Search for Collared (Dicrostonix torquatus) and Siberian Lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus ) in Russian Arctic. winter landscape on Taimyr peninsula, near Kara sea. Russian Arctic, Siberia, Russia. Evening of a short arctic day. a researcher prepares to dig, in order to check traps under snow (sticks with stripes of cloth are used as markers, the traps are under deep snow). An old Russian heavily repaired snow-bike on background.