This region dominates the North Pacific, but few people apart from the locals know much about its history or its wildlife. Fewer people have ever had the opportunity to visit the region. Politics have successfully kept people away. Today with the politics relaxed it is possible to visit but the infrastructure can not support, nor does it want to, large numbers of visitors. The climate is severe, the landscape vast but the wildlife and the scenery is spectacular. The only practical way to travel to this region is by sea. The hundreds of islands in the "Kuril Island Chain" and coastline of the "Kamchatka Peninsula" and the "Chukotka region" offers numerous opportunities for wildlife observations and cultural exchange.

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Read other comments"I would have to consider this trip one of the highlights of my life. I have always dreamed of voyaging to the Antarctic. The excitement of actually traveling to the places I had heard so much about was certainly the fulfillment of a dream…your obvious enjoyment and enthusiasm for Antarctica was very infectious and I would defy anyone to not be affected by it"
John, United Kingdom - 5/02/2007