Zooming ashore in a Zodiac inflatable |
Approaching Ekarma Island |
Pebbles on an island beach |
Approaching Broutana Bay on Simushir |
Dwarf pine cones on Onekotan Island |
The forbidding coast of Shiashkotan Island |
Wildflowers, Shiashkotan Island |
Arctic fox on Yankicho Island |
Arctic blue fox |
Crested auklets |
Crested auklet on Yankicho |
Ekarma, a drowned volcanic caldera |
Mysterious volcanic dyke formation on Paramushir Island |
Mysterious volcanic dyke formation on Paramushir Island |
Following an iced-over watercourse on Paramushir |
Soviet-era submarine base on Simushir, abandoned around 1994 |
Soviet-era submarine base on Simushir, abandoned around 1994 |
Getting the measure of Lenin at the abandoned sub. base on Simushir |
GasMask at the abandoned sub. base on Simushir |
"Heroic Sailor' mural on Simushir |
Mural inside the school, Simushir Is. |
Wildflowers on Atlasova Island |
Volcanic cinder cone on Atlasova |
Volcanic cinder cone on Atlasova |
Plants colonising a volcanic ash flow, Atlasova Is. |
Ruined prison camp building, Atlasova Is |
Watchtower of an abandoned prison camp, Atlasova Is |
Northern fulmar in flight |
Dorsal fin of an orca or killer whale |
Slaty-backed gull |