il ▁ass embl ages ▁in ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁and ▁Sub ar ctic ▁region . ▁ ▁On ▁I cel and , ▁he ▁has ▁found ▁and ▁described ▁several ▁dozen ▁ich not ax a , ▁on ▁the ▁Far oe ▁Islands ▁he ▁identified ▁the ▁so ▁far ▁only ▁known ▁trace - f oss ils , ▁which ▁represents ▁the ▁only ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁foss il ▁fa una ▁of ▁the ▁arch ip el ago . ▁An ▁important ▁scientific ▁contribution ▁is ▁the ▁description ▁of ▁two ▁new ▁ich not ax a ▁– ▁ich n ogen us ▁Fun al ich n us ▁P OK OR N Ý , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁type ▁species ▁Fun al ich n us ▁str ang ul atus ▁and ▁the ▁ich nos pecies ▁Sed il ich n us ▁sm iley ▁P OK OR N Ý , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁long - term ▁interest ▁of ▁Richard ▁Pok orn y ▁is ▁c aving . ▁He ▁expl ores ▁especially ▁the ▁regions ▁in ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁which ▁still ▁stood ▁at ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁ca vers ▁( e . g . ▁Or lick é ▁h ory , ▁Česk é ▁st řed oh o ří ). ▁The ▁greatest ▁achiev ements ▁include ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁J esk yn ě ▁sk ř ít k ů ▁C ave ▁near ▁D ě č ín ▁city , ▁considered ▁by ▁spe le olog ists ▁as ▁lost , ▁or ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁Ple isto ce ▁rich ▁verte br ate ▁b one ▁depos its