Kamchatka 2008 blog
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Second plot finished
Yesterday the second forest plot was completed, not without a serious amount of effort. It was a patch of larch forest with dense thickets of mountain pine beneath the canopy, so we were fighting through bushes the whole time. We did our best though, and it´s a good workout for the whole body.
On returning from the plot a few days ago, a mother and cub bear ran onto the trail directly in front of us, having been scared off by a vehicle on a nearby trail. Fortunately they saw us and backed away peaceably so the incident passed without any alarm. It´s a welcome reminder though that there are plenty of bears in the forests here.
Today we´re leaving the village of Esso and moving to a camp in the north on the Anavgiy river where we hope to find forests of white birch and larch in abundance. At least, that´s what the forest inventory maps suggest, although the last full survey was completed in 1996 so we won´t really know until we arrive. If we find good quality old-growth forests then we would hope to be based there for some time.
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In the Guardian today:
"Bears eat two workers in remote Russian region"
Up to 30 hungry and desperate bears have attacked and eaten two men in Russia's wild far eastern region of Kamchatka, and have trapped a group of geologists at their remote site.
The bears - apparently starving - killed the men last Thursday, Russian agencies reported. The bears had surrounded a local platinum mining company. Both victims worked at the mine as security guards.
Full story at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/24/russia.wildlife
Take care out there, guys...
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"Bears eat two workers in remote Russian region"
Up to 30 hungry and desperate bears have attacked and eaten two men in Russia's wild far eastern region of Kamchatka, and have trapped a group of geologists at their remote site.
The bears - apparently starving - killed the men last Thursday, Russian agencies reported. The bears had surrounded a local platinum mining company. Both victims worked at the mine as security guards.
Full story at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/24/russia.wildlife
Take care out there, guys...
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