The author did present the chemical data for water, snow, ice and soil sampling from vicinity of Mount Elbrus done by the 2007 and 2008 ecological expeditions. The author, being the head of MIET Mountaineering Club, did organize these expedition trips for university students and Zelenograd schoolchildren. He has drawn a conclusion about finding in streams and rivers, snow ramps and cirques of vicinity of Mount Elbrus the substances disastrous for Nature of mountains. The author also did confirm his initial fear that dirt accumulation in atmosphere above Caucasus Mountains was the result of industrial and other activity of man.
Keywords: Caucasus climate; cyclone; ecological problem; environment; permissible exposure limit; hazardous substance.
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