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Photo Great Arctic Rese... Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) breeding, Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) breeding, Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

The Rock Ptarmigan is a sedentary (non-migrating) species which breeds across arctic and subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra. The Rock Ptarmigan is seasonally camouflaged; its feathers moult from white in winter to brown in spring or summer. It is one of the very few bird species, which is adapted to live all year round in the harsh climate of Northern Siberia.

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From album: Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyrski Zapovednik and German-Russian Expeditions 1989-1991 to Taymyr

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

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Airplane at Alykel-Norilsk Airport in snowstorm, Taymyr, Russia

Alykel-Norilsk Airport, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia

Approaching Chelyuskin, Northernmost point of Eurasia, German-Russian Taymyr Expedition 1989

Arctic desert vegetation, Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, North of Taymyr, Russia

Arctic Poppy (Papaver pulvinatum), Rusyukov, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Arctic Tundra, Taymyrski Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Central Taymyr, Russia

Asian Globe Flower, Trollius Asiaticus, Norilsk, Taymyr, Russia

At the entrance of the secretariat of the Great Arctic Reserve, Dudinka, Russia 1993

Boiling Tundra, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Breaking ice, Taymyra river, Central Taymyr, Russia late June 1989

Breaking up of river ice near Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

Breeding Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Byrranga mountains and Taymyra river with breaking ice, Taymyr, Russia late June 1989

Byrranga mountains (background) and Tundra, Central Taymyr, Russia late June 1989

Byrranga mountains (background) and Tundra, Central Taymyr, Russia late June 1989

Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, Taymyr, Russia

Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, Taymyr, Russia

Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia 1989

Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia 1989

Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia 1989

Coast at Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Coast at Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Coast North-East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Cuirlew Sandpiper (Calidris Ferruginea), Sibirian Arctic, Russia

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Branta b. bernicla) caught for ringing, Northern Taymyr, Russia

Dikson harbour, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Dikson, Mainland part, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Dikson, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Dikson, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Driftwood at the shores of the Yenisei river at Dikson, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Driftwood at the shores of the Yenisei river at Dikson, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Driftwood at the shores of the Yenisei river at Dikson, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Driftwood at the shores of the Yenisei river, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia 1991

Dudinka at the Yenesei from air, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Dudinka, former capital of the Taymyr Autonomous Region, Russia 1991

Dudinka, former capital of the Taymyr Autonomous Region, Russia February 1992

Dudinka, former capital of the Taymyr Autonomous Region, Russia February 1992

Dudinka, former capital of the Taymyr Autonomous Region, Russia February 1992

Dudinka, harbour and fishermen on river ice, Russia February 1992

Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia 1993

Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia 1993

Evenk Man, Lena Delta, Russia

Expedition Camp at Sturmanov, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Expedition Camp at Sturmanov, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Field camp of nomadic Dolgan reindeer herders, South Taymyr, Russia

Field camp of nomadic Dolgan reindeer herders, South Taymyr, Russia

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Fishing village at the Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

Fox trap, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia

Frost Patterns, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola, female breeding, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola, just hatched, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola, male, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola, measured, Sturmanov, Taymyr, Russia

High Arctic Tundra, Northern Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Houses at snow-covered road near Dudinka, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Ice breaking up of Taymyra River at the Taymyr Lake, German-Soviet Expedition, Late June 1989

Ice breaking up of Taymyra River, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Late June 1989

Inauguration of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik) in Dudinka, Russia 1993

Iron-rich habitat of Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gull (pagophila eburnea), Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Ivory Gulls (Pagophila eburnea), Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taymyr, Russia

Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

Larch forest and rivers close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch forest and swamps close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (Taiga/Tundra boundary) in Southern Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Larch trees, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

Larch trees, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

Larch trees, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

Larch trees, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Lenin statue in Dudinka, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia

Logata River, Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Logata River, Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sterlegova, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sturmanov, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Malaya Logata, Siberian toilet, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Male Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Maria Prontechava Bay, East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Maria Prontechava Bay, East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting ice of Taymyra River, Rusyukov Station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting ice of Taymyr Lake, Rusyukov, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting ice of Taymyr Lake, Rusyukov, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting river at Ari Mas part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taymyr, Russia 1989

Melting sea ice near Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia July 1989

Melting sea ice near Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia July 1989

Melting sea ice, North Coast of Taymyr July 1990

Melting snow in Tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Melting Tundra at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting tundra in late June in Northern Taymyr, Russia 1989

Melting Tundra, Northern Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Melting Tundra, Northern Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Moss vegetation, high Arctic habitat, Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, North of Taymyr, Russia

Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala), Rusyukov, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Nickel Smelters, Norilsk, Siberia, Russia

Nomadic base of reindeer herding Dolgans, Khatanga region, Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

North of Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia, July 1990

North Siberian River, Russia

North Siberian River, Russia

North Siberian River, Russia

North Siberian River, Russia

North Siberian river shaping natural, dynamic landscape, South of Taymyr, Russia

North Siberian river shaping natural, dynamic landscape, South of Taymyr, Russia

North Sibirian River, Russia

North Sibirian River, Russia

North Sibirian River, Russia

Novosiversia Glacialis, Dikson, Taymyr, Russia

Nuclear-powered Icebreaker "Taymyr", near Dikson, Taymyr, Russia 1990

Old fox trap, Malaya Logata, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia

Packing the MI8 Helicopter, Malaya Logata, Taymyr, German-Russian Taymyr-Expedition 1989

Pair of Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Partnership of the Taymyrski Zapovednik with Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, common exhibition in Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia 1995

Polar Bear traces near Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia July 1989

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia

Preparing for field work at Rusyukov station, First German-Soviet Expedition 1989, Taymyrsky Zapovednik

Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

Pyasina Delta, Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

Pyasina River, North Siberia

Railway station between Dudinka and Norilsk, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Railway station between Dudinka and Norilsk, Taymyr, Russia February 1992

Red Knot Habitat, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia July 2019

Reindeer herding Dolgans, Khatanga Region, Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Reindeer herding Dolgans, Khatanga Region, Taymyr, Russia July 1993

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taymyr, Russia July 1990

River, lakes and polygone tundra in Southern Taymyr, Russia

River, lakes and polygone tundra in Southern Taymyr, Russia

Rysyukov Station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, German-Soviet Taymyr Expedition 1989

Rysyukov Station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, German-Soviet Taymyr Expedition 1989

Sea ice melting, Dickson, Taymyr, Russia July 1991

Settlement in the neighborhood of Khatanga, Southern Taymyr, Russia

Settlement in the neighborhood of Khatanga, Southern Taymyr, Russia

Shorelarks nest (Eremophila alpestris), Rysyukov, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Shrenck River, Taymyr, Russia

Shrenk River, German-Soviet Expedition, Taymyr July 1989

Snowy Tundra near Biranga Mountains, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Stones pressed out and sorted by permafrost, Tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Storing fish in a permafrost ice cellar, Lena Delta, Russia

Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Taymyra River Delta, Northern Taymyr, Siberia, Russia July 1989

Taymyr from helicopter, German-Soviet Expedtion, Russia 1989

Taymyr Lake and Tundra, Taymyr Penisula, North Siberia, Russia 1989

Taymyr Lake, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Taymyr Lake, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Thawing tundra in July at Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

The end of a Reindeer sledge, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

The Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, East Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Traces of track vehicles in tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Track vehicle leaving traces in tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Track vehicle leaving traces in tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Train and road connection Dudinka - Norilsk airport in winter, Taymyr, Russia

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taymyr, German-Soviet Expedition, July 1990

Trush nest at Larch tree, Ari Mas, part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik at the tree line in Southern Taymyr, Russia June 1989

Tundra and River in Southern Taymyr, Russia

Tundra and sea ice South of Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra and sea ice South of Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra and sea ice South of Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra and sea ice South of Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra and sea ice South of Chelyuskin, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra aside the Logata River, Taymyr, Russia

Tundra at sea ice covered Coast, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Tundra at Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Tundra at Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Tundra at Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Tundra at Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Tundra at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taymyr, Siberia, Russia July 1993

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taymyr, Siberia, Russia July 1993

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taymyr, Siberia, Russia July 1993

Tundra melting in late June, "Taymyrsky Zapovednik", Central Taymyr, Russia 1989

Tundra near Rusyukov Station, Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Tundra with fresh snow in July, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Twins warming each other in the Siberian winter, Dudinka, Northern Siberia, Russia February 1992

Vehicle traces in tundra at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1989

Warden patrolling Ari Mas part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taymyr, Russia 1989

Warden Station at Ari Mas part of the Taymyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taymyr, Russia 1989

Weather station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia July 1993

Weather station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia July 1993

Weather station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia July 1993

Weather station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia July 1993

Weather Station Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taymyr, Russia July 1990

Weather Station Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

White snow and dark tundra, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taymyr, Russia 1991

Winter life in Dudinka, Taymyr, Siberia, Russia February 1992

Young boys at field camp of nomadic Dolgan reindeer herders, South Taymyr, Russia

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