Arita Baaijens, a Dutch biologist, longtime explorer, writer and photographer will doing an expedition to the Altai Mountains from this June to October. The Altai Mountains are divided by the borders of 4 large countries, Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. She will be heading out with 4 teams of horses to circumambulate the whole range and to engage with this unique land and its people, for whom the Altai is a living and sacred being.  Her Fuse 10W Solar Charger and Canon camera cradle will keep her laptop, Canon G12, GoPro and iPhone all charged up while she diligently catalogs and photographs the landscape.

The Altai region includes steppes as well as a diversity of important mountain landscapes including lakes, mires and forests. It is an area of international importance for biodiversity, and supports a number of globally threatened species. Arita will be connecting the scientific and local traditional knowledge to help future conservation for the area. We wish her success and look forward to some spectacular pictures, hopefully she will be graced with a rare sighting of the elusive snow leopard!

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