Chukotka Ethnography Website
Guest Book Comments


August 2004
Your Name:
-- Graham Edwards Regina Canada
Do you represent an organization? If so, which?-- I do not represent any organization

What is your main occupation?-- I am Retired
How did you find my site?-- Researching the Siberian Husky Dog Family - I am now the owner of a beautiful Siberian Husky. My friend and companion !!!
What were you looking for when you found it?-- The origins of the Siberian Husky Dog
What info would make this site more useful to you?-- More about how the people in the region depend on their dogs in everyday life. However I am impressed with your presentation about the people who live in this region. Their lifestyle and their means of survival. I hope you find the time to expand on your writings about this area in the future and of course include some more photos of the region and it's peoples.


Your Name :   Nadine Wiles
What organization do you represent? :   Junction City, OR, USA, United Methodist Church
If none, what is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   concern about Chukotka, Nancy Mendenhall & Jim Campbell
What were you looking for when you found it? :   info on Chukotka for assisting in our mission effort
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Patty - Again, you have done a tremendous job with the website and keeping it up to date. I can't think of anything to add that you haven't already incorporated.

Your Name :   mo
What organization do you represent? :   fujimori family
If none, what is your main occupation? :   frazzled mother
How did you find my site? :   old email ref
What were you looking for when you found it? :   your email address
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   your email address

Your Name :   Jack Mander
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Student, russian launguage and culture
How did you find my site? :   google search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   reliable online info about russain far east in general
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Linda K. Cheney
What organization do you represent? :   St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Milwaukie, Oregon
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Pastor
How did you find my site? :   Suggested by Nancy Mendenhall
What were you looking for when you found it? :   List of items for Gift Box for Xmans
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Irina Shmagin
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   electrical engineer
How did you find my site? :   search for Chukotka
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information about Chukotka and its people
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I grow up in Bilibino. Left it in 1987 to attend colledge. Some of my relatives still live there. Thanks a lot for a chance to see it again.

Your Name :   russatwod
What organization do you represent? :   none
If none, what is your main occupation? :   laborer
How did you find my site? :   uaf
What were you looking for when you found it? :   info
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   how ill go there likeyou did

Your Name :   Michael Hermann
What organization do you represent? :   -
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Engineer
How did you find my site? :   Link from http://www.raipon.org/english/index.html
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Who living people in the far east of Siberia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Hallo Patty, I'm interested in contacts with people from the far east of Siberia. If you can, please send my e-Mail Adress to some people from there, or write me personal! 

Your Name :   hasan calislar
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   architect
How did you find my site? :   yahoo search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   i found exactly what i was looking for
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   May be more number and info about the social and economic situation of the city

Your Name :   Vladimir Inzoroff
What organization do you represent? :   none
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Student, Mari State Uni., Russia
How did you find my site? :   You told me, Patty...
What were you looking for when you found it? :   It was very interesting to see yr site. I've enjoyed it very much.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Just a qustion: Patty, are you going to publish info about the village of Paygusovo and Gornomari republic at all? When? Where? Thanx!

Your Name :   Andy Hopper
What organization do you represent? :   Cambridge University
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Professor of Communications Engineering
How did you find my site? :   searching for "Mys Schmidta"
What were you looking for when you found it? :   general info - planning a trip
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Linda Chang
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Communications
How did you find my site? :   Google search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   This site
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   The pix and info are great. I can't wait to go myself.

Your Name :   Jeffrey Sargent
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Scientist and dilettante
How did you find my site? :   by accident
What were you looking for when you found it? :   looking for the coldest place, i.e.Oimyakonsky
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   The site was good - I enjoyed the photos

Your Name :   Kevin Lomas
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Student SIUC
How did you find my site? :   Accidentially
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Bering Straight interests
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I liked the site a lot. Maybe some more photos of the area just for fun...I think your site is very interesting though.

Your Name :   Ruth Solstad
What organization do you represent? :   ELCA Alaska Synod
If none, what is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   someone told me
What were you looking for when you found it? :   general information
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Max
What organization do you represent? :   "TNT-Nizhny Novgorod" TV company
If none, what is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   deliberately, through the Google searching service
What were you looking for when you found it? :   geografical maps etc.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   please more information about history and contemporal state of Anadyr

Your Name :   Sarah Ramage
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   MA Student
How did you find my site? :   search for reindeer herding photos
What were you looking for when you found it? :   reindeer photos
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I do anthropological research in northern Sakha Republic, your site is great. My focus is changes to indigenous life from pre-Soviet times, through Sovietization, and now in the post-Soviet period. Any such information would be good for me, examples from

Your Name :   julie bacon
What organization do you represent? :   none
If none, what is your main occupation? :   artist, writer
How did you find my site? :   google search engine
What were you looking for when you found it? :   images and culture details of chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   travel details, from other parts of East Russia, Sakha, and between Chukotka and Alasks coast

Your Name :   Erhard Pots
What organization do you represent? :   mankind
If none, what is your main occupation? :   student : Earth Science
How did you find my site? :   surfing by interests
What were you looking for when you found it? :   map of region
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   More detailed description of Geology and Geomorphological characteristics. Info about special sites/places of interest and ecological parks

Your Name :   Johan Hammar
What organization do you represent? :   Institute of Feshwater Research, Drottningholm, Sweden
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Research Scientist
How did you find my site? :   Looking for Indingenous Peoples Organsisations
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Link from Raipon
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I will tell you later on

Your Name :   Doramaria Mohr (age72)
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   senior student of Bremen University
How did you find my site? :   google-yahoo
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Chukchi
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Traces of the Chukchi writer Juri Rytkh.eu Are people in Chukotia still familiar with his writing? Struggle for independence. Which are the parties promoting it?

Your Name :   Filip Singer
What organization do you represent? :   Photojournalist
If none, what is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   search for Chukotka
What were you looking for when you found it? :   very good web site
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Amanda
What organization do you represent? :   none
If none, what is your main occupation? :   i am a student
How did you find my site? :   looking for information on the Chukitka region
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am a student in Atlanta, Ga. I visited the Chukotka region and Provideniya with my family. I am now doing a senior project on tourism in Russia and how to help bring tourism to this region. If anyone is interested in visiting this region or helping me,

Your Name :   Lynn DeFilippo
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   teacher/grad student
How did you find my site? :   Alaska Friends of Chukota
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Info on the village of Konergino
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   i find the site useful. of course i would like more specific information on the above mentioned village because i will be sending supplies to a family there. also, i would be specifically interested in how the schools are faring, and what ethnic/linguisti

Your Name :   Dagfinn Aaslid
What organization do you represent? :   Life
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Dreaming
How did you find my site? :   rambling cyberspace
What were you looking for when you found it? :   info. on the area
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Great! Thanks. I'm planning a trip there this summer, hopefully. Wondering about the possibility of shipping myself and the bike to Alaska.

Your Name :   Stephanie MacSawin
What organization do you represent? :   Southcentral Foundation
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Special Assistant
How did you find my site? :   Ted Mala
What were you looking for when you found it? :   browsing
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   just getting e-mails would be great.

Your Name :   Claudio Mercandelli
What organization do you represent? :   only me
If none, what is your main occupation? :   teacher
How did you find my site? :   i was searching "Anadyr"...
What were you looking for when you found it? :   a dream...
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   ...because when- a lot of years ago- I was seven, had read a book Carlo Silva, Vengo dalla Siberia (I come frome Siberia), the story of an Italian soldier, who was prisoner there during the last global war. I read (?) that book many times, not for the sto

Your Name :   Maver Carey
What organization do you represent? :   The Kuskokwim Corporation
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Vice President
How did you find my site? :   From a peer
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Javier Ayape
What organization do you represent? :   
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Informatica
How did you find my site? :   
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Perdona que no entienda ni ingles ni ruso, me gustaria ponerme en contacto con alguna persona que entienda el español. Un saludo..... Javier Ayape

Your Name :   John
What organization do you represent? :   none
If none, what is your main occupation? :   Engineering
How did you find my site? :   looking for imfo on the city of Anadry'
What were you looking for when you found it? :   a friend
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I would like to drive across Russia from as far northeast Siberia (Anadyr) to europe, because I dont think that it has been done before, and I need help to do it, if there are places that I could get help along the way, I could do it, I know that it would

Your Name :   Helmut Andler
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Input-Team
What is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   gut
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Harriet Holmström-Sand
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   the Siberian Husky Club of Finland
What is your main occupation? :   artist, breeder of sled dogs, offering sleddog tours for tourists
How did you find my site? :   link at Working Dog Web
What were you looking for when you found it? :   info about the current use of sleddogs in the region
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   see above

Your Name :   Madelene Nemessanyi
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   Work at library for Blind
How did you find my site? :   google search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   self-help movements in Siberia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Well, it would be useful to get in contact with someone by email; i would like to know more about the tea ceremonies and the sobriety movement for a research paper.

Your Name :   ~patricia christine aqiimuk paul, jd~
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   not in any official capacity in viewing this website
What is your main occupation? :   college administrator
How did you find my site? :   email referral from family
What were you looking for when you found it? :   an understanding of the family ties between Alaska Native and ethnics of this region
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   The historical information.

Your Name :   Maris Jukss
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Student
How did you find my site? :   yandex search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   More photos.And be real, it's very hard for people to live there right now...I was born there in Bilibino.Wonderfull place and wondefull people.

Your Name :   Tracy Freeman
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Student at the University of Oregon
How did you find my site? :   google.com "Chukotka"
What were you looking for when you found it? :   I am trying to find informaiton regarding helath care in the northern regions of the Russian Federation.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Ingrid Clauson
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   librarian
How did you find my site? :   google.com "russian far east"
What were you looking for when you found it? :   background information about the people and the land
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   We are planning a July 2002 trip to Anadyr as part of a volunteer in mission team. We will not be proselytizing in any way. We will stay with families. Visit orphanages, and hospitals. We will be "western ambasadors" and are connected with Jim Campbell's

Your Name :   Carla McDonald
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   CBC-TV
What is your main occupation? :   Researcher/2002 Arctic Winter Games in Iqaluit, Nunavut
How did you find my site? :   By luck
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Info on Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Selfishly for my own personal purposes, I would like to read more about the people. Their communication, music, arts, etc. Realistically I think it's an amazing site, beautiful pictures. It grabs your interest right away. Thank you.

Your Name :   Nadine Wiless
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Junction City United Methodist Church, Junction City, OR
What is your main occupation? :   retired teacher/volunteer as UMC Southern District lay leader
How did you find my site? :   through AFOC
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information on Chukotka, prefacing a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission trip in July, 2001
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Patty - just keep updating the site. The new items are tremendous! I pass the info on to others in our conference-wide church, and keep hoping that they will read the wonderful information that you have. Thanks again for permission to use your informat

Your Name :   Anna Belikovich
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
What is your main occupation? :   plant ecologist
How did you find my site? :   your personal info
What were you looking for when you found it? :   your accomplishments for the past 7 years, Patty and some news on Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   you have gone much ahead of our specialists in web-site production. I enjoyed pictures most of all, with Chukchis in particular. Why nothing about Maryi-El? Some region. I picked up some addresses from your guestbook, that's very useful. Simply great.

Your Name :   Rick Wolgamott
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Grace Community Bible Church
What is your main occupation? :   Minister
How did you find my site? :   Friend from Alaska
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Map, other info
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am sending 6 people from my church to Chukotka in June - I am very pleased that we can have a small part in helping the people of this region.

Your Name :   Weiting Liu
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Taiwan Wader Study Group
What is your main occupation? :   Waderologist
How did you find my site? :   Google
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Your map
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Everything, I will visit Chukotka this June to join a shorebird survey team.

Your Name :   Svetlana Bossina
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Radio "Dreyeckland" Freiburg, Germany
What is your main occupation? :   Student of Anthropology, Journalist
How did you find my site? :   as a link from www.indigenous.ru
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I grew up in Bilibino. I have a nostalgy... I didn't visit Chukotka the last ten years. thank you very much.

Your Name :   Brad Linderman
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   University student
How did you find my site? :   search results
What were you looking for when you found it? :   subsistence economies in russia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   It's great already.

Your Name :   Lisa Quinones
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   UCSF med sch., CMDA
What is your main occupation? :   medical student
How did you find my site? :   google is great!
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information about Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Perhaps more specific logistical information about going, travel costs, and information about the geology, religions of the area, etc. Your site was very helpful. I am a Christian and hope to conduct a medical survey trip to some area of northern Siberia

Your Name :   Mario Formosa
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Accountant in London
How did you find my site? :   Google
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Photos of the area, Connections with other parts of the Russian Far East and possibly how "reformers" ie a handful of dual passport holders had brought such areas to their knees, but all we get is a replica of "native" villages similar to the ones in Cana
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   More pictures of ordinary people, miners, civil servants, engineers. I understand there are no trees at all. Also the people's kinship with their huskies.Photographic evidence of any changes. less talk of "food parcels" and more of trade.

Your Name :   David Antill
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Lawyer
How did you find my site? :   Google
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am interested in pictures of cities, towns and villages in the area especially any showing older buildings and communal areas

Your Name :   chris fraser
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   teacher
How did you find my site? :   search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   a map of region

Your Name :   Rick Hamborg
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Victory Ships
What is your main occupation? :   Pilot
How did you find my site? :   Friend
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Great site and informative!

Your Name :   Jeff Harper
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Retired Industrial Chemist
How did you find my site? :   Following Links
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Info on Russia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I have not thoroughly investigated your site as yet but what I have seen is very interesting and informative. I will return later to finish exploring.

Your Name :   Javier AYAPE
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Informatica
How did you find my site? :   
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Viaje a Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Desearia contactar con alguien que hable español (spanish)

Your Name :   Dan Loghin
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Project Manager
How did you find my site? :   Step by step
What were you looking for when you found it? :   My relatives in Siberia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am Romanian. My ancestors were born in the region of Cernovti (Ukraine, until 1944 included in Romania). Many of my relatives were "moved" by the "Soviet Socialism" to Siberia *Chukotka also). Your very interesting and humanitarian site show me why an

Your Name :   Cristoforo Garigliano
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   university student in Italy
How did you find my site? :   read an article about siberian native peoples and the new project to build a pipeline for oil from siberia to china on the guardian weekly
What were you looking for when you found it? :   more or less what I found
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Information about the artistic and musical life of the different peoples;i'm graduating in ethno-musicology,and Siberia has an extremely fascinating culture!

Your Name :   Mr Hannu Viranto
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Provincial Government of Lapland, Finland
What is your main occupation? :   International Relations
How did you find my site? :   From the Northern Forum Secretariat, Alaska
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Reindeer Herding in Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   They already exellent. Maybe some more links with other web-sites.

Your Name :   Stephanie Joseph
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   I am American Indian - Apache
What is your main occupation? :   graduate student
How did you find my site? :   Johnson's Russia
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Chukchi
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I'd like to know more about tribal societies and culture. I was specifically looking for info on Chukchi because I am planning a summer trip to the Far East hopefully next summer. I will be joining the Univ of Arizona's graduate program - Russian and Slav

Your Name :   karel adams
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   none
What is your main occupation? :   free lance IT specialist
How did you find my site? :   web search engine
What were you looking for when you found it? :   aviation info
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   more info on the current sate of airports & airlines in Chukotka region

Your Name :   Ed Walker
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Opera singer
How did you find my site? :   Google search, siberia
What were you looking for when you found it? :   fun with maps
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Wow! What an excellent site you have created. Rare for an academe to create informed AND entertaining content. If you were to write a book, I would buy it. I hope you are enjoying Germany. I spent 3 years singing there. I was a double major at Oberlin (cu

Your Name :   Bent Nielsen
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Department of Eskimology
What is your main occupation? :   Research
How did you find my site? :   Web search: Chukotka
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Years ago I last looked at your home page. It really looks great! Probably, we will meet each other once again in Chukotka? Next time I go to Chukotka will be March-April 2003. All the best! Bent

Your Name :   Miguel Peyro
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Linguistics Dept. University of Sevilla (Spain)
What is your main occupation? :   Professor
How did you find my site? :   link from http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/HistoryCulture/Russia/index.html
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information about Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Very interesting site, every page is of great interest. Many thanks, and congratulations!

Your Name :   richard tatschner
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   IT
How did you find my site? :   We go back a long way
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Facts about Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Castanov Andrei
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Universität Rostock
What is your main occupation? :   Wissenschaftler
How did you find my site? :   Internet (Google search)
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Mein Heimatland
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I habe dort lange Zeit gewohnt. Krasnoarmeisky.

Your Name :   Ruth Sparks
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   North Coast Interpretive Association
What is your main occupation? :   Teacher/ volunteer
How did you find my site? :   
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Terry Lilly
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Terry Lilly, Photographer
How did you find my site? :   researching US/ Chukotka Polar Bear treaty
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   William Semple
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Personal
What is your main occupation? :   Oil & Gas Drilling
How did you find my site? :   Google
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Thanks for the site. I am coming to Chukotko in a week to work on an oil rig and it is always useful to get some local information before arriving. Many thanks, interesting site.

Your Name :   Maria Dybowska
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Polish Polar Comittee
What is your main occupation? :   ethnology-oral tradition
How did you find my site? :   Internet
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Possibilities of coworking
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   More informations about contact with you.About Science Institutions in Chukotka region

Your Name :   Jeffrey Maupin
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Amagugaaq Enterprises
What is your main occupation? :   Vending business owner
How did you find my site? :   referred by Andrew Crow
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information about Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   More economic and demographic information that would be useful for writing grants. Government services and healthcare available.

Your Name :   Fares Yasin
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   employee
How did you find my site? :   very nice
What were you looking for when you found it? :   i was looking for chukotka city i would like to visit it
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   maybe more about roads .

Your Name :   Maxim Solodkii
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Civil Designer
How did you find my site? :   yahoo
What were you looking for when you found it? :   How to spell Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Well I was born and raised In Provideniya Russia, one of the regions in Chukotka. so since I live in Georgia, USA now this is the only way I can find out whats going on in my home town. You didn't have much on my home town of Provideniya, so if you have a

Your Name :   Anthony Merola
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Law Enforcement
How did you find my site? :   Browsing Canadian sites
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Excellent site; recommend more on Chukchi, Aleut, Eventy, Khanty and other related languages (lexicography of related words, etc)...I majored in Far Eastern Studies when I was in University.

Your Name :   Haukur Baldursson
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   
How did you find my site? :   
What were you looking for when you found it? :   
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   Nigel Stevens
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   Yes
What is your main occupation? :   Teacher
How did you find my site? :   Web search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Information on Rivers
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am interested in travel to Chukotka in order to sport fish. I have had experience in Kamchatka but the cureent levels of organised poaching make this a stress filled business. If you have any contacts who might be able to help me please e-mail Thanks

Your Name :   Frederic Denis
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   System developer (IT)
How did you find my site? :   Yahoo!
What were you looking for when you found it? :   How to cross (inexpensively) Bering strait from Alaska
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Well, I haven't found what I was looking for exactly but it is certainly a good informative source from which my searches will continue... From the map on your site, I will try to see if there's a way to go from Nome (AK) to, maybe, Urelik or another town

Your Name :   jp gilot
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   geologist
How did you find my site? :   oil fields
What were you looking for when you found it? :   situation
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   

Your Name :   acotterman
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   high school student
How did you find my site? :   U of Hawaii contact
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Contacts for colleges interested in doing study abroad programs in the area and also contacts for US citizens interested in traveling to the region to do community service and citizen exchange programs.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I traveled to Provedeniya and the village of New Chaplino 2 summers ago. Since then, I have wanted to try and help the Eskimos with new forms of tourism to their region. Over the past 2 months I have undertaken a high school project to investigate ways to

Your Name :   Jeffrey Silverstein
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   Computer Network Engineer
How did you find my site? :   google search
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Information on different ethnic groups in the world without their own countries
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   It's a very good site. Are there any independence or liberation movements there? Also maybe you could have some links to infor about other ethnic groups in northern Russia

Your Name :   Reed Giroux
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   Philosopher
How did you find my site? :   vi "www.google.com" search engine
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Different parts of Russia
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   E-mail addresses of any person, gov't. or community agency or service.Any infomation on how to travel to there, and what sort of conditions a visitor must know about. Links to media or historical or cultural institutions. How to donate for to relief or

Your Name :   george
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   government
How did you find my site? :   nomenugget.com article
What were you looking for when you found it? :   arctic peoples
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   check your reindeer brigade #4 pics; two aren't loading fully on this pc, at this time. "reeling in the reindeer" and "washing at the creek".

Your Name :   bill staats
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   student/sales rep
How did you find my site? :   Letter in The Financial Times
What were you looking for when you found it? :   The letter mentioned there was flights from Alaska to Siberia and I am trying to get to a city in Siberia.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   It is a great site. Very beautiful pictures. Very beautiful landscape!

Your Name :   Edward Kaprov
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   photographer
How did you find my site? :   AOLsearch
What were you looking for when you found it? :   I go there in July,so I gather information about this area
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I try to find the way to get there through Beringov strait from Alaska. this is good site and your Russing exelent

Your Name :   nicolas jequier
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   businessman
How did you find my site? :   just looking up chukotka on the web, after seeing a letter in the financial times of 13 april about the website of the chukotka government
What were you looking for when you found it? :   general info on chukotka
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   explain how to get to chukotka from the US or Russia. Your web site is extremely well done, and very interesting. Congratulations

Your Name :   Elizabeth
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No but I wish I could help!
What is your main occupation? :   student
How did you find my site? :   www.gp4teens.com
What were you looking for when you found it? :   something good in this world.
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I don't know I'm really touched by what you've done and by all I've seen on this site and I wish there were a way to jump on the next plain and go there, if I had the money I would donate but I'll pray for all those people out there in the could!!!

Your Name :   c. Farley
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   retired
How did you find my site? :   search engine
What were you looking for when you found it? :   information on Lorino, Chukchi Peninsula
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Will be taking an expeditionary cruise to the area in summer of 2002. It's always interesting to read and learn about places prior to visiting.

Your Name :   Reg Beck
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   no
What is your main occupation? :   Physics/Computer Science High School Teacher
How did you find my site? :   Did a search on Vaegi
What were you looking for when you found it? :   the location of Vaegi with respect to the artic circle
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I am a radio amateur and contacted many Russian arctic hams over the years and have their QSL cards. There is an arctic award given out by the Russian Robinson Club (current status unknown) for certified contacts with Russian Stations above the Arctic Cir

Your Name :   Jim Rouse
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   Hospital Purchasing Manager
How did you find my site? :   Interested in this area of Russia
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Facts regarding the city of Anadyr
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I was hoping to get some facts on what type of medical care is available in this part of Russia and what the needs are for this region.

Your Name :   Olga Bitjakowa
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   
What is your main occupation? :   I go to school
How did you find my site? :   Google
What were you looking for when you found it? :   for Anadyr, it`s my native place
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   I was born in Anadyr, I and my family were left Anadyr in 1992.I would like to visit Anadyr but it is too expensive to travel there. I was very happy to see the photos of the city where I lived. Your Home Page is very cool.

Your Name :   Mary Dinsmore
Do You represent an organization? If so, Which? :   No
What is your main occupation? :   ESL teacher
How did you find my site? :   Heard from Nancy Mendenhall
What were you looking for when you found it? :   Had yarn to donate
What info would make this site more useful to you? :   Not s