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| '''Aralsk''' ([[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]: '''Арал'''= '''Aral''', [[Russian language|Russian]]: '''Аральск''' = '''Aral'sk''') {{coor dm|46|47|N|61|40|E|}} is a small city in [[Kazakhstan]]. | | '''Aralsk''' (from the [[Russian language|Russian]] '''Аральск'''; [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] name is '''Арал''' = '''Aral''') is a former fishery town in [[Kazakhstan]], named after the [[Aral Sea]] whose Northeastern shore was nearby when the place was founded in 1905. |
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| Arask Railway Station is the main Northern gateway to the [[Aral Ecological Disaster Zone]].
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| There are serious health problems for tourists and the local population, caused by airborne toxic chemicals exposed to the wind by the retreating waters, and from the physical and [[biological agents]].
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| February, 1956: Aralsk ground-level atomic explosion
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| 1957-1991: Open-air testing of biological weapons
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| Population:
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| (1960) > 100,000 (including tourist)
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| (2007) < 40,000.
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| Since the retreat of the Aral Sea, after diversion of the rivers inflow, Aralsk is completely [[landlocked]]. In 1980 the Aral Sea could be seen from the town.
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| Aralsk was formerly a fishing port of the [[Aral Sea]], and was a major supplier of fish to the neighboring region. Like the town of [[Moynaq]] to the south of the Aral Sea, it now has discarded rusting fishing boats sitting on what used to be the bed of the Aral Sea.
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| Visitors are advised not to eat fish that the local population grows in contaminated lakes, ponds and salt pans, which are poisonous. They are also advised to pack in all water needed for personal use, and not to depend on masks or air filters.
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| ==External links==
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| * WEATHER TODAY and forecast: [http://www.hmn.ru/en/index1.php?code=28&value=35746]
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| * Погода в г. Аральск: [http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/35746.htm]
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| * Climate and views today [http://www.weatherbonk.com/weather/browse/kazakhstan/aralsk]
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| * Aral Ecological Disaster Zone.[http://www.portalus.ru/modules/ecology/data/files/hydrologist/aral.rtf]
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| * Open-air testing of biological weapons. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/vozrozhdenly]
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| * CHEMICAL AND RADIATION EFFECTS ON CHILDREN IN ARAL.[http://science.istc.ru/istc/sc.nsf/html/projects.htm?open&id=K-472]
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| [[Image:Aral-dust-storm2006-6-13.jpg]]
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| [[Image:aral-dust-storm2007.jpg]]
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| [[Image:AralSea-21century-2.jpg]]
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