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1. My Trip to Mongolia
Summer 2009

2. Mongolian Empire
Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan (Ultimate General) and
his grandsons, expanded the boundaries of Mongolia and from
1206-1369 the Mongolia Empire stretched from China to Greece
and from the Himalayas to southern Russia. It was the largest land
empire the world has ever known.

3. Mongolia Today
Mongolia is a land locked country bordering Russia, China and Kazakhstan.
Mongolia consists of steppe, desert and mountain ecosystems.

4. Why go to such a remote place?
Research
Travel Friends

5. Travel through the Mongolian
Countryside
Shermans
Tight Squeeze!
Traffic!

6. Pallas Cat Research Center
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7. Accommodations
Ger

8. Our classroom/research site
In this beautiful classroom (and others across the steppe) we made observations, asked
questions, designed inquiry projects, collected data, analyzed it, shared our conclusions
and discussed the process

9. Inquiry in Action!

10. Field observations

11. Pallas Kittens
Sherman traps

12. Catching a Wild Pallas Cat
Don’t Try this at home!
Pallas
Cat
Narka with bootlace noose

14. Wild female in her den

15. Her View

17. Moilt Research Camp

18. Wild Takhi
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21. more journal entries…

22. Independent Trip to the
Gobi Desert

23. Khamaryn Khiid and Shambala

24. Terelj National Park

25. hand drawn map of Terelj

26. Ecotourism Ger Camp

27. Naadam Festival
The Three Manly Sports: Horse Racing, Wrestling and Archery

28. Friends and Family
Baagii and Priscilla
Baagii and me Baagii’s Whole Family
Me and Belguun
Ghengis, me, Baagii and Priscilla

29. Mongolian Night
Horses galloping Too cozy with fire?
Almost too dark to see Shedding another layer!
Jumping foals delight Who needs clothes in ger?
Quick lightning flashes Step outside for air
Bright clouds beyond mountain ridge Glowing half moon through clouds peaks
Thunder drawing close River lullaby
Fire in the ger stove Mountain River Steppe
Candlelight glows, cozy, warm Mongolian dreams are real
Rain outside? Who cares? Sleeping in a ger