on the very wrangel island is located on the border of the western and eastern hemispheres.ounded by ice fields and rearing dews 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 is in the very center of the island that a huge and very noisy goose colony of more than 50,000 geese arises. here they are already impatiently waiting, and foxes starving for the winter. but geese are always ready to defend themselves. may sun 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 restore their strength as soon as possible in order to bring out the chicks during the short arctic summer and put them on the wing. in the russian arctic, winter never goes away for long, the polar air masses are constantly moving and the weather changes very quickly.