.woolly mammoths were very large elephat-like creaturtes coverep during the last ice age. day became extinct thousanbs of years ago.ln piacessuch as sideria,in russia,thousands of woolly mammopha pecame mummies after they pue.today ,some of these frozen mummies can be found in very good condition.one person who has spent many years studying wootty mammoths is the french exptorer buigues to find the mammoths buigues relies on tribes that live in the frozen areas where the creatures once lived one of these tribes the dolgans live on siberia s frozen taimyr peninsula the dotgans knew of many places where frozen woolly mammoths could be found and often used mammoths tusks for tools