Unloading supplies out of the Mi-8 at Brevyeni. Morning in the tundra.
Made a hurried trip to Brevyeni Camp this morning. A supply helicopter was ferrying over two staff members and supplies for the initial few weeks of camp; I was able to stow away. I could get used to this sort of transportation.
As one of the (very Russian) guides said with a wink to me a few days ago, “Russian helicopters are the best helicopters.”
Brevyeni is also owned by the Ponoi River Company – the owners of Ryabaga – and operates for only a few weeks each season. The small camp is about 20 klicks downriver from us here in Ryabaga. It’s a fifteen minute ride in an Mi-8 or over two hours in a boat.
Heading back from Brevyeni Camp. Tolik Vaulin of Russia on the left, Rory Paterson of Scotland on the right.
I’ll post some more details on the past few days here at Ryabaga later – it’s been a whirlwind and I’m never really sure what day it is. The hours pass by in a sunlit blur. I’m still waking up at 0230h, seeing sunlight peeking in my window, and jumping up to get dressed. Days start before 0530 and finish no earlier than midnight. There is a plethora of hard work to be done and I am dying to get out from behind the computer, if even for an hour or so moving logs. It’s still cold and wet and windy but outside is outside.
Cheers!
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