Abstract:

Based on the analytical results of surface soil,lichen and moss sampled from King George Island,Antarctica during 1992/1993,the concentration levels of 8 heavy metals(include As,Se) and 5 organic pollutants are discussed.It is indicated that the content distribution of heavy metals in three environmental samples is very different.Lichen and moss showed different concentrating ability to different heavy metals.The contamination of 666,DDT,PCBs and Oil is very obvious.The source of pollutants and a comparison with results of other researchers and the background level in some areas in the world are also discussed in this paper.