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 enjoyed reading this blog. We will be back next year with more information. We also thank all of our readers for their interest!
Trailer
Let’s finally quickly review the main actors and contributors to this expedition in short.
Expedition lead in all situations: Gabriela Schaepman-Strub (Photo: T. Maximov, July 2013).
Trofim Maximov, the best science and host you can get in Yakutia (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, August, 2013).
Stas Ksenofontov, the organizing expert for everything! (Photo: M. Schaepman, August 2013).
Maitane Iturrate, the ‘crazy Spanish’, who never stopped working (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, July 2013).
Inge Juszak, field work under any circumstances (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, July 2013).
Olga Khitun, never resting to get all (!) species determined (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, July 2013).
Lena, a cook no one wanted to miss any meal … (Photo: M. Schaepman, July 2013).
Lena’s son Ilya, a great help in- and outside the kitchen (Photo: L. Schaepman, July 2013).
Angela Gallagher, whose life is more Tundra than anything else (Photo: L. Schaepman, July 2013).
Bingxi Li – what did I photograph again?? (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, July 2013).
Linus Schaepman, returning ‘every year again’ (Photo: M. Schaepman, July 2013).
Anne Schaepman – ‘reindeers do not need to go back to school …’ (Photo: M. Schaepman, July 2013).
Michael Schaepman, responsible for the URPP GCB (Photo: G. Schaepman-Strub, August 2013).
A farewell from Spasskaya Pad (from left: Rikie Suzuki, Stas, Gabriela and Anne, Linus, Michael, Nikita, Kyril, and Trofim (Photo: Roman, August 2013).
Guarantees the smoothest rides: Bukhanka and its driver Wasya (Photo: M. Schaepman, August 2013).
Guarantees the fastest transfers: Iwan and his outboard engine … (Photo: M. Schaepman, August 2013).
We will miss the fantasitc nature and wildlife (Photo: M. Schaepman, July 2013).
Let’s meet next year in the tundra again, maybe behind the Alnus 11 bush … (Photo: M. Schaepman, July, 2013).
Acknowlegements
We acknowledge support from the University of Zurich Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity (URPP GCB) for test site maintenance, project support and travel (G. Schaepman-Strub, M. Iturrate, M. Schaepman).
We acknowledge support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), project 140631 (Inge Juszak).
We rely on equipment and clothing from Transa.