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Photo Great Arctic Rese... Larch forest close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

In Northern Siberia are larches the tree species growing up to the tree line. Those trees in the short Arctic summer grow particular slow and therefore produce very hard timer. Siberian larch timber is therefore used as long lasting building material. Here in southern Taimyr are still untouched forests existing over large areas.

Year: 2013

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

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arctic tundra, Taimyrski Zapovednik (nature reserve), central Taimyr, Russia

Asian Globe flower, Trollius asiaticus, Norilsk, Taimyr. Russia

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

Boiling Tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

Breaking ice, Taimyra river, Central Taimyr, Russia, Late June 1989

Breaking up of river ice near Khatanga, Taimyr, Russia

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

Byrranga mountains and Taimyra river with breaking ice, Taimyr, Russia late June 1989

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

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

Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, Taimyr, Russia

Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, Taimyr, Russia

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

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

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

Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Coast North-East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Cuirlew Sandpiper (Calidris Ferruginea), Sibirian Arctic

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

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

Dikson habour, Taimyr, Russia, 1991

Dikson, mainland part, Taimyr, Russia, 1991

Dikson, Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, 1991

Dikson, Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, 1991

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

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

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

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

Dudinka at the Yenesei from air, Taimyr, Russia (February 1992)

Dudinka, former capital of the Taimyr Autonomous Region, Russia (1991)

Dudinka, former capital of the Taimyr Autonomous Region, Russia (February 1992)

Dudinka, former capital of the Taimyr Autonomous Region, Russia (February 1992)

Dudinka, former capital of the Taimyr Autonomous Region, Russia (February 1992)

Dudinka, harbor and fishermen on river ice, Russia (February 1992)

Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (1993)

Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (1993)

Evenk Man, Lena delta, Russia

Expedition Camp at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Expedition Camp at Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

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

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

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (February 1992)

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (February 1992)

Fishing on river ice of the Yenisei, Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (February 1992)

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

Fox trap, Sterlegova, Taimyr, Russia

Frost Patterns, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, female breeding, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E.), Taimyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, just hatched, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E.), Taimyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, male, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E.), Taimyr, Russia

Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, measured, Sturmanov (76.00N 96.30E.), Taimyr, Russia

High Arctic Tundra, Northern Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Houses at snow-covered road near Dudinka, Taimyr, Russia (February 1992)

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

Ice breaking up of Taimyra River, Taimyrsky 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 Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) colony, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gull (pagophila eburnea), Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea), Izvesti Tsik Islands, Troynoy, North of Taimyr, Russia

Khatanga, Taimyr, Russia

Khatanga, Taimyr, Russia

Larch forest and rivers close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Larch forest and swamps close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Larch forest close to the tree line (taiga/tundra boundary) in Southern Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

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

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

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

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

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

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Lenin statue in Dudinka, Taimyr, Siberia, Russia

Logata River, Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Logata River, Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sturmanov, 76.00N 96.30E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1990

Malaya Logata, Siberian toilet, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

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

Maria Prontechava Bay, 75.24N 113.45E, East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Maria Prontechava Bay, 75.24N 113.45E, East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Melting Ice of Taimyra River, Rusyukov Station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Melting Ice of Taimyr Lake, Rusyukov, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Melting Ice of Taimyr Lake, Rusyukov, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Melting river at Ari Mas part of the Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taimyr, Russia, 1989

Melting Sea Ice near Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia, July 1989

Melting Sea Ice near Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Northermost place of Eurasian Continent, Russia, July 1989

Melting Sea Ice, North coast of Taimyr, July 1990

Melting snow in Tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

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

Melting tundra in late June in Northern Taimyr, Russia, 1989

Melting Tundra, Northern Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Melting Tundra, Northern Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

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

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

Nickel Smelters, Norilsk, Siberia, Russia

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

Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

North of Sterlegova, Taimyr, 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 Taimyr, Russia

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

North Sibirian River, Russia

North Sibirian River, Russia

North Sibirian River, Russia

Novosiversia glacialis, Dikson, Taimyr, Russia

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

Old fox trap, Malaya Logata, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia

Packing the MI8 Helicopter, Malaya Logata, Taimyr, !989 German-Russian Taimyr-Expedition,

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

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

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

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

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

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

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

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

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

Pyasina River, North Siberia

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

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

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

Reindeer herding Dolgans, Khatanga region, Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

Reindeer herding Dolgans, Khatanga region, Taimyr, Russia, July 1993

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

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

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

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

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

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

River, lakes and polygone tundra in Southern Taimyr, Russia

River, lakes and polygone tundra in Southern Taimyr, Russia

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

Rysyukov Station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, German-Soviet Taimyr Expedition 1989

Rysyukov Station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, German-Soviet Taimyr Expedition 1989

Sea ice melting, Dickson , Taimyr, Russia (July 1991)

Settlement in the neighborhood of Khatanga, Southern Taimyr, Russia

Settlement in the neighborhood of Khatanga, Southern Taimyr, Russia

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

Shrenck river, Taimyr, Russia

Shrenk River, German-Soviet Expedition, Taimyr, July 1989

Snowy Tundra near Biranga Mountains, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taimyra river delta, Northern Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, July 1989

Taimyr from helicopter, German-Soviet Expedtion 1989, Russia

Taimyr Lake and Tundra, Taimyr penisular, North Siberia, Russia, 1989

Taimyrr Lake, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Taimyrr Lake, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Thawing tundra in July (1991) at Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia

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

The long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, 75.24N 113.45E, East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, 75.24N 113.45E, East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tidal Flats near Maria Prontechava Bay, 75.24N 113.45E, East Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Traces of track vehicles in tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

Track vehicle leaving traces in tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

Track vehicle leaving traces in tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

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

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

Tributary of the Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990

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

Tundra and River in Southern Taimyr, Russia

Tundra and Sea Ice South of Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra and Sea Ice South of Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra and Sea Ice South of Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra and Sea Ice South of Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra and Sea Ice South of Chelyuskin, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra aside the Logata River, Taimyr, Russia

Tundra at sea-ice-covered coast, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, July 1993

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, July 1993

Tundra landscape, Southeast Taimyr, Siberia, Russia, July 1993

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

Tundra near Rusyukov Station, Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Tundra with fresh snow in July, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, 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 Taimyr, Russia, July 1989

Warden patrolling Ari Mas part of the Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taimyr, Russia, 1989

Warden Station at Ari Mas part of the Taimyrsky Zapovednik, Southern Taimyr, Russia, 1989

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

Weather Station Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

Whether station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia (July 1993)

Whether station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia (July 1993)

Whether station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia (July 1993)

Whether station on Troynoy, Izvesti Tsik Islands, Great Arctic Reserve, Russia (July 1993)

White snow and dark tundra, Sterlegova (75.26N 89.09E), Taimyr, Russia (1991)

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

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

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