The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve invites volunteers to work on Bering Island in 2021.
We offer an interesting and intense volunteer work in the largest marine reserve of Russia. For volunteers, this is an opportunity not only to serve nature conservation on the edge of the earth but also to see the pristine northern nature of the Commander Islands.
- The number of volunteers working at the same time is indicated
- The number of people is indicated based on the work of one volunteer for 4 weeks
Due to the logistic and climatic features, we invite volunteers who are ready to work on Bering Island for at least four weeks.
The volunteer season this year runs from May to September. This year, the reserve will need volunteers to help employees of science and awareness-raising departments, as well as for the improvement and development of tourist facilities and infrastructure on the islands of Bering and Medny.
Work in the visitor center of the CINBR in the village of Nikolskoye
1 person
Period: June - September
Job Duties:
- Meeting guests at the visitor center of the reserve;
- Presentation on the activities of the reserve;
- Registration for excursions and assistance in technical support of excursions;
- Work in the souvenir shop (assistance in working with tourists)
- Assistance in the work of awareness-raising department (assistance in conducting classes and excursions with children; preparation of text materials; work with a photo archive).
Work coordinator - Head of awareness-raising department Oksana Solovanyuk
Souvenir shop in the visitor center of the nature reserve
On an excursion in Buyan Bay
Working at Severo-Zapadnoye Marine Mammal Rookery
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator)
Period: June - September
Job Duties:
- Observation of marine mammals in the rookery and in the sea area (4 times a day);
- Fixing the number of visitors; Clarification of the rules for staying at the rookery;
- General improvement of the territory and minor current repairs;
- Collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
Work coordinator - Deputy Director for Science, Evgeny Georgievich Mamaev
Working at Severo-Zapadnoye Marine Mammal Rookery
On one of the rookeries of the Commander Islands
Working in Poludennaya Bay
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator)
Period: August
Job Duties:
- Observation of marine mammals in the sea area (4 times a day);
- Registering the number of visitors; Clarification of the rules for staying in the cabin;
- General improvement of the territory and minor current repairs;
- Collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
Work coordinator - Deputy Director for Science, Evgeny Georgievich Mamaev
During a sea excursion
Monitoring of the marine area
Work on the ichthyological programs of the reserve (ichthyologist)
1 person (necessarily completed or incomplete biological education in the specialty of ichthyology).
Registration as a student or undergraduate practice is possible
Period: June - August
Responsibilities (work is carried out jointly with an employee of the reserve - an ichthyologist): assistance in conducting ichthyological studies on the territory of the reserve.
Work coordinator - Researcher - Ichthyologist, Mikhail Vakurov
The work of ichthyologists involves serious physical activity, so you need to seriously gage your strength
During ichthyological work
Working in Staraya Gavan bay
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator, as well as building skills)
Period: June
Job Duties:
- Preparation of building materials for work - it is necessary to prepare the material (sawing, planing), loading / unloading materials at the place of work;
- Construction of a service yard (non-capital structure according to blueprints and sketches);
- Installation of information boards
- Dismantling the bridge;
- General improvement of the territory (grass mowing, equipment of the campfire area and coldproofing the cabin)
- Water monitoring, collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
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Sketch of the service yard to be arranged
House in the bay Staraya Gavan
Working in Kislaya, Komandor, Polovina Bays
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator, as well as building skills)
Period: May-June
Job Duties:
- Preparation of building materials for work - it is necessary to prepare the material (sawing, planing), loading / unloading materials at the place of work;
- Dismantling of two old houses in Kislaya Bay with sorting of materials suitable for further use;
- Construction of a toilet in Kislaya Bay;
- Construction of a service yard in Poludennaya Bay (non-capital structure according to blueprints and sketches);
- Relocation of the information board in Polovina Bay;
- Eco trail marking;
- Painting objects in Komandor Bay;
- Manufacturing of wooden parts and installation of information boards in Komandor Bay;
- General improvement of the territory (grass mowing, equipment of the campfire area and coldproofing the cabin)
- Water monitoring, collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
Sketch of a service yard to be arranged in Polovina Bay
Cabin in Polovina Bay
Work in Poludennaya Bay and on Steller's Arch
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator, as well as building skills)
Period: June
Job Duties:
- Preparation of building materials for work - it is necessary to prepare the material (sawing, planing), loading / unloading materials at the place of work;
- Arrangement of flooring for tents;
- Construction of a service yard (non-capital structure according to blueprints and sketches);
- Relocation of the information board near Steller's Arch;
- Eco trail marking;
- General improvement of the territory (grass mowing, equipment of the campfire area and coldproofing the cabin)
- Water monitoring, collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
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Sketch of the flooring to be arranged
House in Poludennaya Bay
Work in Buyan Bay
2 people (field experience is required, preferably the ability to work with a chainsaw, electrical equipment and a generator)
Period: June-July
Job Duties:
- Construction of a service yard (non-capital structure according to blueprints and sketches);
- Harvesting of firewood.
- General improvement of the territory (grass mowing, painting, equipment of the campfire area)
- Eco trail marking;
- Water monitoring, collection of information on marine emissions, accounting and collection of garbage
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Sketch of facilities in Buyan Bay
Cabin in Buyan Bay
Work conditions:
All transport costs to the Bering Island are carried out by the volunteer independently.
FSBI "State Nature Reserve "Komandorsky" provides:
- Information support, transfer from the airport and back (in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and on Bering Island);
- Accommodation in an apartment of the reserve in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in the village of Nikolskoye and in the cabin at the work sites;
- Transfer on Bering Island to the place of work and back to the village of Nikolskoye (once per three weeks)
- Communication (satellite phone), in cabins without cellular coverage;
- Free tours of the nature reserve after the chosen work is performed
- Meals for volunteers working on the development of the territory (500 rubles per day, according to the list of products approved by the institution);
- Field equipment: tents, sleeping bags, rubber boots, work clothes;
- Accompanying work coordinator;
- Interesting work at the edge of the world and an unforgettable experience.
Submit the volunteer application by April 15th.
For instructions on how to get to the Commander Islands Nature Reserve, see here .
Do not forget to read the list of necessary items such as shoes, clothes and accessories for a comfortable life and work on the Commander Islands.
You can ask question by writing to turizm@commanderislands.ru or directly to the specialist of tourism department Camilla Belevkina.
