by our staff writers August 14, 2013 Thank you all, for contributing, reading and supporting our activities! This is the last blog entry for the summer 2013 season. Finally, everyone has returned safely and without major hassle, injuries or other happenings! We wish to thank all contributors to this successful expedition and hope you have […]
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Closing down
14. August 2013 | Michael Schaepman | Comments Off on Closing down
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Returning home
13. August 2013 | Maitane Iturrate Garcia | Comments Off on Returning home
by Maitane Iturrate August 13, 2013 It is 10 o’clock and everything is packed and ready. In less than two hours, we will be at Yakutsk airport, heading back home. Today will be a long, long day (a day of 32 hours incuding the change of time zones). We arrived at Yakutsk, again, yesterday morning, […]
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Last days in Kytalyk
12. August 2013 | Maitane Iturrate Garcia | Comments Off on Last days in Kytalyk
by Maitane Iturrate August 8, 2013 Tomorrow, we are leaving Kytalyk. It seems that it was yesterday when we arrived by boat, but five weeks have gone. The last week has been specially stressing. As Angela Gallagher told us: “the last week, you will be running as chicks”. And that is exactly what I have […]
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Panoramic photographs of the Tundra and Taiga
9. August 2013 | Michael Schaepman | Comments Off on Panoramic photographs of the Tundra and Taiga
by Michael Schaepman Yakutsk, August 8, 2013 Communicating an overall impression of the Tundra and Taiga is tricky. In particular when we are used to see a mountain upfront every few kilometers, such as usually in Switzerland :-). The open and wide skies are really impressive out here! We therefore share a few examples of […]
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Vegetation dynamics in the Kytalyk region
7. August 2013 | Veruska Muccione | Comments Off on Vegetation dynamics in the Kytalyk region
by our staff writers August 7, 2013 The region around Kytalyk is characterized by some of the World’s strongest spatial gradients. Most conspicuous is the temperature gradient. The northern part of the region borders the Siberian Sea and is more temperate than the inland, although it is still extreme compared to our sense of temperate. […]
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The weather in Kytalyk this summer
6. August 2013 | Inge Juszak | Comments Off on The weather in Kytalyk this summer
by Inge Juszak Kytalyk, August 5, 2013 Today it’s finally my turn to write a blog entry. I changed the topic from “The 14 most urgent things to do before we leave” to “The weather in Kytalyk this summer”. “Up and running” would also be a good title. But let’s stick to the weather. It’s […]
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Exploring new opportunities around Chokurdakh and Yakutsk
2. August 2013 | Gabriela Schaepman-Strub | Comments Off on Exploring new opportunities around Chokurdakh and Yakutsk
by Gabriela Schaepman-Strub August 1, 2013 The regular reader of this blog might have noticed that the original group has split up into two parties: Maitane Iturrate and Inge Juszak will be staying for another 2 weeks in the field site at Kytalyk to continue the measurements, while the rest of the party has left the […]
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Winding down
2. August 2013 | Veruska Muccione | Comments Off on Winding down
by Angela Gallagher Kytalyk, July 31, 2013 This is my finally summer in Kytalyk and I will be leaving in a few days to return to Amsterdam. I have been lucky enough to have travelled to Kytayk five times, both during the summer and during the Siberian spring where temperatures can be as low as […]
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