Limnological Institute SB RAS

Ulan-Batorskaya st. 3, Irkutsk-33, 664033, Russia
Phone: 7(395-2) 46-05-04, Fax: 7(395-2) 46-04-05
E-mail: grachev@lin.irkutsk.su

Research station at the coast of Lake Baikal situated in Bolshoye Koty settlement.
Research vessels.
  Research station at the coast of Lake Baikal situated in Bolshoye Koty settlement.

Total space 1876 sq m, floorspace - 147 sq m. 3 living rooms, 2 laboratory rooms. Accommodation with meals - $25 per day, divers' work - $50 for work at one station. This station can be used for training in the field of biological material sampling and treatment, for biological, hydrochemical and other studies.

  Research vessels

- R/V "Vereshchagin", displacement 360 t, there are 4 laboratories, 14 sleeping places for expedition participants, cable, trawl and hydrological winches. It is possible to perform hydrological, hydrobiological, geophysical studies of water column and bottom sediments of Lake Baikal. Ship rent - $1,100 per 24 h.
- R/V "Titov", displacement 120 t, there are 2 laboratories, 8 sleeping places for expedition participants, hydrological winches. Ship rent - $600 per 24 h, including meals.
- R/V "Obruchev", displacement 80 t, there are 1 laboratory and 6 sleeping places. Ship rent - $530 per 24 h, including meals.
- R/V "Academician Koptyug", displacement 500 t, there are 15 sleeping places for expedition participants, it is necessary to finish equipping rooms for laboratories. There is a small hydrological winch, additional equipment can be placed, if necessary. Ship rent - $1,600 per 24 h, including meals.