The word 'tundra' comes from the Russian language and it means a treeless, marshy area. The tundra is located in the Arctic Circle.
Spring clean
Spring clean A coalition of Arctic countries has undertaken a
project to discover the major sources of PCB contaminants in
Russia. Finding the main sources of PCB contamination is the first
step in an effort to cleaning up PCBs in that country. 13 MARCH 1999, P. 12