Sea Of Okhotsk?

 

Sea Of Okhotsk?

Here is a geography quiz for everyone: where are we?

Right now, we are passing out of the Sea of Okhotsk, cutting across the Kuril Island chain, and about to enter the Bearing Sea. Directly to our left side is the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the city of Severo Kuril’sk, located on the Island of Paramushir. Off to our right is the uninhabited, but spectacularly beautiful island of Onekotan. When we awoke, the outside temperature was 30 degrees F., and there was a small amount of snow in the air. As the sun has risen, it has painted a beautiful vista of nearby snowcapped mountains, pictures of which I hope to put online later today.

So, with all of those clues, I assume you now know exactly where we are located?

For those of you who are wondering, I will help you out a little here. We are on the Eastern edge of Siberia in Russia, now heading north towards our next port of call, the Russian city of Petropavlovsk. From there, we will only be a few hundred miles west of the United States and the tip of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

So, this is just a short update on our very interesting passage, and I will have more to share after we have visited Russia tomorrow.

Jim