BRINGING BACK OUR TUNDRA BY MICHAEL REGAN CONTENT CONSULTANT Dr Jeffrey M Welker UArctic Research Chair Professor of Arctic Ecology University of Oulu Finland & University of Alaska Anchorage Essential Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES
Nikita Zimov is a scientist who studies the tundra in Siberia
Chapter ONE TUNDRA THE COLDEST ENVIRONMENT In April 2011 Nikita Zimov was in a hurry He jumped into his truck loaded with six live elk He had to get from Novosibirsk a major city in southern Siberia to the Arctic town of Chersky to meet his father Sergey The trip was 2 500 miles 4,000 km and time was not on his side The frozen rivers that served as winter roads in northern Siberia were about to thaw as summer approached He sped along the winding river road He passed many white wooden crosses that marked
