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The last leg!

30. June 2013 | Maitane Iturrate Garcia | Keine Kommentare

by Maitane Iturrate Kytalyk, June 30, 2013 June 28, 2013: At last, everything is ready for embarking the boat. It took us almost three hours and some discussions with the owner of the boat, because of all our equipment and luggage. The weather does not look nice, grey clouds are approaching and the wind is […]

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Communicating in the age of communication

29. June 2013 | Michael Schaepman | Keine Kommentare

by our staff writers June 29, 2013 No mobile phone tower nearby, project loon (balloon-powered internet access) not yet arrived in Kytalyk, and some communication satellites do not provide guaranteed coverage in our location (such as Thuraya and Inmarsat). So how do you communicate in such a remote location? Luckily there is a constellation of […]

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The last leg (almost)

28. June 2013 | Inge Juszak | 2 Kommentare

by Inge Juszak Chokurdakh, June 28, 2013 Today we took the last plane of our journey to the research site, from Yakutsk to Chokurdakh. Compared to the flights from Zurich and Moscow this one was a real adventure in an Antonov AN- 24 PB with about 30 people and a lot of cargo. The airplane […]

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A day out in Yakutsk

27. June 2013 | Maitane Iturrate Garcia | Keine Kommentare

by Maitane Iturrate Yakutsk, June 27, 2013 08.00 hrs (midnight in Zurich) Today it is grey, windy and cold. We are ready for having breakfast, although still suffering from an awful jet-lag. Fruit, cheese, butter, yogurt … the table is full of all the luxurious things that we will miss in Kytalyk! 10.00hrs We have […]

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First group of scientists are catching up in Yakutsk

26. June 2013 | Gabriela Schaepman-Strub | 2 Kommentare

by Gabriela Schaepman-Strub Yakutsk, June 26, 2013 After months of preparation, of dealing with shipping, import and visa administration, meetings to rediscuss final field plans, buying mosquito-repellent clothes and attending a far from help course, the day has come. The forefront of the expedition – Maitane, Inge and Gabriela, are meeting at the airport in […]

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A little geography of the site

25. June 2013 | Michael Schaepman | 2 Kommentare

The low-Arctic tundra site is located in the Kytalyk (Rus: Кыталык) nature reserve in the Indigirka lowlands in northeast Siberia, Russia. The field site is located approximately 25 km north of Chokurdakh (Rus: Чокурдах) and around 480 km north of the Arctic Circle. Within a distance of 50km, four tundra vegetation types and the tundra-taiga […]

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Welcome to the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity Eastern Siberia Expedition 2013

24. June 2013 | Michael Schaepman | Keine Kommentare

Welcome to the URPP GCB Eastern Siberia Expedition 2013 In 2013 we are visiting the Kytalyk area in eastern Siberia. The goal of the Eastern Siberia Expedition 2013 is to assess global change drivers on biodiversity. The expedition is embedded in the University of Zurich Research Priority Program on ‘Global Change and Biodiversity‘. The expedition […]

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