Ivory story: Hunter digging thousands of mammoth remains in Siberia-ivory, mammoth-IT information

According to the United Kingdom, the daily mail reported that Siberian permafrost is mammoth's primary residence, in their years after today, Russia hunters found there lurks the immense business opportunities. Photographer Amos Chapple to infiltrate the group, and recorded how they excavate mammoth tusk in a harsh and dangerous environment, and then sold it to the ivory markets of sin. According to the photographer said, weighing about 65 kilograms of mammoth ivory can fetch as much as $ 35,000 (about 233,000 yuan).

Despite the high prices, but work in the extreme cold of the Siberian Tundra was not an easy task. These hunters not only to endure difficult conditions, also need time to prepare for attack of the beast. But as the ivory markets thrive, there are hundreds of local people into this illegal mining activities. For hunters went into the cave in the fields to find mammoth remains.

Hunters usually need several months away from home, living in the forests of Northern Siberia, and every day 50-60 hunters are involved in mining. Mammoth remains are widely distributed, but often a complete mammoth ivory is very hard to find. Most of the time, hunters can find be worthless pieces of bone.

From New Zealand photographer Chapple through "bribe" was able to sneak into the Hunter, and they hit it off in 3 weeks, Chapple can only be responsible for some entry-level jobs like cutting firewood. According to Chapple said, because the environment is hard, hunters usually carried a pistol or musket against wild animals. Photo shows Hunter carrying a Toolbox, they mainly use water cannons to search for human remains, water gun powered by some smoke generation device.

Years of mining, where the river has been seriously polluted, the river is almost chocolate brown. For a Hunter to climb in the tunnel, the whole underground tunnel about 60 meters long.

For hunters using water cannons outside the cave to find mammoth remains, which wreak havoc on the local ecology.

Several months lived in the deep forest, occasionally drink vodka with the Hunter one of the few pastimes.

The Yakutia region in Siberia for the sunset, millions of years ago, Mammoths lived here.

象牙的故事：西伯利亚猎人挖掘万年猛犸遗迹 - 象牙,猛犸象 - IT资讯

据英国《每日邮报》报道，西伯利亚永久冻土带曾是猛犸象的主要居住地，在其灭绝万年之后的今天，俄罗斯猎人们在这里发现了潜藏的巨大商机。摄影师Amos Chapple潜入到了这一群体内部，记录了他们如何在恶劣且危险的环境下挖掘猛犸象牙，然后将其销售到罪恶的象牙市场。据摄影师透露，一颗重量约65公斤的猛犸象牙售价可高达3.5万美金（约合23.3万人民币）。

尽管价格高昂，但在极度严寒的西伯利亚冻土带工作可不是一件轻松的事。这些猎人不光要忍受艰苦的环境，还需要时刻防备野兽的攻击。但随着象牙市场的繁盛，已经有几百当地人加入到了这项非法挖掘活动中。图为猎人走进下地洞穴，寻找猛犸象遗骸。

猎人通常需要离家数月，居住在西伯利亚北部的森林中，每天都会有50-60个猎人参与挖掘。猛犸象遗骸虽然在这里广泛分布，但通常一颗完整的猛犸象牙十分难求。大多数时候，猎人们只能找到并不值钱的碎片遗骨。

来自新西兰的摄影师Chapple通过“贿赂”才得以潜入猎人内部，在和他们相处的3周里，Chapple只能负责一些类似砍柴的初级工作。据Chapple透露，由于环境艰险，猎人们通常会随身携带手枪或者火枪，以防野兽出没。图为猎人背着工具箱，他们主要使用高压水枪来搜索遗骸，水枪由某种烟雾发电装置供电。

由于常年挖掘，这里的河流已经被严重污染，河水几乎呈巧克力色。图为一位猎人在隧道里攀爬，整个地下隧道约有60米长。

图为猎人使用高压水枪在山洞外寻找猛犸象遗骸，这种操作方式对当地生态造成严重破坏。

由于数月居住在深林中，偶尔一起喝点儿伏特加成了猎人们为数不多的消遣之一。

图为夕阳下的西伯利亚雅库特地区，几百万年前，猛犸象便居住在这里。