Students from Russia, Germany to study Yamal territories after wildfires

Students from Russia and Germany will research conditions of the tundra in Tazov district of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, which suffered wildfires in different years. The summer field school was organized by the Arctic inter-regional expedition center, the regional department of science and innovations said on Monday, TASS reports.

"The Road to North expedition tour continues now. The expedition's field camp is in the Tazov tundra between Gaz-Sale and Novozapolyarny settlements. The project's scientific supervisors are Ramona Fitz of the Munster (Germany) University and Andrei Yurtayev of the Tyumen State University. The research mission is organized at three areas in the tundra, which in different years suffered wildfires," the center's manager Elena Nuikina said.

According to her, the students will gain the skills of field research, taking tests of plants and soil, as well as of general approaches to map-making.

"The expedition stage of the summer field school will continue to August 6. After that, the scientists and student will come to Nadym, where the other members of the project will join them. The Russian and foreign students will attend lectures and will go sightseeing," the department said.