of Marine Litter on the Fields Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

Authors: Anna V, Vesman; Alexandra A, Ershova; Ekaterina N, Litina; Pavel V, Chukmasov;

Assessment of Marine Litter on the Fields Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

Abstract

The study presents the results of the survey of beached litter on the two opposite shores of the Fields Peninsula (King George Island) conducted during the austral summer seasons of 2022 and 2023, as part of the 67th and 68th Russian Antarctic expeditions. Beaches situated on the coast of the Drake Passage were much more polluted compared to the beaches on the Maxwell Bay side. Plastic accounted for 86 % of all found items on the shores of the Drake Passage, with the majority of items related to fisheries or shipping. On the Maxwell Bay beaches, only 36 % of litter was plastic, with other categories like wood and metal dominating the total number. The average density of marine litter is 0.32 items/m (0.017 items/m2), comparable to other similar surveys conducted on Antarctic islands; however, this is at least 15-20 times lower than beach litter densities in the Arctic.

Keywords

Waste Products, Antarctic Regions, Plastics, Wood, Bathing Beaches, Environmental Monitoring

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