Kamchatka: Where the Salmon Rule, August 2009 National Geographic Magazine
Kamchatka is a narrow peninsula in the Russian Far East bordered to the east by the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Roughly the size of California, it contains only 130 kilometers of roads, which would easily exist in San Diego alone. To get anywhere in most of Kamchatka, which is unreachable by car, you take one of the handful of available commercial flights, charter a MI-8 helicopter, or go by TANK. Salmon have been protected here by the simple difficulty of getting...
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Brightly colored salmon swim in the icy clear...
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The first known picture of a brown bear fishing...
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A brown bear grabs a fish and water flies in...
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Man and his dog at the fishing brigade just...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Lyudmila Khalilova is in photos in mirror with...
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Salmon is the only freshwater commercial fish...
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Aerials of Petropavlovsk.
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Aerials of Petropavlovsk industry and mountains.
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Fish market in Petropavlovsk in the main city...
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Cheap Chinese shoes are imported to...
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Ethnic dancing festival named:.Zolotie Rodniki.
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Woman is getting electric stimulation, a...
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Irina Ibragimova dances in the bright spot...
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Wedding Info:.Bride is 7 months pregnant. Her...
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Bear remains in the water at a fishing camp.
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Fishing camp Info:.Anatoli Navykha is the boat...
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Fishing camp scene of salmon drying on racks.
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Gas pipeline staging area on ocean just outside...
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Girls in Khailino in their dress up clothes for...
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A street scenes in Khailino with dog in a side...
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Hidden behind a sheer netting of the wedding...
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Looking into a mirror, the bride, Miroslava...
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The first event of the three-day ceremony is...
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Bride Miroslava Osipova and her new husband...
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Wedding party visits shut ins who couldn't...
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At the wedding, Ksenia in pink dress, watches...
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Family members light candles to form a heart or...
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Wedding Info:.Bride is 7 months pregnant. Her...
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Groom Ivan Osipova does handless garter diving...
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Groom and Best Man and the Bride during party...
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Drab street scene through cracked windshield in...
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.Woman in fish processing plant is:.Nadezhda Usik.
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Ust Bolsheretsk area fishing along the Bolshaya...
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A dog watches from the end of a boat as men...
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Ust Bolsheretsk area fishing along the Bolshaya...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Game warden Sergei Shurunov lifts weights...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Aerials between Tilichiki and Khailino...
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Brightly colored salmon swim in the icy clear...
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Eagles fly over the river. Salmon is the only...
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A brown bear is photographed underwater while...
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Brown bear charges out of the water with a...
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Though there is plenty to eat, two brown bears...
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A bear raises it head from fishing in the icy...
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A fish jumps over a hungry bear that is feeding...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Remote streets of Khailino with Soviet housing...
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Ust Bolsheretsk area fishing along the Bolshaya...
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Salmon underwater as a fisherman pulls in his...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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A fisherman pulls nets filled with salmon at...
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Brown Bears Fish over Samlon while fishing at...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage...
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Anti Poaching enforcement trip from...
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Kurilskoe Lake Preserve is a world heritage site
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Salmon is the only freshwater commercial fish...