Storm Watch Over the Kurils

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Delayed for days by fog, wind and rain - weather as usual in the Kuril Islands - a passenger helicopter drops in on Paramushi...
A laboratory for hardy scientists, the crater bay on uninhabited Yankicha teems with marine life, the product of an unusual e...
The Japanese return, if only for a day, to tend the overgrown graves of their ancestors. On Shikotan, Setsu Nitta leaves offe...
Local hot spot, a thermal pool draws a crowd on Kunashir. Nature provides some of hte few luxuries in the Kurils, where many ...
Salmon may run but they can't hide from Iturup fishermen, who unload a weir strung across the Reydovaya River. For all the we...
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Beaten up by blizzards and typhoons , the town of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, population 2,500, grimly stands its ground on Kunashir.
Flowers bloom from the hands of students on the first day of school on Kunashir. After the 1994 earthquake, which crumpled fa...
Communal toilet training gathers toddlers at a Paramushir nursery school. Most of their parents work on fishing boats and pro...
Fresh-air entrepreneur showcases fur hats she brought in for resale on Iturup.
Dressed for success, frontier style, Alexander Sanin works the phone in his well-stocked home on Kunashir. He prospers as a d...
Long faces anticipate long hours as cannery workers on Kunashir absorb a stern lecture from a supervisor on the virtures of e...
Above politics (and below the photographer's helicopter) Kudryavyy volcano sends out signals proclaiming true wilderness 3,23...
An aerial view of Yankicha Island, part of the Kuril Islands in Russia.
An aerial view of Yankicha Island, part of the Kuril Islands in Russia.
An aerial view of Yankicha Island, part of the Kuril Islands in Russia.
An aerial view of Yankicha Island, part of the Kuril Islands in Russia.
Japanese visiting graves.
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Japanese visiting graves.
Rosinka hot springs in Lisnaya River.
Hot Springs
Hot springs in Kunishir
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Women endure squalid conditions at a scallop packing plant on Paramushir. One of the island's two newly privatized plants has...
First day of School in Yazhno, Kurilsk
First day of school in Yazhno, Kurilsk.
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Students take accordion lessons.
Nursery School in Paramushir
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Group potty training at Paramushir Nursery School.
Group potty training at Paramushir Nursery School.
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Harvesting potatoes.
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Town Fish Factory in Yazhno, Kurilsk
Town Fish Factory in Yazhno, Kurilsk
Fish factory workers in Yazhno, Kurilsk
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House and garden tour
Wedding celebration.
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Wedding celebration.