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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Group 1 is safely back in Bishkek, after an excellent fortnight in the mountains with a great group. Thank you all! We found 1.5 snow leopard signs, saw plenty of ibex and other wildlife, amazing...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Can one have too much of pretty wildflowers, awesome mountain vistas and amazing sunshine? Perhaps, but who cares. Get your fill from group 1 here!

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

First off, I’d like to say a big thank you to all the members of group 2: Yryskeldi, Andy, Carol, Brian Martin, Franzesca, Christof, Christina, Christore, Amy (from the UK), Amy (from the US), Maria...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Our expedition scientist, Dr Volodya Tytar, on citizien science and snow leopard conservation

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Interim science report (groups 1 and 2) from our expedition scientist Dr. Volodya Tytar. Dr. Volodya Tytar To date all sectors (A, B, C, D and E) of the planned study area have been visited. Maps of...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Today is stormy with rain and snow, so we decided to take a trip to the zoology a museum on the other side of the Karakol pass in Doing Alysha, which is where I’m now writing from. Meeting up with...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

When we last checked in, we were in the zoological museum in the village of Dong Alysh on the other side of the pass from our camp. Seeing such an impressive museum in such a small village was...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Ever since the gale force winds at the end of group 3, the weather here has been quite strange. We left Bishkek on a cool Monday morning. Once we arrived at base, there was plenty of work to do. Aman...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

What an end to the 2017 Tian Shan expedition! Group 4 was fantastic and we were able to cover a lot of ground during the second week, even with frozen mornings every day. When I last wrote, we were in...

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From our snow leopard volunteering expedition in the Tien Shan mountains of...

Five years on from the initial pledge from twelve nations at the “Snow Leopard Conservation and the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Programme” forum, Biosphere Expeditions continues to...

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