Kamchatka 2008 blog

We're back in the village again after a trip to the upper reaches of the Bystrya valley to create another plot in some white birch forests near the Gorgachan pass. The weather was terrible, and we've all come down with colds after spending long days working in damp, misty conditions. As a result of this, we haven't quite completed it, and we've had to return as we ran out of food. We'll go back to finish it off at the end of the fieldwork. We'll be taking some time off this weekend before heading north to the Razdelniy valley for nine days to establish another two plots, this time in larch and mixed forests. The valley is one of the only intact watersheds I've seen in this area following extensive fires, so it's an ideal place to work and entirely untouched.