A scientific hospital will appear in the Tiutey-Yakhinsky Nature Reserve in Yamal

The cordon in the Tiutei-Yakhinsky nature Reserve will include six mobile buildings, two of them for the accommodation of scientists, the rest for the work and residence of inspectors of the Directorate of specially protected Natural Territories of Yamal. This is reported by the portal of the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YANAO).

"The ongoing work will allow us to organize the protection and ensure the safety of the flora and fauna of the reserve. The cordon being created will also be used to monitor animals throughout the Yamal Peninsula," the statement said.

The scientific hospital can accommodate up to six people. Inside there will be everything necessary for a comfortable stay of scientific specialists during field work. It is planned to put the modules into operation in July.

The Tiutey-Yakhinsky Nature Reserve was created to preserve the unique rookery of Atlantic walruses last year. The area of the specially protected natural area is 10 thousand hectares. "The number of Red Book animals is growing every year. According to the latest estimates, it amounted to about five thousand individuals. Scientists from all over the country, including representatives of the Institute of Plants and Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Research Center "Marine Mammals", come to Cape Tiutey-Sale to study the Yamal walrus population, the district government said.