Indigirka-Kolyma 2012

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STIGMA, 20.09.2012 10:24

Good day dear forumchane!
Still, I decided to create a separate topic and traditionally, once again, I want to tell you about the field geological season with elements of entomological observations conducted on the far outskirts of our giant Homeland. I spent the field season with a new search party in the interfluve of the Kolyma and Indigirka rivers. I planned this trip long and carefully. But as they say, the more plans there are, the more complicated their execution becomes. First, we didn't get an early departure, we planned on May 25, but left on June 30, respectively, we didn't manage to catch all the early types, and secondly, after reaching Magadan, we stayed there until July 5, and only got out into the field on the 7th. I note that in Magadan, Stubendorfs and Phoebes flew along the coast in Gertner's Bay.
On the 9th, we began to replenish our supplies in the area of the middle course of the Delyankir River, 60 km from the Kolyma highway upstream, where our base was set up. The area turned out to be very swampy, although the hills around were up to 1500-1600 m. Many eneis flew. Mostly O. Pansa and sometimes Melissa, but to a large extent all are already flown. There was no decent quality at all. Erebia Kozhanchikovi flew and also all broken. The presence of fresh hyperborea and viluensis females was somewhat comforting. By the 12th, B. Aquilonaris had flown. I met a pair of Angara mother-of-pearl. I was particularly surprised by the discovery of B. Altaica, I have never seen it in these places before.
We worked in the vicinity of spent gold placers, so the landscapes of the stream valleys were very full of man-made influence. Piles of abandoned iron, industrial equipment for washing gold, machinery, houses and beams, fuel were left abandoned in the taiga. The sparse forest was heavily cut down by prospectors, and it was very difficult to find firewood. We ruined the black prospectors ' season a bit, they had to relocate. The presence of off-road transport allowed you to ride a little, pick up butterflies and make everyday work easier.
In the valley of the Tungussky brook there were many different pigeons that flew until the end of July, from the 15th day Nastes Yakutia flew out, the first days I thought it was Quiet. But I soon realized that I was wrong. Nastas flew in abundance, but quickly lost its decent appearance. Flying large, but very broken Tyche.
Another problem was the lack of pins for tattoos, which came to me only on July 20, I had to put some of the yolks in pairs on one pin, so I had to do this "unprofessionally".
Since the volume of work was very large, it was possible to catch snatches. It is worth noting that I saw very few beetles, you can say they were almost absent, not a single caribou came to the traps for the entire season! Rarely came across leaf eaters and small zlatki. But it was not bad with hunting birds and animals, it was better than in previous seasons, there was an abundance of ducks and partridges, I got one small deer. With berries, mushrooms and fish this season was not lucky. Everything was complicated by constant rains.
I managed to catch a little bacon on plates, but also in a small amount. Oddly enough, there was not a single bumblebee in the traps, although they flew everywhere, there were a few wasps, some of the riders, (who ordered ichnemophids, take them if there are any on the mattresses). Got a few ktyry, (someone ordered from the Forum, I'll give it back).
Well, the rest is quite small. Unfortunately, there were very few nocturnal ones, and I was too tired to catch fish at night. Which are much darker here than in the areas of Adycha, Nelges, Kular ridge – where I used to work. A few moths and a fine worm for Svyatoslav K. if he is interested in it. With the bears, too, failed. I note that Naina, Iduna, Freya, Alaskenzis, Tullia also flew-the usual set. By the end of the month, Xanthomelas and Angletwings had flown. This is the end of the entomological training season. Hard work has begun and its volumes are being closed. For the first time in 4 seasons, on August 6, snow fell and lay as much as 4 days, the water in the Delyankir River rose by a meter or more and cut us off from the exit to the highway. Let me explain that most of the roads here pass through river valleys and are passable only in the prepared Urals. We started waiting for the water to subside and we can go to the next section. A week later, a couple of our brave geologists set off down the middle water to the track. But new rains caught up with them and the newly purchased SUV first stalled in the river. And after a couple of hours, it just washed away, tumbling over the ripples. I had to call " spas. flight" and by helicopter our brave heroes were returned to us. It started raining constantly, and by September it started snowing constantly, until September 11, trucks were still parked in the lower reaches of Delyankir and could not pass us. We didn't leave until the 14th.
That's how the season ended. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to the congress. Now I'm still in Magadan, and I'll leave for Moscow in early October.
Such a season turned out, not very successful, but with adventures. I give all the pigeons for exchange, for satyrs, nymphs, and jaundice, and I will exchange most of the fees upon arrival.
Thank you for your attention, I think on the trail. I will go to the same places for a year and make more interesting collections. Write to anyone who is interested in anything. Ask away. Maybe than I will help))) stigmata-av@yandex.ru. Photos as they are processed, I'll add a little more.
Some particularly artistic photos were taken by V. A. Danilchenko, our employee.

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18.12.2012 1:08, Bad Den

On the one hand, it is strange to hear about a 12-hour working day on an expedition, and even in such a distance - who controls it there )))
On the other hand, it is strange to hear about the ban on shooting game in the same expedition to the same distance, or rather, it is such, let's say, but its observance is surprising to me, because this is Russia! The rigidity of laws is compensated .. and so on )
Or is this a kind of report for the bosses who read this forum?

There are plenty of ways to control both the employment of subordinates and the intended use of ammunition. As the saying goes, "they were smarter, but they still sit there"

But in general, yes, we do not slurp cabbage soup-we are moving towards a legal state, while the "funny regiments" in the parliaments of" adjacent lands " are engaged in fist fights

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20.12.2012 6:08, Sergey Didenko

Tired after a 15-hour working day on the forums-do not wander around.
I, too, when I go fishing, work without a breath or a break for lunch-all day, from the very first dawn, in the morning I catch, in the afternoon I catch, in the evening I catch, it's already night, and I need to sort and pack the material before shipping. put it in the freezer.

A working day is when near the blast furnace, or in the combine to plow 15 hours with thoughts of home and comfort, this is a working day, and not to catch butterflies, and pack, estimating how much it is in pupaars

If you follow this logic, then the forum is generally all parasites. I don't think there are any domain operators or combine harvesters among us, and the work differs from the fishing process described by you in that they pay money for it. If you work as a fisherman, then fishing is also a job for you

. If you make a living catching butterflies, then catching butterflies is your job.

20.12.2012 10:35, OEV

If you follow this logic, then the forum is generally all parasites. I don't think there are any domain operators or combine harvesters among us, and the work differs from the fishing process described by you in that they pay money for it. If you work as a fisherman, then fishing is also a job for you . If you make a living catching butterflies, then catching butterflies is your job.

You should not think that among the participants there are no domain workers and combine harvesters, for example, I work at a metallurgical plant as a roller, although in my heart I do not consider myself a metallurgist

. This is life alas, but my hobby gives me a lot of strength and peace of mind

, which I wish everyone.

I also want to add that sometimes you jump up and down so hard near the screen at night or on a hot day that the next day everything hurts as if you plowed like a horse, that's the case.

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20.12.2012 13:11, Sergey Didenko

You should not think that among the participants there are no domain workers and combine harvesters, for example, I work at a metallurgical plant as a roller, although in my heart I do not consider myself a metallurgist . This is life alas, but my hobby gives me a lot of strength and peace of mind , which I wish everyone.
I also want to add that sometimes you jump up and down so hard near the screen at night or on a hot day that the next day everything hurts as if you plowed like a horse, that's the case.

I agree that what the hell is not joking, but maybe a few people have these professions. But with the correction "practically", the statement corresponds to reality. About the fact that you can get drunk catching butterflies, I agree completely. And you reflected the difference in physical labor spent on hobbies and at work: "but my hobby gives me a lot of strength and peace of mind."

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20.12.2012 18:55, Hierophis

I agree that what the hell is not joking, but maybe a few people have these professions. But with the correction "practically", the statement corresponds to reality. About the fact that you can get drunk catching butterflies, I agree completely. And you reflected the difference in physical labor spent on hobbies and at work: "but my hobby gives me a lot of strength and peace of mind."

That's what I wanted to say, work is work, even if you sit all day, you can get tired at work, and you can run up a mountain with passion - everything has already been said above.
And if catching insects becomes the main motive of the campaign, and is involved in financial relations, then this is already a trade! A hobby, or in our opinion, a hobby, always involves expenses that cannot be reimbursed. If it has started to "pay off"- this is no longer a hobby, you can call it whatever you want - a favorite job, or something else - but it is already a trade

But the ban on hunting in a serious geological expedition is stupid, some kind of nonsense, just where hunting is most justified, it is forbidden. A legal state is good, but we also need the wisdom and adequacy of laws and prohibitions

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22.12.2012 20:01, STIGMA

That's what I wanted to say, work is work, even if you sit all day, you can get tired at work, and you can run up a mountain with passion - everything has already been said above.
And if catching insects becomes the main motive of the campaign, and is involved in financial relations, then this is already a trade! A hobby, or in our opinion, a hobby, always involves expenses that cannot be reimbursed. If it has started to "pay off"- this is no longer a hobby, you can call it whatever you want - a favorite job, or something else - but it is already a trade

But the ban on hunting in a serious geological expedition is stupid, some kind of nonsense, just where hunting is most justified, it is forbidden. A legal state is good, but we also need the wisdom and adequacy of laws and prohibitions.

Well, I would not say that everything is so bad at the expense of hunting in our country, a deer license costs only 1200 rubles, this year it was 800 rubles. And the "boiler rooms" that are allocated for geological exploration parties are generally ridiculous in terms of money. In my homeland, in Bashkiria, the duck license is 1100 rubles.)