Expedition to Taymyr

SWEDARCTIC 2012

Mammoth tusk

During the summer of 2012 I participated in a seven week long expedition to the Taymyr peninsula in northern Siberia with the aim of dating the glaciations in the area. We started in the small town Khatanga and flew by helicopter from there to the upper part of the Luktakh-river. From there we continued in zodiacs along the Luktakh, Upper Taymyr, and Logata rivers, a distance of almost 350km.

Khatanga, Taymyr

Khatanga main street

Khatanga church

Expedition equipment

Expedition start

Expedition start, unloading the helicopter

Quaternary geology fieldwork during in Taymyr

Arctic flower

Zodiacs were used for transportation during expedition to Taymyr

Camp site on a beach in Taymyr

Marine molluscs found in sediments on Taymyr

Permafrost sampling on Taymyr

Quaternary geology fieldwork in a sediment section on Taymyr

Camp site in Taymyr

Field dinner during the Taymyr expedition

Megafauna in permafrost, Taymyr expedition

Mammoth tusk, Taymyr

Khatanga, Taymyr

The weekly reports from the expedition can be found here and here.

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