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Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taimyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taimyr, Russia, 1989 The first destination of the German-Soviet expedition in 1989 was the Zapovednik (nature reserve) "Taimyrsky", in central Taimyr peninsular in the north of Krasnoyarsky Krai, established in 1979. Except the main area the...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taimyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taimyr, Russia, 1989

Tundra aside the Logata River, Taimyr, Russia Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for a partnership agreement be...

By Peter Prokosch

Tundra aside the Logata River, Taimyr, Russia

Ice-wetch, polygon pond cut at a eroding river cliff, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia The polygon ponds in the flat sediment tundra of the delta are formed by ice-rings, which form against each other ring-formed walls. - The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its ma...

By Peter Prokosch

Ice-wetch, polygon pond cut at a eroding river cliff, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia

Rich Arctic tundra vegetation at Alkhornet, Icefjord, Svalbard In the high Arctic of Svalbard the Icefjord region provides relatively rich vegetation. Underneath bird cliffs at Alkhornet, where soil is highly fertilized, the new green growth is visible from a long distance.

By Peter Prokosch

Rich Arctic tundra vegetation at Alkhornet, Icefjord, Svalbard

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