Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures…
It’s been two hectic weeks in camp. Bayara (Country Program Director for Mongolia), Pursee (Mongolian biologist), and Charu (Science & Conservation Director) arrived a little more than a week ago. To our aid, the last week has been much warmer, a lot of the snow has disappeared, and it’s been easier to navigate the terrain. Bayara is really the person who makes everyday life out here so smooth, and she takes an excellent care of me. Sometimes I think that she takes too good care of me and spoils me a little. But without the staff’s advice, planning, help with logistics, and all of you who donate or take interest in the study, I would make quite a sorry sight out here, and we would probably not have any cats collared yet. Charu said that we must be among the luckiest people on earth to have the jobs we have. I can only agree. To spend one day in the sunshine, up in the mountains, studying wildlife–it’s an experience that can’t be described. It’s also challenging to study a cat in this terrain I can tell you…