Petya Vitya and Sergey Ivanovich. Photo by Tonya Chetverova.Today I will tell you about some people from the station who helped us a lot during our work. I am sure, lives of all of them are worth to be told as a separate story, but I'll try to be short, not to exhaust you : ).

 

First of all, Sergey Ivanovich or Seryoga. He came to these places many years ago, and since that time he is in love with tundra and is not able to leave it for a long time. He drove us to the field with a skidoo, as the most experienced person in tundra. He is like a father of everyone here; he is eager to help or at least to give an advice, and he cares even about my cold hands – he forced me to take on his warm mittens.

Petya is the inspector from Lena Delta Reserve. He looks a little bit younger than he is, and it's hard to believe that he has already got two children. He is also very interested in our activity and helps us always immediately.

Sever (North), is the dog of another inspector, but temporary he lives at Petya. He is full of energy, especially, when we drive with skidoo, he is running all the time along. We all can't just pass by if we see him; it's unavoidable to pet him : ).

 

Photo by Sonya Antonova.Regina is a cook, and we get not only warm meal three times a day, but always some tasty pastry in between.

Vitya, as he said, 'kubanskiy kazachok', came from the south of Russia, from Krasnodar. Besides his duties, he bakes home bread and grows radish and green herbs in the boxes with soil.
They all live here far from their families; some of them haven't been at home about one year.

Meanwhile, we celebrated 1th May; we made shashlyk outside the station, with the beautiful sunset view. We also had Paskha (orthodox Easter), and Tonya and me boiled eggs with the onion skin to get them colorful : ).

 

 

 

Photo by Niko Bornemann.

Photo by Thomas Opel

Photo by Sonya Antonova.