A bottle with a message thrown into the sea off Sakhalin by participants circumnavigating the world on a pilgrim ship was brought to the Far Eastern Marine Reserve. The Directorate of Nature Conservation reports this “Land of the Leopard”.
The Russian ship “Pilgrim” went on a world tour in August 2017. The replica of an 18th-century Pomeranian boat traveled more than 18.5 thousand nautical miles and visited 15 countries.
The message signed by the captain includes basic information about the expedition and wishes fair winds to the person who finds the bottle.
The letter was thrown overboard from the ship in August this year. It was found in a marine reserve near Cape Falshivyy Ostrovok. The message traveled more than a thousand kilometers on the road.
Formerly in the Far Eastern Naval Reserve started seal breeding season. Biologists managed to take new footage in connection with the new period in the life of marine animals. We have already managed to capture the feeding process. The footage also includes a crow trying to steal the placenta after the birth of a small seal; The mother seal determinedly pushed the bird away.
Previously, St. A team of scientists from St. Petersburg State University and the National Scientific Center for Marine Biology, AV Zhirmunsky Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve provenIt was stated that the contagious Pacific mussel cancer, which is dangerous for humans and other animals, entered Europe via the Northern Sea Route.