In the Collection of Scientific Papers “Marine mammals of the Holarctic”, printed in 2018, 2 articles by the members of the “Finval” Research Center were published. The first article: “Haulouts of the Laptev walrus in the western part of the Laptev Sea” (by A.R. Semenov) is the result of the study of the Laptev subspecies of walrus during 3 research expeditions. For the first time since the description of the subspecies by Chapsky (1941), extensive information on the distribution, abundance, sex and age structure of this subspecies in the western part of the Laptev Sea has been collected. The second article: “Encounters of marine mammals in the coastal zone of the eastern part of the Kara Sea” (by A.R. Semenov A.R., S.S Evfratova) is the result of expeditions in 2016-2017, when the research routes covered 4083 km. of the waters of the Kara Sea. You can read the articles (beginning on pages 289 and 297) here:

In August – September 2020, two shifts of the ecological camp (Aktiv and Relax + Aktiv) took place on Iturup Island. The July shift “Relax” was cancelled due to restrictions on entry to the territory of the Sakhalin Region. The participants of the eco-camp had a great time, getting to know not only the amazing beauty of those places, but also many local inhabitants – from oysters and crabs to whales and bears.

The “All Iturup” marine research expedition finished successfully. The participants of the expedition covered more than 600 kilometers of sea routes in difficult and sometimes severe weather conditions. During the expedition, a survey of marine mammals in the water area of the island was carried out, information on the distribution of a number of bird species was collected. Ironically, the members of the expedition waited out a serious summer storm in the bay with the funny name Circus …