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Comment about tour Yenisey Meridian

14-11-1999

author - Prof. Dr. H. Plachter. Philipps University Marburg, Germany.

From 14th August to 5lh September 1999 we conducted a students' excursion to Central Siberia. 29 students and 4 collaborators of Marburg University participated in the excursion which started in Moscow. From there we traveled to Norisk, Dudinka and up the Yenisey by ship to Krasnoyarsk. By railway we went to Irkutsk, the Baikalskiy Zapovednik at the eastern shore of Lake Baikal, to Ulan-Ude, and by plane back to Moscow.

Among others we visited several reserves, two wood factories, an international research area and the ecological field station of Moscow University at the Yenisey, RAS institutes in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, and cultural monuments. It should be stated that none of the German teachers had been in Siberia before.

This excursion was perfectly organized by the Ecological Travel Centre, Moscow. Travel connections, tickets and all accommodations were reserved in advance. The hired ship was brought by staff members of the Centre from Krasnoyarsk to Dudinka at the hour. Several staff members accompanied us on the whole tour and others joined us temporarily, if necessary. Even in more difficult situations, which had been extremely rare because of the good organization, the staff of the Centre proved to be skilled and familiar with the local situation. The Centre has excellent contacts to the local authorities along the Yenisey.

The outstanding quality of the Centre is based on the combination of local experience, organizational skill and scientific capability, especially regarding ecology, biological taxonomy and soil science. The staff conducted a comprehensive teaching program on a very high scientific level, which ranged from the explanation of the ecosystems we visited to the heading of students' working groups on small mammals and birds, the description of the current land use situation and even the documentation of the recent development of literature in Russia. I will never forget the daily scientific lectures on the ship, learning of Siberia while the real Siberian landscape passed outside the windows.

I can recommend this excursion and the services of the Ecological Travel Centre without reservation to anybody who likes to become acquainted with Siberia and its
nature.

Prof. Dr. H. Plachter
Philipps University Marburg
Faculty of Biology
Dept. for Nature Conservation

 
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General info:

30 Days

hotels 3*, guest houses, tents

full board

15 - 30

plane, boats, bus

summer






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