01 Sep 2015
Egvekinot Day
It’s Monday evening and we are just departing the Port of Egvekinot, at the head of Kresta Bay on our way south on the ‘Jewel of the Russian Far East’ itinerary. We have been tied alongside all day, topping up our water tanks with some really good clean fresh mountain water. During the day our expeditioners took the opportunity to visit the museum and explore the town and surrounding area as far north as the Arctic Circle, 24 kms north of the centre. The town was constructed in 1946 as a Gulag Camp where prisoners built not only the town but also a 200km road to the tin mine at Iultin. Nowadays Egvekinot is an important administration centre for the region and the terminus for new mining ventures and a network of winter roads which service much of this part of Chukotka.
31 Aug 2015
This is the last day of August and also the last day of our third Wrangel Island expedition for 2015. The sun is shining in a cloudless blue sky for …READ MORE
26 Aug 2015
We watched the storm develop and grow as it moved in from the west and planned our Wrangel visits around the likely wind speed and direction. Our pla…READ MORE
