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Fire & Ice: Japan to Kamchatka

May be combined with Fire & Ice: Kamchatka to Alaska

Summary

Kamchatka Japan Kuril Islands <i>Clipper Odyssey</i> Russia Petropavlovsk Sakhalin Tyuleniy volcano Valley of the Geysers Sapporo wildlife birding whales seals otters Zodiac
Kamchatka Japan Kuril Islands <i>Clipper Odyssey</i> Russia Petropavlovsk Sakhalin Tyuleniy volcano Valley of the Geysers Sapporo wildlife birding whales seals otters Zodiac
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Towering peaks form a dramatic backdrop to a landscape of dense forests, flowering tundra, and volcanoes emerging from the sea as we sail north from Hokkaido, Japan, along the Kuril Island chain to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Whales, seals, otters, and thousands of seabirds surround us, and the history of the Cold War and Arctic explorers will come to life as we trace the Ring of Fire through the North Pacific.

Dates

June 7 – 21, 2008

Activities

Birding, Hiking, Natural history, Photography, Zodiac cruises

Luxury Cruise Ship

Clipper Odyssey

Day by Day Itinerary

June 7 — 

USA / Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

June 8 — 

Sapporo

June 9 — 

Sapporo

June 10 — 

Sapporo / Otaru / Embark Clipper Odyssey

June 11 — 

Rishiri Island

June 12 — 

Korsakov / Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia

June 13 — 

Tyuleniy Island, Sakhalin Coast

June 14 — 

Broutona Island / Chirpoy Island / Brat Chirpoy, Kuril Islands

June 15 — 

Shimushir Island / Yankicha

June 16 — 

Srednego Islands / Rasshua

June 17 — 

Matua / Lovyshki Islands

June 18 — 

Northern Kuril Islands

June 19 — 

Utashud Island & Vestnik Bay, Kamchatka Peninsula

June 20 — 

Petropavlovsk

June 21 — 

Petropavlovsk / Disembark / Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Reports From The Field

Fire & Ice: Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Bering Island

Fire & Ice: Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Bering Island
"This photogenic volcano looked incredible with huge patches of snow like a jigsaw puzzle over the lava and volcanic ash."