Logistics
Landscape
Formed by glaciers during the Pleistocene ice age-which took place about 18,000 years ago-Chukotka offers the same scenery today as that which was discovered by Russian pioneers in the 1600's. The Chukotka region covers 284,828 square miles (737,701 sq km).
Chukotka landscape features low mountains that divide the land between its two bordering oceans-the Pacific and Arctic, and is surrounded by coastal plains, low-lying river valleys, wetlands, and tundra. Some areas of coniferous evergreen forests are also found in the south and west. The result is a unique ecoregion that is home to diverse plants and animals.
What distinguishes the Chukotka region from others most is, perhaps, its unique diversity of recent and relic (very old) ice. Thick sheet ice deposits or "ice veins" are found underground here that can measure up to 160 feet (49 m) long!
Source and image: courtesy of http://www.chukotka.org
