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Scientists to install 75 camera traps on island in Kara Sea
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TASS
Scientists will create a network of 75 camera traps on the Shokalsky Island in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region's Gydansky National Park to register polar bears and other rare species, press service of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's center of national parks said.
"The new project will open up new opportunities for the study and protection of rare animal species in the Arctic Zone.
The photo-monitoring network will add to the observation options: it will collect data 24/7, it will cut field work costs, will increase the accuracy of rare species' records.
The expedition plans to install 75 camera traps in different parts of the Shokalsky Island, including on the coastline.
"Arctic ecosystems are extremely vulnerable," the Gydansky National Park's Director Vyacheslav Berlinsky said.