Dikson Settlement in Russia

Dikson is the northernmost port in Russia and one of the northernmost settlements in the world. The population of Dikson has decreased drastically after the collapse of the Soviet Union, from 4000 people to merely 600. A lot of industrial waste was left behind.

Unique identifier: GP0STQFWJ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/09/2016

Locations: Arctic, Dikson (Settlement), Russia, Taymyr Peninsula

Credit line: © Liza Udilova / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Expedition to Dikson: Accumulated Contamination in Russian Arctic

In early September 2016, Greenpeace Russia visits Dikson on Russia’s Arctic Ocean coast, to document the accumulated contamination left behind by the industrial development of the USSR period. Dikson is the most northern settlement in Russia.

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