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Hans S ch aann ing and b ird fa u n a re se a rch in th e P asv ik valley Stuffed Common Merganser (left) and Smew (right) made by H. Schaanning. Photos fromtheVarangerMuseum(Vardo). tions was established in Norway and approximately five million birds were ringed. Almost 100,000 numbers are registered in the return database (Norsk ringmerkingatlas, 2003; 2006). It is noteworthy that bird ringing started on the Kola Peninsula in the 1930’s - simultaneously with development of permanent stations for study of animals and birds in the region. Before that, research was performed only by way of expeditions. The first reserves in Murmansk Region (Kandalaksha, Seven Islands, and Lapland Reserves) gave a new impetus to ornithological studies, and development of bird ringing is directly associated with Kandalaksha Reserve. There are about 400 000 birds ringed there since 1936 (Bianki, Boiko, 2002). The total number of species registered in Murmansk Region (Russian Lapland, as it was formerly referred to) has reached 260 (Kokhanov, 1987). In 1921 Schaanning founded Norwegian Ornithological Society (NOF - Norsk Ornitologisk Forening). Simultaneously, regular publishing of the ornithological magazine Norsk Ornithologisk Tidsskrift began, and Hans was its editor from 1921 until 1935. Needless to say tha t Schaanning’s col leagues felt great respect for him (Bernhoft-Osa, 1977; www.birdlife.no) . His knowledge and skills as a field zoologist were of the highest standards. Stuffed animals made by Hans are still on display in museums, in particular, in the Museum of Vardo. He also published numerous scientific articles (Annex 2). One of the main merits of the scientist was his editorial work and prepa ration of bird reviews on such vast regions as Siberia, Greenland, and the Antarctic. He is known to have edited the ornithological part of Maud expedi tion’s archive. That was the expedition led by the legendary Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1918-1921) and his partner Harald Sverdrup (1922-1925), on the equally legendary ship Fram tha t visited the South and North Poles as well as in Greenland (Schaanning, 1928, Annex 2). Later, 1 5 5