Improvement of the Transport System Environmental Safety of the Arctic Region

The Arctic is a unique region; its economic, transport and logistics potential forms a solid foundation for international cooperation among countries. The state of the environment in the Arctic is an essential indicator of global changes that manifest themselves most significantly in this region. Unfortunately, environmental problems in the area remain unresolved; the natural environment remains heavily polluted, and black carbon emissions are rising. It is important to develop the northern territories in such a way that the transport system is environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and accessible to people, so one of the effective measures will be the transition to vehicles that use natural gas for vehicles, because natural gas does not emit black carbon when burned. Economic and research activities in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation are associated primarily with the search for mineral deposits and their further exploitation. We consider the possibility of reducing the negative impact on the environment in the example of the mining complex of the Murmansk region, which is part of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation. We propose to convert mine dump trucks, as well as shift buses to natural gas for vehicles.