19 Jun 2012
Ice Climbing Bear
Our evening landing at Astronomicheskaya Bay (Estuary) must rate as one of our most scenic. It started with a spectacular bear encounter as we watched in amazement as this sub adult male climbed a vertical ice cliff.
A particularly majestic male also watched us as we watched him, until he eventually wandered off into the Taiga forest. Another encounter was a female with a cub. She didn’t stay in view long however, preferring to take her cub away from prying human eyes.
17 Jun 2012
Everyone enjoyed some fine hospitality and tasty caribou soup on our visit to the historic town of Okhotsk. The locals welcomed us with a concert in …READ MORE
14 Jun 2012
The day was spent making three landings within the Dzhugdzhursky Zapovednik Nature Reserve where few foreign visitors ever venture. The first landin…READ MORE