Wrangel island in the territory of Chukotka is one of the most amazing places in the world. For several centuries the island was inaccessible to man. Harsh and cold Arctic sheltered him from curious scientists and researchers. The island is located on the border of the East Siberian and Chukchi seas. The total area of the reserve is about 2225, 6 thousand ha.

The study of the island began in the 30-ies of the XXth century But soon all economic activity on the island ceased. In 1937, the second head of the settlement A. I. Mineev has issued a decree banning fishing Fox in the North of the island with the nature protection purpose, thus making this area of reproductive reserve.

In 1953, local authorities adopted a resolution on the protection on the island of walrus rookeries, and in 1968, there was organized the refuge to protect nesting white goose, walrus, black Brant, polar bears and colonial settlement of sea birds. After some time with the island of Nunivak on Wrangel island were introduced muskoxen and the Executive Committee of the Magadan region makes land Islands Herald and Wrangel for future reserve to protect the unique natural complexes of the Islands. State nature reserve "Wrangel Island" was formally organized on March 23, 1976

The main objective of the reserve is the study and conservation of fauna on the island part of the Arctic. Regardless of the position of the Arctic Islands, its flora has a high level of endemism, which is not on the other Islands of the Arctic. Here you can find typically the Arctic and more southern species. In the Red book of plants growing here included a purple core and malolatic complicated.

Wrangel island is considered the world's largest area of concentration of ancestral polar bear dens. Every year on the island lie in the den about 400 bears. In addition, here are the most large in the Eastern Arctic seabird colonies, the only surviving to the present day in Asia's largest breeding colony of snow geese and the largest in the Chukchi sea colonies of thick-billed murres, black Guillemot and Kittiwake.

In summer and autumn in the waters of the East Siberian and Chukchi seas meet bowhead whale, gray whale, Beluga whale and fin.