Stoyan Vassev

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Matveev Island Walruses
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Matveev Island Walruses
Copyright Stoyan Vassev 2024
Updated Jan 2022
A small piece of land in the southeast of the Barents Sea, deserted in the late 1980s, has long been chosen by Atlantic walruses. Clumsy on land and graceful in the water, they are sensitive to any change in the purity of the marine ecosystem. Keeping track of their population and lifestyle is the main task of monitoring. Long-term observations in the area of the Gazpromneft Prirazlomnaya platform in the Barents Sea show that the number of these amazing animals, listed in the Red Book of Russia, is preserved.

Matveev Island, Russia, 2021.
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