Full seal watch program
Starting point: St. Petersburg
1st day (March 2, Friday)
Arrival of the expedition participants to St. Petersburg.
Accommodation at "Sankt-Peterburg" Hotel; introductions; dinner.
2nd day (March 3, Saturday)
Breakfast; departure for Arkhangelsk by plane (10.55 a.m.).
Arrival to Arkhangelsk, departure for Verkhnyaya Zolotitsa by helicopter. (Transportation
by Mi-8 helicopter, flight duration is 30 minutes). Accommodation at the houses
of local residents; lunch; meeting of expedition participants; introductory
lecture; safety briefing; getting to know the local residents' way of life;
dinner.
3rd day (March 4, Sunday)
Breakfast; departure of participants followed later by landing
on ice (flight duration is 30 to 40 minutes depending on the distance to the
rookery), watching the seal cubs (2 to 3 hours); photographing and video taping;
lunch (with food rations taken on), return flight to the village; rest; going
to a Russian bath house; dinner.
4th day (March 5 Monday)
Breakfast; spare day (in case the weather is bad
on March 5), or a day to be spent visiting the northern reindeer breeders' nomadic
camp; dinner.
5th day (March 6, Tuesday)
Breakfast; flight to the Solovetskiye Islands, (flight
duration is 1 hour), accommodation at the hotel; sightseeing in the Solovetskiy
Monastery; dinner. 6th day (March 7, Wednesday) - breakfast; flight to Arkhangelsk
(flight duration is 1.5 hours); accommodation at "Pur-Navolok" hotel; sightseeing
in the city; dinner.
7th
day (March 8, Thursday)
Breakfast; sightseeing trip to Maliye Karely; lunch;
free time; dinner.
8th day (March 9, Friday)
Breakfast, departure of participants for St. Petersburg,
accommodation at "Sankt-Peterburg" Hotel; sightseeing in the city; dinner.
9th day (March 10, Saturday)
Breakfast, sightseeing tour to the town of Pushkin, visit
to the Palace of Catherine the Great; summing up the expedition results; gala-dinner.
10th day (March 11, Sunday)
Breakfast; departure for airport; flight back home.
Cost of participation: 2,700.00 USD per person.
VIP seal watch program
Starting point: Moscow
1st day
Breakfast; departure for Arkhangelsk by plane (10.55 a.m.).
Arrival to Arkhangelsk, Accommodation at Hotel; introductions; dinner.
2nd day
Breakfast; sightseeing trip to Maliye Karely; lunch; free
time; dinner.
3rd day
Breakfast; safety briefing; departure of participants followed
later by landing on ice (Transportation by Mi-8 helicopter, flight duration
is 1 to 1,5 hours depending on the distance to the rookery), watching the seal
cubs (2 to 3 hours); photographing and video taping; getting to know the local
residents' way of life; lunch, return flight to Arkhangel'sk; rest; dinner.
4th day
Breakfast; flight to the Solovetskiye Islands, (flight
duration is 1,5 hours), accommodation at the hotel; sightseeing in the Solovetskiy
Monastery; summing up the expedition results; gala-dinner.
5th day
Breakfast; flight to Arkhangelsk (flight duration is 1.5
hours); departure for airport; flight back home.
Cost of participation: 2,900.00 USD per person.
Shortened version of seal watch program
Starting point: Archangel'sk
1st day (March 2, Friday)
Departure for Verkhnyaya Zolotitsa by helicopter. (Transportation
by Mi-8 helicopter, flight duration is 30 minutes). Accommodation at the houses
of local residents; lunch; meeting of expedition participants; introductory
lecture; safety briefing; getting to know the local residents' way of life;
dinner.
2nd
day (March 3, Saturday)
Breakfast; departure of participants followed later by landing
on ice (flight duration is 30 to 40 minutes depending on the distance to the
rookery), watching the seal cubs (2 to 3 hours); photographing and video taping;
lunch (with food rations taken on), return flight to the village; rest; going
to a Russian bath house; dinner.
3rd day (March 4, Sunday)
Breakfast; spare day (in case the weather is bad on March
3), or a day to be spent visiting the northern reindeer breeders' nomadic camp;
dinner.
4th day (March 5 Monday)
Breakfast; flight to the Solovetskiye Islands, (flight duration
is 1 hour), accommodation at the hotel; sightseeing in the Solovetskiy Monastery;
dinner.
5th day (March 6, Tuesday)
Breakfast; flight to Arkhangelsk (flight duration is 1.5
hours); accommodation at "Pur-Navolok" hotel; sightseeing trip to Maliye Karely;
lunch; free time; dinner.
6th day (March 7, Wednesday)
Breakfast; departure for airport; flight back home.
Cost of participation: 1,600.00 USD per person.
Weekend seal watch program
This program was tested in year 2000's
expedition.
Starting point: Archangel'sk
1st day
Departure for Verkhnyaya Zolotitsa by helicopter. (Transportation
by Mi-8 helicopter, flight duration is 30 minutes). Accommodation at the houses
of local residents; lunch; meeting of expedition participants; introductory
lecture; safety briefing; getting to know the local residents' way of life;
dinner.
2nd day
Breakfast; departure of participants followed later by landing
on ice (flight duration is 30 to 40 minutes depending on the distance to the
rookery), watching the seal cubs (2 to 3 hours); photographing and video taping;
lunch (with food rations taken on), return flight to the village; rest; going
to a Russian bath house; dinner.
3rd day
Breakfast; flight to Arkhangelsk (flight duration is 0.5
hours); accommodation at "Pur-Navolok" hotel; sightseeing trip to Maliye Karely;
lunch; free time; dinner.
Cost of participation: 1,600.00 USD per person.
Note: We may alter our programme so as to take the
full advantage of the weather conditions, the state of ice and the opportunity
of viewing the seal cubs. Our basic goal is, in fact, to watch the Greenland
seal cubs.
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