Thank you, Tara! In June, it is indeed Pure Wild Raw Lush Joyful Land. Winters are very harsh, but in June it is like in the tropics due to long daylight.
Thank you, Nate! Yes, same species. Grizzly is Ursus arctos horribilis, while this one is the Eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos arctos (or yet another subspecies, corralis).
Beautiful Photos, but something is very weird with the river shots. These river photos appear to be peaceful stagnant waters. The last I've heard Rivers and their tributaries are supposed to be moving waters. The history of rivers particularly Siberian rivers, has been extremely troubling
Summer and spring waters lie calm and appear more lake-like stagnant for much of the summertime. something is not natural. Artificially managed through large dams throughout Siberia...Water warms in the long summer days loosing oxygen and any element of cooling as they heat up
under the water of these sea SIZE RESERVOIRS, these aren no longer rivers these waters loose their oxygen and prevent much of natures full support for marine life as it all dies off only to be replaced with often nothing that requires good oxygen content. Some hydrologists believe that major damming of many of the planets , rivers is not normal. The heating of many of the Siberian waters sitting stagnant has led to a major decline in permafrost. And it doesn't take much of an imagination t hat if you run this model of damming rivers for many decades something very significant occurs to our climate.
Of course it is easy to ignore and have our head in the flowers
Thank you, Cliff, for not letting us forget about the destruction coming from dams. The local Yenisey flow though, as shown in the photo, even if the river looks smooth, is quite energetic, about 5 km/hour. According to local people, the river levels are within long-term boundaries although of course perceptions may change with time.
I know that scientists often find themselves in precarious, sometimes dangerous positions as we have seen now in USA, UNDER CLEARLY THE authoritarian regime of Trumpkin. If you had, earlier on, advanced your research further into the deeper grasp of the planets full natural water cycles which have been so severely interrupted by the sheer quantity of damming just in your region alone, then you under the current authoritarian, may have placed yourself in serious harms way.
There is still much that remains to be exposed, about what has happened and is still occurring with climate and human unnatural water cycle dam alterations ,maybe someday soon you'll find a path to complete the Earths water cycle and understanding the importance of moving undisturbed waters in relation to forrest and climate
Thank you, Stephen! Mosquitoes are of course an integral part of the experience. There are many indeed, but this year it was hot and they can't very well endure open sun around midday. So in these hours you could bathe in the river and not be attacked by them. But instead there were many different flies that are much fewer but much bigger and sting stronger. Yet compared to mosquitoes they are manageable.
Compared to other years, maybe it was not the most mosquito-rich year because of drier than usual conditions. 2025 was very rainy, and then there were more of them.
Thank you, Rob! Despite amateur and technically deficient, I love it myself from the landscape perspective, especially you can see how many insects are flying around, the air is literally alive with all types of creatures.
Welcome back dear Anastassia! It looks like Pure Wild Raw Lush Joyful land! That bear🌿☀️
Thank you, Tara! In June, it is indeed Pure Wild Raw Lush Joyful Land. Winters are very harsh, but in June it is like in the tropics due to long daylight.
beautiful experience, beautifully written. (what is the type of bear? Russian equivalent of Grizzly?)
Thank you, Nate! Yes, same species. Grizzly is Ursus arctos horribilis, while this one is the Eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos arctos (or yet another subspecies, corralis).
On the photo with the bear footprints, there is a parallel track from a big bird. This is Tetrao urogallus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_capercaillie
In the morning, they come to the river bank to find small stones which they then swallow to improve digestion.
So two very big and very gracious representatives of birds and mammals walked here separated by a few hours.
What a journey. I felt like I was there with you. Thanks for all you do.
Great reading! Here in Europe we are too crowded and in big cities to imagine what it means to live in wilderness.
Thank you. Indeed free space is key for wilderness to self-organize and proceed its way.
Beautiful Photos, but something is very weird with the river shots. These river photos appear to be peaceful stagnant waters. The last I've heard Rivers and their tributaries are supposed to be moving waters. The history of rivers particularly Siberian rivers, has been extremely troubling
Summer and spring waters lie calm and appear more lake-like stagnant for much of the summertime. something is not natural. Artificially managed through large dams throughout Siberia...Water warms in the long summer days loosing oxygen and any element of cooling as they heat up
under the water of these sea SIZE RESERVOIRS, these aren no longer rivers these waters loose their oxygen and prevent much of natures full support for marine life as it all dies off only to be replaced with often nothing that requires good oxygen content. Some hydrologists believe that major damming of many of the planets , rivers is not normal. The heating of many of the Siberian waters sitting stagnant has led to a major decline in permafrost. And it doesn't take much of an imagination t hat if you run this model of damming rivers for many decades something very significant occurs to our climate.
Of course it is easy to ignore and have our head in the flowers
Thank you, Cliff, for not letting us forget about the destruction coming from dams. The local Yenisey flow though, as shown in the photo, even if the river looks smooth, is quite energetic, about 5 km/hour. According to local people, the river levels are within long-term boundaries although of course perceptions may change with time.
I know that scientists often find themselves in precarious, sometimes dangerous positions as we have seen now in USA, UNDER CLEARLY THE authoritarian regime of Trumpkin. If you had, earlier on, advanced your research further into the deeper grasp of the planets full natural water cycles which have been so severely interrupted by the sheer quantity of damming just in your region alone, then you under the current authoritarian, may have placed yourself in serious harms way.
There is still much that remains to be exposed, about what has happened and is still occurring with climate and human unnatural water cycle dam alterations ,maybe someday soon you'll find a path to complete the Earths water cycle and understanding the importance of moving undisturbed waters in relation to forrest and climate
👍👍👍 🤍💙❤ 🤍💙❤ !!!
Anastassia, a grounded and empathetic feeling you leave!🌞
Was the mosquitoes 🦟 unusually high this year?
Thank you, Stephen! Mosquitoes are of course an integral part of the experience. There are many indeed, but this year it was hot and they can't very well endure open sun around midday. So in these hours you could bathe in the river and not be attacked by them. But instead there were many different flies that are much fewer but much bigger and sting stronger. Yet compared to mosquitoes they are manageable.
Compared to other years, maybe it was not the most mosquito-rich year because of drier than usual conditions. 2025 was very rainy, and then there were more of them.
Thanks for this lovely window into your yearly taiga adventure. The footage of the bear was magical.
Thank you, Rob! Despite amateur and technically deficient, I love it myself from the landscape perspective, especially you can see how many insects are flying around, the air is literally alive with all types of creatures.
I really really appreciate your sharing this. Thank you Anastassia.
Thanks for sharing this--and for being an advocate for wildness, in which is "the preservation of the world."
Thank You, Anastassia. I'm glad the bear was having a good day. ;-)