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Update from our brown bear conservation expedition in Dalarna, Sweden
“You are too efficient” was the high praise we received yesterday from our expedition scientist Andrea and “I need to find more jobs for you”.
And indeed we have hit the groove. Wednesday and Thursday we went out by ourselves, all trained up and ready to find and document bear dens. I can’t think of a much better way to spend your time volunteering in Sweden.
Continue reading “Sweden expedition 2026: Efficieny”Update from our brown bear conservation expedition in Dalarna, Sweden
What does one do on a bear conservation expedition? After day 1, the overwhelming answer seems to be: to get flat tyres 😉 But first things first…
On Monday our intrepid team of citizen scientists assembled in Mora, a small regional town in Dalarna county and end point of the famous 90 km Vasaloppet ski race.
Update from our brown bear conservation expedition in Dalarna, Sweden
Greetings from Sweden and the massive Siljan impact crater (assembly point yellow, base red arrow). Luckily, the meteorite impact was over 300 million years ago.
Today you can still see the ring it created and in it upturned sheer walls full of fossils of the early ocean that was there before the impact.
Update from our brown bear conservation expedition in Dalarna, SwedenÂ
Hello Sweden expeditioners Рthis is a short first diary entry from your expedition leader Matthias, just to say that I will be a few days ahead of you to set up base together with our scientist Dr. Andrea Friebe and assistant expedition leader Jan (Biekeh̦r).
