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Magadan-Kolyma (07.2009)

Magadan - Eight times zones northeast of Moscow, this sub-Arctic region is twice the size of Portugal, with only 100,000 inhabitants. Site of Stalin’s' infamous Gulags and inspiration for Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago", it's estimated that perhaps as many as 2,000,000 died or were killed in the Kolyma forced labor camps. Frigid and isolated, the area was known as the, “gateway to hell”. Rich in minerals, today the region is one of Russia's largest gold producers. And, as you will see, the site of some magnificent scenery.
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Cape Taran lighthouse. (Koni Peninsula. Sea of Okhotsk. Russian Far East)
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Cape Taran lighthouse. (Koni Peninsula. Sea of Okhotsk. Russian Far East)

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  • Koni Peninsula.
  • Koni Peninsula.
  • Sea lion. Koni Peninsula.
  • On the rocks.
  • Dinner!
  • On our boat on the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • Cape Taran lighthouse. (Koni Peninsula. Sea of Okhotsk. Russian Far East)
  • Cape Taran lighthouse, Koni Peninsula. Sea of Okhotsk, Russian Far East.
  • On the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • Snow capped mountains viewed from the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • Ok, you do need a magnifying glass, but there's a bear on the sea bank.
  • Mother & baby bear zoom - still difficult to see.
  • Not a powerful enough lens & the bears were on the run as soon as they got a whiff of us.
  • Koni Peninsula.
  • Koni Peninsula. (Russian Far East)
  • Mountain snow & waterfall.
  • Cape Taran. (Koni Peninsula, Russian Far East)
  • With Irina Utekhina, Deputy Head of the Magadanskii National Preserve.
  • With one of our sailors, Misha.
  • Our captain.
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