wrangel island is located on the very border of the western and eastern hemispheres.or 10 months a year, it is surrounded by ice fields and rearing cables from here, very close to american alaska. every year in may, flocks of white geese fly to the island. they return after wintering in north america in the tundra river valley - this is in the very in the center of the island there is a huge and very noisy goose colony of more than 50,000 geese. here they are already impatiently waiting for the arctic fox, starved for the winter. but geese are always ready to defend themselves. the may sun is already hot, but the usual nesting places of white geese are still covered with snow , you have to be patient to wait until it finally melts. every day more and more snow-free space. and that means more food. after a long flight, the geese are exhausted, they need to recuperate as soon as possible, so that during the short arctic summer to bring out the chicks and put them on the wing. in the russian arctic, winter never goes away for long, polar air masses are constantly moving

wrangel island is located on the very border of the western and eastern hemispheres.for 10 months a year, it is surrounded by ice fields and rearing hummocks from here, very close to american alaska. every year in may, flocks of white geese fly to the island. they return after wintering in north america in the tundra river valley. it's in the very in the center of the island there is a huge and very noisy goose colony of more than 50,000 geese. here they are already impatiently waiting for the arctic fox, starved for the winter. but geese are always ready to defend themselves. the may sun is already hot, but the usual nesting places of white geese are still covered with snow , you have to be patient and wait until it finally melts. every day more and more snow-free space. and that means more food. after a long flight, the geese are exhausted, they need to recuperate as soon as possible, so that during the short arctic summer to bring out the chicks and put them on the wing. in the russian arctic, winter never goes away for long, the polar air masses are constantly mov

the july sun is hot the land of wrangel island freed from snow reveals its treasures the remains of mammoths, these ancient giants lived here only three and a half thousand years ago, when in all other regions, including siberia, they had long since disappeared. these remains are beautiful preserved in the permafrost, this tusk is only 4,000 years old. but some contemporaries of the mammoths , such as reindeer, managed to survive to this day. the arctic has the largest population of reindeer. there are at least a million of these animals on the taimyr peninsula. herds of deer follow their usual routes from one pasture to another now, just through our colony of white geese, there will be no particular damage from them. but the geese are still worried. they have offspring. first, hatched chicks can already after a few hours, leave the nest with their parents, but you have to wait for the rest. this is a very dangerous time for helpless babies. if a fox approaches the nest, what is the safest place under the mother's wing? this time the arctic fox does not even pay attention to the geese in the

they spend the whole winter on wrangel island , unlike migratory birds, and do not feel comfortable. were once widespread in the russian artek but gradually died out in the seventies of the last century. they were brought here again from the island. well , nevak in alaska, they took root well and became multiply suddenly. the returned cold has been holding on for a week, it is especially difficult for birds in cold weather. they cannot find food. closely, clinging to each other , the birds with the funny name sharki are trying to keep warm and protect themselves from the icy wind. unfortunately, not everyone manages to survive bad weather. finally, the cold recedes. by the warm rays of the sun, the snow melts and melt water fills everything around. high water in the tundra for a short time all rivers overflow their banks. the arctic white geese colony can no longer worry about food. but you can't relax anyway, the wolf crosses the valley, it seems that he is not particularly interested in geese, but the birds are worried. they're just chasing him really at a safe distance. the uninvi