Pleistocene Park and the North-East Scientific Station The
North-East Scientific Station (NESS) and Pleistocene Park are
scientific organizations located in the north of Siberia, 5 km
from the town of Chersky (Yakutia) (68° 44'N, 161° 23'E).
Established in 1977, the North-East Scientific Station has
become one of the world's largest Arctic research stations,
providing varied opportunities for study throughout the year in
various disciplines such as ecology, climate change, arctic
biology, permafrost studies, hydrology, limnology, geophysics,
atmospheric physics, and others. NESS has 3 laboratories with
modern equipment and the ability to welcome up to 50 researchers
at a time. Pleistocene Park is a major initiative that includes
an attempt to restore the mammoth steppe ecosystem, which was
dominant in the Arctic in the late Pleistocene. The initiative
requires replacement of the current unproductive northern
ecosystems by highly productive pastures which have both a high
animal density and a high rate of bioc