Life and Adventures in the Taiga

Vladimir Arsenyev’s travel sketches bring together impressions of expeditions in the Russian Far East. Difficult journeys, meetings with local inhabitants and observations of wildlife reveal the everyday concerns of a small party travelling through the taiga. The immediacy of these notes offers a view of exploration from within. Descriptions of places and customs accompany episodes that test endurance, judgement and mutual support, presenting the forest as both a field of study and a setting for human stories.