Members of a paleontological expedition of the Soviet Academy of Sciences V. Khloponin, left, and A. Berdov do excavations of the outcrop on a bank of the Yuribei River on the Gyda Peninsula, a place where a female mammoth remains were discovered in September 1979 after having lain in the tundra for about 9,600 years.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Science & Technology
- Location: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Russia
- Event date: 22.11.1979
- Date published: 22.09.2020
- Author: Marina
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 79-15470, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5517x3543px, 8.2Mb