Pollution in the Arctic Ocean Pollution in the Arctic Ocean Pollution in the Arctic Ocean is primarily the result of economic activities carried out on land – such as industrial development in the Arctic region, northern rivers, and the effects of military activities, particularly nuclear activity – as well as the influx of pollutants from other regions of the world. However, the Arctic Ocean remains relatively clean compared to other marine regions of the world. Economic activity in the Arctic seas is not the only source of pollution. The growing presence of military weapons systems in the region raises concerns of increased pollution. Management of
Lousia Beaufort journals which are among the manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College. Also in the Library is a book of watercolours of antiquities which Beaufort dedicated to her brother Admiral Francis Beaufort in 1857. The journal, of which these are the illustrations, is at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Lousia Beaufort Louisa Catherine Beaufort (1781 - 1863 ) was an Irish antiquarian, author and artist. Beaufort was the daughter of Rev Daniel Augustus Beaufort and Mary Waller. Her grandfather was from the Huguenot community in London and moved to Ireland as chaplain to the viceroy. She had two sisters,