RÚNA MAGNÚSSON

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On our way to the Kytalyk field station for tundra fieldwork in 2018 and 2019 we stopped in Chokurdakh to do final shopping, register our remote stay with the local police and switch from plane to speedboat. The small town, which has more dogs than people, offers a glimpse of life in the far east of Russia, far away from Moscow.

A humble kitchen with wood stove overlooking the floodplains of the river Berelekh
Boardwalks protect the sensitive tundra ground in between cabins. In late June, the last patches of snow were just disappearing
A young dog patiently waits on the cargo boat from Chokurdakh to Kytalyk
Gathering driftwood outside Chokurdakh to fire the wood stoves and banya for the coming field season. It was midnight and we had just come in from Yakutsk. We were the first team to leave for the station, so we brought most of the wood for the season
The cargo boat with driftwood arrives at the Kytalyk station. Due to heavy snowfall, the station almost flooded and the boat could all but enter the kitchen
Boardwalk to the floodplains
Pet cat in the tundra
Sunny Chokurdakh
A small wooden “banya” (Russian sauna), which is where you wash yourself and your clothes after long field days
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