US EPA

2180495 

Journal Article 

Airborne organochlorines in the Canadian High Arctic 

Patton, GW; Hinckley, DA; Wallai, MD; Bidleman, TF; Hargrave, BT 

1989 

1 

Tellus. Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology
ISSN: 0280-6509
EISSN: 1600-0889 

41 

3 

243-255 

English 

10.3402/tellusb.v41i3.15076 

WOS:000207925100004 

is related to other part(s) 2203267 Airborne organochlorines in the Canadian High Arctic

In 1984, the Canadian Polar Continental Shelf Project established a research camp on a floating ice island in the Beaufort Sea. The 7 - 4 km island is presently located about 50 km off Ellesmere Island at about 81°N, 100°W. Air samples of 1400—3000 m3 were collected on the island in August-September 1986 and June 1987, using a filter-solid adsorbent train. Organochlorines in melted snow and Arctic Ocean surface water were preconcentrated using solid adsorbent cartridges. Samples were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography with electron capture detection, and by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the negative ion and electron impact modes. Compounds quantified included hexachlorocyclohexanes, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated camphenes, chlordane, polychlorinated biphenyls, and DDT compounds (given in order of relative abundance, highest to lowest). Air-sea partitioning of HCH isomers relative to their equilibrium distribution calculated from Henry's Law constants is discussed.