Hi, I'm Anatoly! Having first touched the unique nature of Kamchatka in 2016, I still can't get away from it. In 2020 I send a motorcycle to Kamchatka for the first time and travel there all summer. In 2022, again the motorcycle is sent east across the continent to Kamchatka, where I spend another three months. Seems like enough, but in 2023 it happens again!
This is a story about travels through an extraordinary wild country, where nature at its most awesome forms a backdrop to the lives of some of the most powerful creatures that walk the earth: Kamchatka, the land of volcanoes and bears. Kamchatka, in the far north east of Russia, is one of the largest peninsulas in the world. It is washed on three sides by major bodies of water: to the south, the vast Pacific Ocean, on its western shores the Sea of Okhotsk, and separating it from the Alaskan landmass, the Bering Sea.
This is a story about travels through an extraordinary wild country, where nature at its most awesome forms a backdrop to the lives of some of the most powerful creatures that walk the earth: Kamchatka, the land of volcanoes and bears. Kamchatka, in the far north east of Russia, is one of the largest peninsulas in the world. It is washed on three sides by major bodies of water: to the south, the vast Pacific Ocean, on its western shores the Sea of Okhotsk, and separating it from the Alaskan landmass, the Bering Sea.
Technically Kamchatka is a peninsula, but in practice it is an island, because it is not accessible by road, even in winter. To deliver the motorcycle to Kamchatka, I had to freight it in advance, about two months before my travels were due to start. Disassembled and packed in a wooden crate along with all my travelling gear, the motorcycle traveled east across the country to Vladivostok along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and then on a cargo ship north to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. From my home in western Russia the flight to the fire-breathing mountains of Kamchatka takes eight hours and crosses eight time zones. From the aircraft window chains of mountain ranges and individual snow-capped peaks are visible – the volcanoes of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Standing proud above the clouds, protruding from wooded valleys, there are several dozen active and hundreds of extinct volcanoes in Kamchatka. I was lucky enough to reach a few of the hard-to-reach volcanoes and descend by motorcycle into the crater of the active volcano Ksudach.
The low population density of the wilderness means nature is uniquely untroubled by human intrusion, and I cannot resist immersing myself in it. This region is home to the Kamchatka Brown Bear, the largest species of bear in Russia. I rode my motorcycle to Kuril Lake, a major salmon spawning ground. Around this lake, the abundant food and absence of human interference has provided an ideal habitat for bears, with their population rising to 20-30,000 individuals, which is about one bear per ten people in Kamchatka.
Having visited the coasts of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk, it was interesting to get to the Bering Sea and Cape Africa, the easternmost point of Kamchatka. A difficult journey where I again needed an inflatable boat to cross the rivers.
Features of the edition
We've worked hard for several years to inspire you with this book
- More text and photosKamchatka is the third book-album I have published. With each new album there was a request from readers to increase the amount of text. Kamchatka has 3 times more text compared to the first book, more photos, 304 pages, book size 28x24x3 cm.
- Professional layoutKamchatka is published with the help of professional designers and illustrators who created excellent graphics, fonts, pictures and graphics.
- High quality printingThe reader will love the book from the first touch! Kamchatka is printed on the best materials and equipment. Dense designer paper is pleasant to the touch, and high-quality printing of photos fully conveys the atmosphere of unique nature of Kamchatka.
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