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A capped well head & debris left on the tundra in Gazprom's Bovanenkova gas field. Yamal Peninsula, W. Siberia, Russia

A worker is silhouetted against red hot metal at the copper foundry in Norilsk. Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Burning off impure gas in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Smoke rising from chimneys at the nickel smelter in Monchegorsk, one of the most polluted areas in NW Russia. 2005

C130 equipped with skis on the skiway at Patriot Hills. ALE staff load it with American Scientists equipment. Antarctica

C130 equipped with skis on the skiway at Patriot Hills. ALE staff load it with American Scientists equipment. Antarctica

Oil drums discarded by U.S. military on the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

The remains of a tree in the 'dead zone' where virtually nothing grows, around the town of Monchegorsk. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005

Chimneys from the smelters in the town of Nikel emit sulphur dioxide and other pollutants into the atmosphere. Kola Peninsula. NW Russia. 2005

Burning off impure gas in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

An oil spill from leaking pipes pollutes a lake near Niznevartovsk, Khanty Mansiysk, W. Siberia, Russia. 2000

An electrical transformer, a source of PCBs, discarded by the US military at old DEW Line site on the Melville Peninsula. Nunavut, Canada. 1992

Smoke containing sulphur dioxide belches from the chimneys of a nickel foundry at Norilsk, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000

A Pumping unit in the oil fields near Niznevartovsk. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Nacreous, Mother of Pearl, or PSC, Polar Stratospheric Clouds. Believed to be ice and Nitric acid, these react to produce clorine & bromine, from CFCs, which directly destroy ozone molecules. Antarctica.

Nacreous, Mother of Pearl, or PSC, Polar Stratospheric Clouds. Believed to be ice and Nitric acid, these react to produce clorine & bromine, from CFCs, which directly destroy ozone molecules. Antarctica.