In the Khabarovsk region has completed the expedition to the Shantar Islands. On this archipelago in the sea of Okhotsk 3 years ago it was decided to create a national Park. For a long time it housed military camps, will now have to clear the island for decades of accumulated debris. Huge rusty spot opens with the height on the protected Okhotomorskogo the island. Barrels of fuel, equipment, equipment left on the Big Shantar from the military base. Guard the Eastern borders of the country was radar company. Toggle power is long gone. Time and the harsh climate of the Shantar Islands was turned into a pile of scrap metal these radio stations. The last time they were in touch in the early 90s. Then disbanded the island part. The first expedition on the hydrographic ship of the Pacific fleet was slated to assess the scope of future work. The inventory of waste assumed the management of the national Park and environmentalists of the Eastern military district. Rusty corner area of several hundred square metres only on the Shantar Islands. To fully return to the archipelago of the virgin, at the first stage it took the diligence, and also a notebook, pen, camera and Navigator - overgrown't explore the area via satellite image. You need to look into every gully, examine abandoned cars, to find small parts. They will lead to something more. Between the red gape of labyrinths traces of petroleum products, which poison the soil and attract animals. Among the barrels of live voles, foxes settled in the neighborhood. Bear here pulls curiosity. But the main bald spots - more than 100 tons of scrap metal on the island. 2 thousand objects of pollution on 44 points. Every waste accumulation of the expedition noted the coordinates, so when cleaning there's nothing lost. Parallel to the Eastern military district is engaged in cleaning of scrap metal on the Arctic island Vrangelya.