Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… [This is an excerpt from a longer article; some sections have been edited down or reordered. To read Orjan’s original letter, click HERE] We caught our first …
Tag: Mongolia
Breaking News: GPS Collar Placed on Snow Leopard “Aztai”
This just in from Tom and his team in Mongolia: “Aztai” is the first snow leopard to wear a GPS collar as part of our long-term ecological study. If you would like to hear it from Orjan’s perspective (Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia), click HERE. In the …
The Challenges of Studying Snow Leopards
Tom, our lead researcher, describes the “pains” of field research in Mongolia. Snares have been set so that snow leopards can be captured and fitted with GPS radio collars. The team will do everything they can to make sure the snares are safe and do not harm snow leopard [to find out more, click HERE]. Part of …
Getting to my new home
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… As we checked in at the airport it turned out that together, the four of us (me, Tom, Kim and Namshur our Mongolian veterinarian) had about 65 kg of …
Trap Camera Success
This week, a message came in via sattelite phone from Dr. Tom McCarthy, leader of our long-term research project in Mongolia. Right now, he is at our base camp, called Tserendeleg. Out there in the South Gobi, little things like and outhouse and electricity mean a lot . . . Greetings from Camp Tserendeleg! Just a short update on life here …
Last day in civilization
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Tom and Kim arrived early yesterday and together with them, I left the hotel and moved into an apartment owned by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). We packed all …
Some valuable tips when moving abroad
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… I realized that I have forgot to write some very important stuff. First, I was on the same plane as the Brazilian soccer team (female), they were actually …
Still in UB
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Well, it’s still hot. UB is like all Asian cities, and not. Dowtown is busy, with people everywhere and lots of shops and resturaunts. The traffic is horrible, …
Arrived in Ulaan Bataar
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Well, so far everything has gone almost as planned. I had some trouble getting on the plane since I didn’t have any visa for Mongolia but 25 minutes before departure, the …
We’re Up and Running
Our basecamp is up, and we’re underway with the first ever long-term ecological study of snow leopards. The basecamp is in Mongolia’s South Gobi Province, in the Tost mountains, approximately 250 km west of the provincial capital of Dalanzadgad. This is some of the best snow leopard habitat in Mongolia. We have 3 gers (yurts) up, and they are home …