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Plastic waste is building up in the supposedly pristine wilderness of the Norwegian Arctic, scientists say.<\/p>\n

Researchers are particularly concerned about huge concentrations of microplastic fragments in sea ice.<\/p>\n

They say they've found plastic litter almost everywhere in the Arctic they have looked.<\/p>\n

Norwegian fishermen are worried that their fish stocks may lose their reputation for being untouched by pollution.<\/p>\n

Most of the large plastic waste there comes from discarded fishing gear.<\/p>\n

And boat owners admit it will take hundreds of years to overcome a few reckless decades of using the sea as a dump.<\/p>\n

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Norway's environment minister says politicians in the past haven't fully registered the extent of the problem.<\/p>\n

A synthesis report from the Norwegian Polar Institute to the recent Arctic Frontiers conference in Troms\u00f8 says there's a great need for more research into the extent of possible harm from plastic.<\/p>\n

It says effects have been monitored so far on zooplankton, invertebrates, fish, seabirds, and mammals.<\/p>\n

Research shows that up to 234 particles have been found concentrated into just one litre of melted Arctic sea ice. That's much higher than in the open ocean.<\/p>\n

Researchers explain that sea ice forms from the top. By unfortunate coincidence, plastic particles also float at the surface, so they get bonded into the ice as it freezes.<\/p>\n

They are not yet sure how much of a threat this presents.<\/p>\n

But they are worried about the impact on Arctic wildlife if the particles are released as sea ice continues to shrink.<\/p>\n

Geir Wing Gabrielsen, one of the paper's authors, told BBC News: "We are finding more and more plastic waste in Svalbard, where I work. "The northern fulmar breeds in Svalbard. <\/p>\n

"At the end of the 1970s we found very few plastic in their stomachs. In 2013 when we last investigated, some had more than 200 pieces of plastic in their stomachs.<\/p>\n

"Other creatures are getting entangled in nets washed up on beaches \u2013 like reindeer. Some die because they can't release their antlers \u2013 we find them every year."<\/p>\n

He said in southern Norway pollution was dominated by plastics from the home \u2013 but in Svalbard 80% of it comes from fishing activities, local and distant.<\/p>\n

Surveys suggest that fishing crews are increasingly aware of their responsibilities now.<\/p>\n

Jan Roger Lerbukt, manager of Hermes Fishing in Troms\u00f8 told me: "In the past 20 years I've seen a change in awareness in everyone towards protecting the environment. <\/p>\n

"Fishing has been in our soul for thousands of years. If there's any environmental threat to the fish it's also a threat to our livelihood and that's a big concern. <\/p>\n

"We have a reputation for a pure product and we don't want that damaged."<\/p>\n

He agreed that trawler crews used to throw tangled nets overboard, but says they now they return them to harbour.<\/p>\n

He says they also salvage plastic litter they catch, under a scheme called Fishing for Litter.<\/p>\n

More and more crews are using paper packaging and moving away from plastic tape, he said.<\/p>\n

But on a short walk along a plastic-strewn beach in Skulsfjord near Troms\u00f8, I found clear evidence of fishing ropes still being deliberately cut.<\/p>\n

And in the open water, "ghost nets" are easy to find.<\/p>\n

Bo Eide, an environment consultant for Troms\u00f8 Council, conducts litter-picking on the beaches.<\/p>\n

"People see the pictures in brochures of the pristine Arctic and they book their holidays to come here," he tells me.<\/p>\n

"They're sometimes rather shocked to find that the Arctic in close-up is no longer how it looks in the brochures." <\/p>\n

Norway's environment Minister Ola Elvestuen told BBC News: "It's disturbing \u2013 there's nowhere on Earth that's so far away that its not affected by plastics. <\/p>\n

"This should be a call for action. It's been known about for years, but the magnitude of it hasn't been taken in as it should have been. We must stop the plastic pollution."<\/p>\n

Researchers say there's been no systematic microplastics survey of all parts of the Arctic. They hope to compile an inventory, potentially with the help of "citizen scientists".<\/p>\n

Follow Roger on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n

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