Beached dolphins in the yacht harbor of Ushuaia. (Photo: Marine Prefecture of Ushuaia) Last Sunday at noon, visitors to the Ushuaia Yacht Club witnessed an unusual event. More than a dozen dolphins approached the shore at full speed and beached themselves next to the...
Arctic circle near Egvekinot — Already back in 2007 first groups from Switzerland traveled to Chukotka, in the Russian far east. Due to the lack of infrastructure, it was not always easy to carry out the tours. Visitors were compensated by the untouched and...
The picture from 1997 shows the full extent of the former whaling station Grytviken. After the turn of the millennium, the buildings and some other facilities were demolished or removed. Thus, today from the former whaling station only machines, furnaces, the church...
During a trip to Wrangel Island, photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station on Kolyuchin Island, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. Expedition report by Dmitry Kokh I had dreamed of photographing...
The icebreaker “Sibir” on departure from St. Petersburg. The ship is the second icebreaker of class 22220 built in St. Petersburg. (Photo: Anton Haas, St. Petersburg) On the morning of January 13, 2022, the nuclear icebreaker “Sibir” left the...
