The Aral Sea

Field trip

May 2009

Small Aral SeaShevchenkoBay

Butakov Bay

Aralsk

Akbasty

Kulandy

BarsakelmesIsland

Tastak

Aklak control structure Kokaraldike

The channel

EasternLarge

Aral Sea

WesternLargeAral Sea

TschebasBay

ChernyshovBay

Syr Darya River

May 26-28, 2009

Our team

Yard in Tastak village

Sleeping facilities in Gaukharbek’s house in Aralsk city

Playing dombra

Smoked fish from the Small Aral Sea

Camels in Karateren village

Motorbike

Entrance to the wild-life reserve Barsakelmes

Gaukharbek from wild-life reserve is looking for remnants of Kerdery-1 village

Shells on dried-up bottom

Gaukharbek from wild-life reserve is looking for remnants of Kerdery-1 village.

Stone with fossils on the former Aral Sea bottom

Preparation for the filming

Broken ceramics in the Kerdery-2 village

Needle and arrow-head from Kerdery-2

Needle and arrow-head from Kerdery-2

Prof. N.Aladin found remnants of his aqualung on Barsakelmes

Broken equipment from the soviet era

Broken equipment from the soviet era

Ruins of old buildings of wild-life reserve Barsakelmes

Dead bats in the building on the former Barsakelmes island

Climbing on the hill on Barsakelmes

View from Butakov Cape to the remnants of Eastern Large Aral Sea

Our team before departure back home