Monthly Archives: November 2015

PhD / MA course extractive industires at the world’s biggest hole

Posted on November 28, 2015 by

The Uarctic Arctic Extractive Industries PhD programme organises its spring 2016 course, this time also open for M.A. students, eligibility for participation see below. The course is hosted by the North Eastern Federal University, Yakutia, Russia, February 16-22, 2016. Yakutia … Continue reading →

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Meeting the world’s youngest farmers of native cattle in the world’s coldest inhabited place

Posted on November 6, 2015 by

During fieldwork for our Arc Ark research project, I walk the street in Sakkyryr, the central village of the Eveno-Bytantay Ulus (District) of the Sakha Republic, Yakutia, East Siberia. I stop to take a picture of two beautiful white cows … Continue reading →

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