MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. Volunteers of the Clean Arctic public environmental project took a flight from Moscow heading for Cape Chelyuskin in the Arctic. They will be cleaning up the accumulated environmental damage and will participate in field scientific research and practical training, the project's press service said.
"This year, our project has received a grant from the Presidential Foundation for Nature. This allows us not only to organize the territory cleanup, but also to conduct in-depth scientific research. Clean Arctic has been preparing the ground for such expeditions for several years: we have repaired the volunteer campus, practiced the technology for cleaning and removing accumulated damage. In fact, this expedition to [Cape] Chelyuskin begins a big and comprehensive work to restore the cape's ecosystems and to develop the cape into an important center for scientific research," the press service quoted the Clean Arctic public environmental project's leader Andrey Nagibin as saying.
The expedition to Eurasia's northernmost mainland point is organized for the first time. The group of more than 20 people features volunteers as well as scientific specialists, museum experts, and Hero of Russia, Cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, plus winners of the Icebreaker of Knowledge international competition.
