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In part “Featured“, I list several expeditions which I believe to be the most interesting. In part “Others“, I list many other expeditions that are also interesting and full of funny stories. Almost each expedition has its own two separate galleries, dedicated to (1) Nature Photos, and (2) Expedition Photo Report.

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Featured: selected unique expeditions that you will love reading about.
Other expeditions also have many interesting and funny stories.
Anabar-Putorana 2023 Solo

Anabar-Putorana 2023 Solo

Solo trekking and packrafting from Anabar to Putorana plateau

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Chersky Mountains 2023 Winter Solo

Chersky Mountains 2023 Winter Solo

Solo climbs in Chersky Mountains in Yakutia in January

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Anabar Plateau 2022 Solo

Anabar Plateau 2022 Solo

A solo summer traverse of the Anabar Plateau, which is the most remote and the northernmost part of Central Siberian Plateau. Awarded at the Kolosy Festival (Travel category)

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Northern Evenkia 2022 Winter Solo

Northern Evenkia 2022 Winter Solo

A winter solo expedition to the South-East of Putorana Plateau, situated in Northern Evenkia

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[Featured] Putorana Plateau Solo, Central & North Parts, July 2021

[Featured] Putorana Plateau Solo, Central & North Parts, July 2021

A solo trekking to the very remote northern and central parts of Putorana Plateau. An ascent of the highest point in the plateau, which is simultaneously the highest point of the whole Central Siberian Plateau

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[Featured] Anadyr Highlands in  Western Chukotka 2021

[Featured] Anadyr Highlands in Western Chukotka 2021

The first winter ascent of Two Cirques, the highest peak of Anadyr Highlands and Western Chukotka, in January, with temperatures down to -50 C. A solo climb. Awarded at the Kolosy Festival (Feat Of The Year)

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Anadyr Highlands in Western Chukotka 2020

Anadyr Highlands in Western Chukotka 2020

Intense solo hikes in one of the two main mountains ranges of Chukotka, and meeting Siberian brown bears in person

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[Featured] Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2020 Winter Solo

[Featured] Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2020 Winter Solo

The first winter ascent of Mus-Khaya, the highest peak of Suntar-Khayata Mountains, a large range in Yakutia, in January, with temperatures down to -55 C. A solo climb. Awarded at the Kolosy Festival (Feat Of The Year)

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[Featured] Verkhoyansky Mountains 2020 Winter Solo

[Featured] Verkhoyansky Mountains 2020 Winter Solo

The first winter ascent of the highest (unnamed) peak of Verkhoyansky Mountains (in the Orulgan range), a large range in Yakutia, in February, with temperatures down to -45 C. A solo climb. Awarded at the Kolosy Festival (Feat Of The Year)

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[Featured] Putorana Mountains 2019 Solo

[Featured] Putorana Mountains 2019 Solo

A solo trekking and climb of the second highest mountain in the whole Central Siberian Plateau

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[Featured] Momsky Mountains 2019 Winter Solo

[Featured] Momsky Mountains 2019 Winter Solo

The first winter ascent of the highest (unnamed) peak of Momsky Mountains, a large range in Yakutia, in January, with temperatures down to -55 C. A solo climb.

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East Putorana Plateau 2018 Solo

East Putorana Plateau 2018 Solo

A solo summer trek in the East of Putorana Plateau, an extremely isolated and swampy region of Central Siberian Plateau

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Winter Solo Training Expeditions to Mountains of Yakutia and Kolyma

Winter Solo Training Expeditions to Mountains of Yakutia and Kolyma

Several shorter trips and training sessions in various mountain ranges in Yakutia and Kolyma

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[Featured] "Marriage Expedition" - Getting Married in Chersky Mountains

[Featured] "Marriage Expedition" - Getting Married in Chersky Mountains

Hitchiking with my fiancee on frozen rivers and through mountain passes to the central part of Chersky Mountains, to get married in the middle of taiga, in a camp of befriended herders of reindeers, under a cross that we built ourselves

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Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2018, Winter

Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2018, Winter

A winter exploration of the central part of the Suntar-Khayata mountains in Yakutia, a very cold mountain range, where temperatures drop even below -70 C.

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Jack London Lake 2017

Jack London Lake 2017

Amazing photos of Siberian autumn around one of the most beautiful lakes of Siberia. A short but extremely intense expedition with my fiancee.

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[Featured] Elbrus Ascent 2017 Winter Solo

[Featured] Elbrus Ascent 2017 Winter Solo

A solo winter ascent of the highest peak in Europe, at the end of December, in a fast style (a total of 2.5 days).

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[Featured] First Traverse of Byrranga Mountains 2017, Solo

[Featured] First Traverse of Byrranga Mountains 2017, Solo

The first traverse of the northernmost continental mountain range, the incredibly remote, isolated, gloomy, and severe Byrranga Mountains, in the North of the Taimyr Peninsula, more than 500 kilometers away from the nearest village. A solo expedition. Awarded at the Kolosy Festival (Travel category)

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Kolyma Mountains 2016, Solo

Kolyma Mountains 2016, Solo

A short but very intense expedition to Lake Grand in Kolyma Mountains

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Byrranga Mountains 2015, Solo

Byrranga Mountains 2015, Solo

My first expedition to the Byrrangas, in 2015, with photos of the amazing severe beauty of Siberian Arctic

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Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2013, Solo Trekking

Suntar-Khayata Mountains 2013, Solo Trekking

A solo trek in very very late autumn of 2013

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East Sayan Mountains 2012, Solo

East Sayan Mountains 2012, Solo

My first solo expedition to a mountain range not far from Lake Baikal

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Iceland Mountains and Wastelands 2011

Iceland Mountains and Wastelands 2011

A cycling expedition in the southern mountains of Iceland and some of the Iceland wastelands

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[Featured] Ural Mountains 2011: Winter Ascent of the Highest Peak

[Featured] Ural Mountains 2011: Winter Ascent of the Highest Peak

The first Polish winter ascent of Narodnaya, the highest peak in the Urals, combined with a long ski traverse across taiga and mountains

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Chersky Mountains 2010

Chersky Mountains 2010

The first expedition to the mountains of Siberia, in July-September of 2010

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Central Asia Expedition 2009

Central Asia Expedition 2009

Hitchiking and hiking in sourthern Siberia and in Central Asia countries (Kirgistan, Kajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) in 2009

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Chornohora 2008

Chornohora 2008

A short but crazy trekking in 2008

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