PleistocenePark posts
Winter 2025 update from Pleistocene Park
Hi all!This year winter been quiet cold and snowy in the Park which is not very good for animals, but fortunately we had a good storage of forage, which helped animals in the winter. It been around -50C for 2-3 weeks in January-early February. Happy that now it substantially warmed, sun is getting higher above the hor...
Some new Park images and Ocean trip diary
Hi allFirst uploading some fresh images from my ranger in the Park. This year looks a bit like 2017-2018 winter. It started to snow in October and already now we have quiet a lot of snow laying on the ground. It is not very good since that creates problems for animals to get enough food on the pastures and also this is...
Month in ice
Hi all! Been a while since my laptop last been connected to the internet. As many of you could have known (if you read my previous post), we went on the long expedition to bring musk ox. It started in Vladovostok on July 23. The plan was to take a boat we prepared for the expedition from Vladivostok all the way to Cher...
Musk ox expedition and other updates
Greetings everyoneAbout a week ago our camel expedition finished and we got 15 camels into the Park succesfully. I been walking in the Park in the recent days and places where first groups of camels roamed look incredibly good - with a lot of good grass and shortened shrubs with lots of leaves on them. So they are ind...
Pleistocene Park 2024 spring update
Dear FriendsThe spring is about to start in the Pleistocene Park and I think it is time to tell you how the winter went, what we been doing in terms of Park development and what plans we have for the future.Winter wasn’t too cold or snowy (especially first part of it), so overall animals felt themselves good. We did ...
How Pleistocene Park spent last summer!
Dear FriendsSummer season in the Pleistocene Park is over and I think it is time to report on the results which been achieved in the Park in the last month.Key element of course was our big expedition to bring new animals for the project. Overall almost every expedition which we made in the last fifteen years (approxim...
Pleistocene Park spring 2023 update
Dear FriendsThis is our spring update to let you all know how the Pleistocene Park is doing and what are we up to.Winter passed well. It wasn’t exceptionally cold or snowy, though beginning of the winter – October, November been colder that normal. And yes, October in the Park can already count as winter month😊S...
Pleistocene Park Winter 2022 update
Dear friends!We didn't do updates for quiet a while. I think it is time to fix that.Shortly Pleistocene Project is functioning, animals are grazing, grasses are getting better and our plans to create a world largest and richest ecosystem is not getting reconsidered, despite the circumstances.Since our last updates ...
Summer 2022 Pleistocene Park Update
Greetings everyone!After quiet a long silence decided to update you all on how things are going in the Park.Briefly, Pleistocene Park project is running and our efforts to create high productive grazing ecosystems are continuingIt is quiet illegal now in Russia to express opinions about what is going on in Ukraine unle...
Winter 2022 Pleistocene Park Update
Dear FriendsI received many messages from our supporters asking how we are doing during this time and if it will be possible to develop the Park in the near future. Thanks for asking and thank you for your support of the Pleistocene ParkFirst of all want to say that I am in the great frustration about the situation in ...
November 2021 update
Dear FriendsHopefully long waited report:)Now Park is already facing a winter. This year it came quiet early, and now ice on the rivers is already thick enough to drive on a carLast time I wrote the report for Patreon was when the bison were loaded on a ship to go through Arctic ocean. I think I mentioned that they got...
Pleistocene Park August 2021 Update
Dear FriendsI think it is time to make a new update about what is happening in the Pleistocene Park this summer.Will start with the update on how the animals we brought this spring are doing, then go to infrastructure and then for desert will update you on our current expedition. So for those who doesn’t want to read...
Camels and goats expedition
Dear FriendsIts been a while since we last posted the update. However I think I have a valid excuse. During most of the last two months we been travelling with very sparse internet connection.Before I start my long story on how we travelled with camels and goats for 13 thousand kilometers, I want to make a small Patreo...
April 1 Pleistocene Park update
Dear Friends!First of all want to welcome all new Pleistocene Park supporters who joined us recently. As I figured out most people followed the link on the Atlas Pro youtube channel. Big thanks to them. Story has few factual mistakes, but overall it is extremely well done.This time it is not really an update but rather...
Pleistocene Park 2021 spring update
Dear Friends,So the new year has started. It is getting slightly warmer in the Pleistocene Park. Sun is rising higher every day. Since it is -30C outside you can't call it a spring yet, but trend is definitely positive:) Animals in the park pass through the winter well. Death rate is low, and usually animals do bet...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dear Friends!Pleistocene Park team wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.For many of us it been a complicated year and we all hope that new 2021 will indeed be a happy and successfull year.For Pleistocene Park 2020 was a mixed year. From one side we did not succeed much in the practical development of the...
Pleistocene Park Autumn Update
Greetings to all our Patreon supporters!I don't know how many of you are subscribed to our social networks on Instagram or Facebook, but those who do, are already aware that we had to cancel our expedition to the Wrangel Island.Since I spent really a lot of efforts and resources for expedition to happen I was quiet...
Musk ox trip is about to start!
Dear Friends.If everything will go according to the plan, in 24 hours our team will be on the way to the Wrangel Island cruising across the Arctic Ocean.It been extremely complicated preparations for the expedition, and many times it felt that the expedition will not happen. 2020 is not the best year in general, and fo...
Late-summer Pleistocene Park Report
Dear FriendsSummer is getting to its end, and I think it is time for a new update on the Pleistocene Park Project.First of all want to welcome all the new supporters who joined us recently. According to our "investigations" majority of new subscribers are French langauge speakers who probably subscribed after w...
Pleistocene Park mid-summer Report.
Greetings everybody!Our region did get in the world news a lot this summer. According to media it is extremely hot this year. Not sure it is the hottest summer in the Pleistocene Park. But it is very dry for sure. In May—June there been barely any rain and in the middle of June there been around 10 days of hot weathe...
The Musk Ox Plan!
The Musk Ox Plan!Yes, the Musk Ox. Big Arctic herbivore - hairy, sturdy, rare, just whats needed for the Pleistocene Park.10 years ago we already brought 6 baby musk ox to the Pleistocene Park. We brought them from the Wrangel Island and it was one of the most extreme and dangerous expeditions we ever made.It is a 1000...
Pleistocene Park Patreon report April 2020
Dear Friends!Another month of your support has passed, and it is time to tell you how did things went in the Park.In April we didn't have any expeditions with the animals, and we been working in the Park preparing for the summer.Of the big job we fixed the big fence. Our biggest perimeter was build back in 2005-200...
Pleistocene Park Pioneer of the steppes logo!
Dear friends,We finally created the logo for our Patreon supporters. You can post it anywhere on your websites, social networks or anywhere you find it appropriate. When you will get promoted to the next level (Voyager of the Steppes) we will additionally provide logos in the form of stickers you can put on your belong...
Horses expedition report
Dear FriendsFirst of all hope that all of you and your relatives stay healthy and safe, and thank you for your support to our project at these complicated times. On our side everything is good, and virus haven’t really reached our remote place.There hasn’t been too many news in the Pleistocene Park itself. Temperat...
Pleistocene Park Patreon report March 2020
Dear FriendsThis is our first monthly report for the Patreon subscribers so will provide some of the back ups.Park is located above the Arctic circle in the Kolyma river lowland in the North-Eastern Siberia. We own 144km2 of land, of which we so far managed to fence 20km2. Within this territory we have some smaller enc...
First month Pleistocene Park Patreon Supporter
Dear Friend!Thanks for supporting the Pleistocene Park projectYou now officially become the Pioneer of the Steppe! You will be the first to know the updates about Park, and will have the electronic image of the "Pioneer" status sent to you by the email (coming soon!).If you continue to support us at this level,...
Weclome to the Pleistocene Park team!
Dear Friends!First of all want to thank you all for joining our efforts in reviving Arctic, and mitigating climate change. Six days after the start of the campaign there is more than 70 of us and our total raised funds raised exceed 1000 USD/month. It is a good start and we hope that with time our community will grow a...

