Essays about: "Barentsburg"

Found 2 essays containing the word Barentsburg.

1. 1. The Real Arctic:Truly Wild, Wonderfully Retro : Imaginaries and tourism in Svalbard

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Frida Mård; [2019]
   Keywords : Imaginaries; tourism; media; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Barentsburg;

   Abstract : This essay analyses the use of media as an instigator of tourism as it creates perceptions of Svalbard in the minds of prospective and former tourists. It explores what these created imaginations about Svalbard as a destination and experience mean for individuals who have been submitted by a curated image in media, made for the profit of the tourism industry. READ MORE

3. 2. Local pollution and the risks of OPFR, PBDE and PFAS to the marine ecosystem outside Longyearbyen and Barentsburg in Svalbard

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Anna Olsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Local pollution; Organophosphorus flame retardants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Perfluorinated alkylated substances; Sediment; Arctic; Svalbard; Adventfjorden; Grønfjorden; Risk analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Most of the ecotoxicological research conducted in the Arctic until today has focused on long range transport of pollutants, while fewer studies on local pollution have been published. The aim of this study was hence to investigate if local pollution of organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) occurs outside two settlements in Svalbard; Longyearbyen and Grønfjorden. READ MORE