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Путешествие к реке Лене / Journey to the Lena river 1903

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2018 · Travel & Events

Дореволюционная Россия в фотографиях
Путешествие Роберта Холла и
Ричарда Требилкока к дельте Лены
1903

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
A journey to the Lena Delta
by Robert Hall and Richard Trebilcock
1903

Музыка:
Русский музыкальный фольклор Сибири
И
Ой, как у наших-то у ворот

Music:
Two traditional songs from Siberia
Oh, my mother, whether my, mammy.
And
Oh, like ours at the gate

In the northern summer of 1903, the distinguished Australian ornithologist Robert Hall (1867-1949) and his young assistant R. E. (Ernie) Trebilcock (1880-1976), took a very long detour on a voyage from Australia to England. Hall was the author of a number of ornithological publications, and co-author of some books on nature study. He was aware of the shortage of specimens of Siberian birds in the British Museum, and persuaded Ernie Trebilcock to accompany him on a collecting mission that he was sure would pay handsomely. Travelling by rail, barge and on foot, all the way to the mouth of the Lena River proved a very expensive, however, and, although they had hoped to make a profit from the side-trip, the sale of the collection of over 400 birds only just covered their costs.
The photographs are from this trip....

Путешествие к реке Лене / Journey to the Lena river 1903

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