The total distance traveled has grown from 17,498 to a total of 20,662 kilometers with the addition of 3,164 pages this eight week.
So well, now I'm really on a stay over in the forests of Russia. I'm in the eastern part of the country above Mongolia at 53 N 98 E in the Tuva Republic, a Russian federal subject.
Now just a little bit about this republic:
There are over 9,000 rivers in the republic. The area includes the upper course of the Yenisei River, the 5th longest river in the world. The Saskatchewan River is the 36th with the branch the North Sasktachewan River being 123rd of 165 "long" rivers around the world.
Tuva is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT) is 7 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Krasnoyarsk Summer Time (KRAST) is 8 hours ahead. Which means that when it is 10:00 am in Shellbrook, it's is 9:00 pm here.
Tuva has no railway yet. Shellbrook had it's C.N. Railway Station (currently our museum) constructed in 1909 and the first train came through in January 1910.
The present flag of Tuva was adopted on September 17, 1992. Saskatchewan's flag was was officially adopted on September 22, 1969.
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