Research station Samoylov in the Lena Delta

A bore core completely out of ice

Along the river banks of the Lena river

Sampling of the active layer before drilling

Double rainbow after a downpour

A pingo in a big drained lake basin

Almost-sunset at the research station Samoylov during polar day

Field-spectrometry measurements on a yedoma slope

Vegetation description with the help of photos

An attempt to retrieve part oft he bore core from the borehole

The path to the longterm survey stations. In the background one can see the new igloo, where all the electronics of the survey stations is managed.

View onto the river Lena from Amerika Khaya

The already strongly eroded ice complex on the island Kurungnakh

Working in the eroded part of the ice complex with view onto the Lena

The SIPRE-drill on a sledge, to carry the drill between to boreholes quickly

The research station boat Ural. It is being pushed off the beach on Kurungnakh again.

A fresh thermo erosional opening

Measuring the lowering of the soil because of the permafrost thaw at a longterm subsidence station