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Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea. Image courtesy of NASA. |
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Severnaya Zemlya seen from space. Image courtesy of NASA. |
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Scene from the settlement of Mys Khameny, Yamal. 1997. |
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Street scene, Mys Khameny settlement, Yamal. 1997. |
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Flying helo in thick fog is quite an experience! Yamal 1997. |
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Field group at Marresale Polar Station, Yamal. 1997. |
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From Marresale Polar Station. 1997. |
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Scene from the Marresale Polar Station |
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Scene from an abandoned Russian military post, Yamal. |
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Meandering river on the Yamal tundra. 1997. |
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Hanna enjoying a calm and sunny day. Yamal, 2002. |
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Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Folded glaciotectonic structure. Marresale coastal cliffs, 1997. |
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Eolian facies of the Baidarata Sand, Marresale coalstal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Fluvial facies of the Baidarata Sand. 1997. |
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Early Holocene (9-8 ka BP) Betula horizon. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal, 1997. |
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Betula horizon (dark). 1997. |
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Bill Manley and Valery Gataullin, with Nenets on Yamal. 1997. |
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Large glaciotectonic folds, coastal section 5 km north of Marresale Polar Station, Yamal. 1997. |
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A stump of birch from the Betula horizon. This shows early Holocene tree limit 200 km north of present. 1997. |
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Climbing ripples in the fluvial facies of the Baidarata Sand, Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Cryoturbations in the Olein Sands, Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Deformation till facies of the Kara Diamicton. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Deformed, fossil glacier ice, below a flowtill facies of the Kara Diamicton. Yamal 1997. |
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Another outcrop with fossil glacier ice. Yamal 1997. |
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Fossil, buried ice wedge. It relates to the Last Glacial Maximum polar desert on Yamal. 1997. |
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Lower contact of the Kara Diamicton. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Large glaciotectonic inclusion of sand in the Kara Diamicton. Marresale coastal cliffs. 1997. |
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Glaciotectonic folds. Few km north of Marresale Polar Station. 1997. |
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Eolian facies of the Olein Sands. Notice dark sots left by rotts, grasses etc. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Syngenetic ice wedge cast, Olein Sands, Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Inverted topography due to melting of dead ice. Fine-grained lake sediments on top of a hillock, Kara Diamicton and fossil glacier ice below. 1997. |
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Rhytmites, deposited in a dead-ice lake. Yamal. 1997. |
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Streaked-out sand defines a folded structure. Kara Diamicton, Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal, 1999. |
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Streaked-out sand inclusion in the Kara Diamicton. Yamal, 1997. |
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Glaciotectonized Kara Diamicton. Yamal 1997. |
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Crossing a river on Yamal, 1997. |
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Mapping the steep Marresale coastal cliffs. 1997. |
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Glaciotectonized sediments in the western Yamal coastal cliffs. 1997. |
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Folded structures in the western Yamal coastal cliffs. 1997. |
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Deformation till facies of the Kara Diamicton. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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The Varchacka Peat and Silt, below the Baidarata Sands. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Varchacka Peat and Silt. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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The Nenet Peat, a late Holocene sandy peat deposit. Marresale coastal cliffs, Yamal. 1997. |
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Recent ice wedge. Yamal 1997. |
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Nenet tent camp on the tundra close to Marresale, Yamal. 1997. |
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Nenets greeting visitors. Yugorski Peninsula. Photo: Hanna Lokrantz, 1999. |
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A Nenet heardsman. Yamal 1997. |
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Nenet friends who took us boating upcoast. Yamal 1997. |
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Nenet tundra sledges, Yamal 1997. |
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Hanna went for a ride - it was very fast! Yamal 1997. |
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A Nenet heardsman. Yamal, 1997. |
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Nenets on Yugorski Peninsula. Photo: Hanna Lokrantz, 1999. |
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Old oil drums on the Kara Sea coast. Yamal 1997. |
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Gulag settlement outside Vorkuta. 1997. |
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Street scene from Vorkuta - a Gulag City. 1997. |
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Back in Moscow - Hanna, Bill, Marina and Steve. 1997. |
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Our transport from moscow to Khatanga. 2002. |
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Packed like sardines in the aeroplane on way to Khatanga! Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Recently built church in Khatanga, Taymyr. 2002. |
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Khatanga harbour, Khatanga River. 2002. |
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Scene from Khatanga. 2002. |
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Town centre of Khatanga. 2002. |
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Inside the mammuth cave in Khatanga. 2002. |
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A collection of mammuth tusks. The Mammuth Cave, Khatanga. 2002. |
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The famous "Discovery Mammuth". A chunk of ice with tusks! Khatanga, 2002. |
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Broad beach platform at ca. 35 m a.s.l., close to Changeable lake, October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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Camp close to Changeable Lake. Varilov Ice Cap in background. 2002. |
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After days of rain - finally calm an sunny! Ozernaya River, October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya. 2002. |
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Clearing sections. Ozernaya River, October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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Base camp close to Changeable Lake - at 0 degrees C in last week of july 1997. |
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Changeable Lake, October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya. 2002. |
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The desolate camp site close to Changeable Lake, October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya. 2002. |
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Ancient (Eemian?) narwal skeleton. October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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"Discovery Mammuth", seen from rear and above. Still a chunk of ice with tusks!. 2002. |
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Field equipped on October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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Hanna Lokrantz crossing a glacial river. October Revolution Island, 2002. |
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Kitchen tent close to blowing down during strong katabatic winds. Ozernaya River, October Revolution Island, 2002. |
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October Revolution coastline. Signs of recent transgression. 2002. |
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Per Möller logging on October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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Per Möller preparing a feast. October Revolution Island, 2002. |
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Into the field with a Russian M8 helicopter. October Revolution Islan, 2002. |
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Russian military meets us at the northernmost place of the Eurasian landmass, Cape Chelyuskin. 2002.
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A very lonely place: the military post at Cape Chelyuskin. 2002.
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Still waters. Lake Taymyr. 2002. |
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Trying to stay warm in the storm. October Revolution Island. 2002. |
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Andrei eating a smoked fish - care for a bite? Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Edge of the Varilov Ice Cap, October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya. Photo: Andrei Andreev, 2002. |
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Hanna in helo on the way to Severnaya Zemlya. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Oleg holding on to equipments during helo takeoff. Photo: David Luninski, 2002. |
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Icelandic cowboy on Severnaya Zemlya. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Clearing sections at Ozernaya River, October Revolution Island. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Permanent snowfield at the edge of the Varilov Ice Cap. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Clearing sections, Ozernaya River, October Revolution Island. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Hanna preparing a meal. October Revolution Island. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Icelandic ballet in the honor of incoming helo cy the end of the field season. Severnaya Zemlya. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Helo comes in for a landing at Ozernaya River. 2002. |
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The helicopter sinks into the muddy surface. 2002. |
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Hanna and Per in the field. 2002. |
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Relaxing in the kitchen tent. 2002. |
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Air control, Khatanga airport. 2002. |
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Crowded in the helicopter on way to Severnaya Zemlya. An almost 1000 km flight! 2002. |
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Fog on the sections. Ozernaya River, Severnaya Zemlya. 2002. |
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Dinner time in the field. 2002. |
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Flowering plant finds shelter (and nutrition) behind a driftwood log. 2002. |
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Arctic fox visiting the Ozernaya River camp. 2002. |
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Very tired Russian scientists in the helo at the end of the field season. 2002. |
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Tired ballet dancer in the helo on a 1000 km flight from Severnaya Zemlya to Khatanga. Photo: David Lubinski, 2002. |
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Tundra degradation, Taymyr Peninsula. 2002. |
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