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Abstract
The results of a 1977 survey of contamination levels in bottom sediments from the Pechenega Bay, Barents Sea, are presented. Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons (11 PCB congeners, DDT with metabolites, HCB, alpha‐HCH, lindane), and trace elements were analyzed in samples from five sites. Levels of trace elements and of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were found to be low. High levels of PCB and some pesticides found in the bottom sediments indicate anthropogenic contamination sources. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Izvestiya Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya 2000, No. 1, pp. 79–87.