Table 3.

HCB concentrations in sediments from different Arctic regions. Compound concentrations below the quantification limit are marked “b.d.”

Location		HCB concentration [pg/g d.w.]	References
Adventfjorden		b.d.–8.0	This study
Hornsund		6.8–140
Kongsfjorden		b.d.–50
		120–400	Akvaplan-niva (1998)
		b.d.–10	Szczybelski et al. (2016)
North Norway fjords		50–6700	Dahle et al. (2000)
North Russian fjords	Kola Bay	100–1500
		90–1,350,000	Savinova et al. (2000)
	Guba Zapadnaya Litsa	150–2800
	Guba Penchenga	280–1800	Dahle et al. (2000)
		280–1760	Savinov et al. (2003)
Barents Sea		b.d.–370	Szczybelski et al. (2016)
		b.d.–2010	Zaborska et al. (2011)
Bering Sea		100	Strachan et al. (2001)
		b.d.–2.7	Ma et al. (2015)
Bering Strait		5.4–97.2
Norwegian Sea		5.5–10.0
Arctic Ocean	Amundsen Basin	11.6
	Canada Basin	b.d.–6.8
Chukchi Sea		13.6–78.2
		130	Strachan et al. (2001)
		35	Iwata et al. (1993)
		490	RAIPON/AMAP/GEF Project (2001)