19 May 2012
Orca Alongside
We completed our survey of Simshur Island late last night. The final landing for everybody was in a large flooded caldera at the northern end of the Island where we explored the remains of a Soviet Naval Base abandoned at the end of the Cold War.
This morning we circumnavigated Ketoy Island which provided some dramatic scenery, but very few Otters. Our survey of Yankicha and Riponkicha Islands produced an amazing encounter with a pod of Orca. We have just returned to the ship from surveying the southern part of Russhua Island. It was an incredibly successful afternoon, with with good numbers of Otters, Fur Seals, Stella Sealions, Harbour Seals and even more Orca.
17 May 2012
This morning off Urup Isalnd we enjoyed a rare sleep-in, followed by a very interesting lecture from our Russian Historian, Leinid Kotenko, on Russia…READ MORE
15 May 2012
In the early afternoon the fog rolled in, curtailing our survey just as we were counting good numbers of Otters along the eastern coast of Urup Islan…READ MORE
14 May 2012
The storms have passed and the sun has broken through the clouds, making our work much more pleasant. We conducted two coastal surveys today along th…READ MORE
