On Location: Yap Island

We didn’t have to wait long for one of the highlights of this expedition, a visit to Yap. Famous for the social complexities of Yapese life and the valuable stone money used to indicate one’s high status within the community, Yap has been a popular destination for many adventurers and anthropologists. After a day at [...]

On Location: A Homecoming in Otaru, Japan

Home! Well at least for me, as I live just over an hour away in Ebetsu. As we neared the Japanese coastline, my phone service kicked in and I was able to call home and check that my partner, Mayumi, was on her way to the harbor and carrying her kimono in readiness for the [...]

On Location: Tyuleniy Island, Sakhalin, Russia

Wow! What a day! A fantastic fiery sunrise kicked off a day which involved us going ashore on tiny Tyuleniy in the Sea of Okhotsk. Approaching from the south, the island became noticeable first because it was literally carpeted wall-to-wall with mammals and birds, second because of the incredible sound, and third because of the [...]

On Location: Petropavlovsk, Russia

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the capital of Kamchatka Province in Russia’s Far East. The city of 200,000 residents is the center of Kamchatka’s lucrative salmon fishery and houses Russia’s largest submarine base. Petropavlovsk (the city of St. Peter and St. Paul) was founded in 1740 by Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in the service of the Russian [...]

On Location: Kiska Island

This island was once occupied by Japanese forces during World War II. The staff landed early, enjoying a golden sunrise on a beautiful black sand beach, in order to perform reconnaissance for the morning walks. The tundra on the surrounding hillsides still showed scars, however, of slow healing bomb craters created by U.S. [...]

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