BIRDS

The best place in Yakutia for viewing a huge bird colony is Preobrazheniya Island, located in the Laptev Sea of the Arctic Ocean and administratively part of Anabar District. On the island's tall rocky cliffs, 1 million gulls and guillemot come to nest each summer.

Please visit out sister site, Arctic Russia Travel, for information on our Taymyr Peninsula tour which includes a visit to Preobrazheniya Island.