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Vodopadnaya and GlushnayaUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1158178482 File Size: 63364 Comments: 0 / Views: 1717 Description: On the left: The test pit that we dug through part of a midden at Vodopadnaya after we had lined the hole with plastic sheeting, backfilled the dirt, laid down plastic netting and replaced the sod. No archaeologist will accidentally dig in THIS previously excavated spot now! |
Water Loading and Flin...Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1158178329 File Size: 41091 Comments: 0 / Views: 1603 Description: On the left: Dr. Shubin and one of the crew members work to connect the two ends of the fire hose – one from shore and one from the ship – so that fresh water can be loaded into the ship’s holding tanks. |
Dockside in KorsakovUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157274608 File Size: 46630 Comments: 0 / Views: 1831 Description: On the left: Mike Etnier, Sasha Pakhamov, Kenji Ito, Matt Walsh, Jesse Einhorn, and Sasha Belusov work to take gear from the hold and transport it, fire brigade style, to the dock. |
Aug 25-27 - SimushirUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157273700 File Size: 24464 Comments: 0 / Views: 1723 Description: On the left: One of our last views of the Kuril Islands - Simushir as we last looked upon its southern volcanic peaks. From this angle, the several peaks appear as one large volcanic cone. (Yes, Virginia, there are days without fog in the Kuril Islands.) | ||
August 23-24Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157272921 File Size: 32676 Comments: 0 / Views: 1633 Description: On the left: Jesse Einhorn walks across a patch of snow on the south bank of a river on Paramushir Island. The riverbed was composed of solid pyroclastic flow – cemented angular rocks of mixed mineralogy and sizes – which had flowed from a volcanic eruption at high temperature and speed before solidifying here. |
Group Photo on Paramus...Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157272667 File Size: 128965 Comments: 0 / Views: 1644 Description: Our group that worked at Lake Pernatoye on Vasil’ev Bay located at the southern end of Paramushir Island posing with Vladimir Putin in a traditional Russian photo (no smiles) in front of our home for the week. Back row, from the left – Jesse Einhorn, Tanya Pinegina, Katya Kravchunovskaya, Jody Bourgeois, Misty Nikula-Ohlsen and Pat Anderson. Front row, from the left – Alexander “Sasha” Pakhamov, Anatoly “Tolya” Lozhkin, Pavel “Pasha” Minyuk and Vladimir Putin. |
My First Solo ExcavationUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157272474 File Size: 58765 Comments: 0 / Views: 1529 Description: My first completely solo excavation! I single-handedly dug the entire excavation, described it and drew up the section. I have become an accomplished novice geologist! Near the bottom of the pit, which is about 90 cm deep, you can see the distinctive Kuril Lake tephra – lighter brown in color and thick, with a black tephra layer just below it. | |||
Peat WorkUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1157272305 File Size: 50144 Comments: 0 / Views: 1676 Description: On the left: Katya Kravchunovskaya looks down into the 3 meter deep peat excavation as Jody Bourgeois and Tanya Pinegina work to describe and sample the exposed surfaces on the walls. |
Plastic Tube SamplingUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156525780 File Size: 76064 Comments: 0 / Views: 1620 Description: Anatoly Lozhkin, Pat Anderson and I work to take samples from the uppermost section of lake sediments from Lake Pernatoye. As I slowly pushed the tube down a centimeter at a time, Tolya scraped the sediments into a sample bag that had been labeled by Pat. |
Lake CoringUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156525709 File Size: 30342 Comments: 0 / Views: 1649 Description: On the left: Alexander “Sasha” Pakhamov (standing), Pavel “Pasha” Minyuk (kneeling behind corer) and Anatoly “Tolya” Lozhkin (bending over in yellow) work the lake coring equipment – affectionately known as “Mr. Livingston” after its creator. |
Paramushir MountainsUploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156525663 File Size: 76928 Comments: 0 / Views: 1669 Description: A view of the mountains on Paramushir directly to the north of us at Lake Pernatoye on one of the two glorious weather days that we experienced. We were on Paramushir for 7 days and only saw the mountains clearly for the greater part of two of them. | ||
Aug 19 - 2 of 2Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156524716 File Size: 32888 Comments: 0 / Views: 1644 Description: On the left: The first brown bear that wandered up to our camp on Paramushir at about 4 in the afternoon. The dog is barking furiously at the bear and Sasha is taking pictures (along with the rest of us). |
August 19 - 1 of 2Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156524625 File Size: 30099 Comments: 0 / Views: 1527 Description: On the left: Jesse Einhorn and Alexander “Sasha” Pakhamov construct a tarp lean-to for the cooking fire at our Paramushir camp. |
August 17 - 2 of 2Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156523933 File Size: 24141 Comments: 0 / Views: 1566 Description: On the left: The abandoned Russian Border Patrol barrack where we made our home while we worked in the field on Paramushir Island. This building was just a part of an entire complex of buildings that encircled Lake Pernatoye. |
August 17 - 1 of 2Uploaded by: Misty_Nikula_Ohlsen On: 1156523870 File Size: 15295 Comments: 0 / Views: 1510 Description: On the left: James Taylor, Katya Kravchunovskaya, Mike Etnier, Matt Walsh, Jesse Einhorn, Pavel “Pasha” Minyuk and Alexander “Sasha” Pakhamov greet Dr. Shubin and Vladimir “Volodya” Golobtsov on the final zodiac run to the beach at Vasil’ev Bay on Paramushir Island. Also aboard the zodiac, but not visible in the picture are Pat Anderson and Tanya Pinegina. | ||
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