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VLADIVOSTOK, July 10, PrimaMedia. The research expedition vessel "Professor Khromov", which has already "acquainted" with Kamchatka and Chukotka thanks to the joint efforts of Heritage Expeditions and Pacific Travel, made calls to Sakhalin, the islands of the small and large Kuril ridge, the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Commander Islands. This is reported by the official website of the Government of the Kamchatka Territory with reference to the Directorate of the Kronotsky State Biosphere Reserve.
Traditional places to visit on Commander Islands are places of accumulation of marine mammals - rookeries and seasonal haulouts of sea lions, fur seals, bird colonies, the burial place of Vitus Bering's 2nd Kamchatka expedition in Komandor Bay and, of course, the local history museum in the village of Nikolsky.
Particular attention and "elaboration" required visiting places with a special status of protection - the waters of the federal state reserves (Kuril, Kronotsky and Commander). For this, the travel agency, together with the administrations of the reserves, carried out a contractual campaign in advance, provided comprehensive instructions on the operation of the vessel and boats near the protected complexes, and identified the persons responsible for ensuring control over the visit. Under such conditions, the risk of any environmental violation and disturbing the natural regime of rookeries and bird rookeries is minimized.
On board the "Professor Khromov" there were 40 tourists - citizens of Great Britain, Canada and Sweden.
According to the director of the reserve, Nikolai Pavlov, visiting the unique natural complexes located on the territory of the Commander Reserve is an integral part of most routes. "Given the inaccessibility of the Commander archipelago for air transport and, as a result, great difficulties in organizing excursion activities there, tours using a sea vessel are an excellent alternative. We are very impressed that the tour program pays great attention to the scientific and historical component," Pavlov said. .
Lectures, presentations on history, economics, and natural attractions are held daily for tourists. For this, scientists and experienced experts are invited to the flight. Every day in the evenings, in a special room, the results of the meetings of birds and mammals are summed up; for this, tourists are provided with special tables-journals. The information collected during the cruise on the encountered species of birds, pinnipeds and cetaceans is eventually available for the reserve and can be included in the annual chronicle of nature.
"Along with such a positive effect from cruises as popularization of the recreational potential of the Commander Islands, revenues to the budget of the reserve and to the institutions of the village of Nikolsky, there is another - the ship assists the reserve in the delivery of material and technical supplies from the regional center to Bering Island. We hope for long-term fruitful cooperation and we consider assistance in the development of sea cruise programs on the Commander Islands to be one of our most important tasks," said Nikolai Pavlov.
Length: 71.6 m
Width: 12.8 m
Speed: 12 knots
Number of passengers: 50 people
Team: 22 people
Year built: 1984
Displacement: 2140 t
Flag: Russia
"Professor Khromov" is a small ice-class expedition ship, ideal for expedition cruises. The main goal of all our expeditions is to allow travelers to actively and fully explore the region they visit, offering them the maximum possible number of landings. And all this - in conditions of safety and comfort. "Professor Khromov" is an ice-class vessel specially equipped for cruising in regions where navigation of larger vessels is impossible.
In 1998, Professor Khromov was completely refitted to comfortably accommodate up to 50 passengers, the perfect number for a true expedition cruise. There are 22 crew members on board.
In 2013 the ship was renovated.
On board the vessel there is a flotilla of Zodiac-type boats and 2 all-terrain vehicles on an air cushion. This allows you to offer travelers active exploration of especially difficult landing sites.
The captain and crew are Russians, experienced sailors, real enthusiasts of expedition travel.
Public places:
Bar, salon, library. These places of leisure are suitable for using portable laptops, video cameras. Opening hours depend on the events held on that day (drop-offs, Zodiac walks, lectures). The bar offers a wide selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Restaurant. Our chefs will delight you with international cuisine prepared from the freshest ingredients. It is possible to follow special diets. Kosher and vegan cuisine is not available on board.
Medical service. Located on the main deck. The forwarding doctor is available 24 hours a day.
Connection. On the ship - Iridium satellite telephone connection for phone calls and email.
The language of cruises on the expedition ship Professor Khromov is English. A Russian-speaking guide is possible if there is a group of Russian-speaking travelers.
Cabin types:
Suite Heritage
Separate bedroom with double bed, spacious living room - single bed, desk, wardrobe and refrigerator. Bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. Large windows (front and side view). Area 27.5 sq. meters.
Upper deck.
Mini Suite
Upper deck.
Separate small bedroom with a single bed, living room - single bed, desk, wardrobe. Bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. Window. Area 18 sq. meters.
Superior Plus
Middle and Upper deck.
2 lower beds, desk, wardrobe. Bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. Window. Area 12 sq. meters.
Superior
Middle deck.
2 beds (1 upper and 1 lower), desk, wardrobe. Bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. Window. Area 12 sq. meters.
Double without amenities
Main deck. 
2 lower beds, desk, wardrobe. Washbasin. Porthole. Bathrooms with shower and toilet are conveniently located on the same deck. Area 11.25 sq. meters.
Triple without amenities
Main deck.
3 beds (2 lower and 1 upper), desk, wardrobe. Washbasin. Bathrooms with shower and toilet are conveniently located on the same deck. Area 11.25 sq. meters.
R/V "Professor Khromov" is a small ice-class expedition vessel ideal for expedition cruises. The main task of all expeditions is to allow travelers to actively and fully explore the region they visit,
offering them the maximum possible number of landings.
Brief characteristics:
Date of construction: 03/16/1978, Japan.
Shipowner Far Eastern Regional Research Hydrometeorological Institute.
Port of registry Okhotsk.
Length, width, draft - 48.87 m x 8.52 m x 3.25 m.
Displacement - 828 tons.
The main engine is 6M 28 KEHS.
Speed - 13 knots.
In 1998, Professor Khromov was completely refitted to comfortably accommodate up to 50 passengers, the perfect number for a true expedition cruise. There are 22 crew members on board. In 2013 the ship was renovated.
The region of the Sea of Okhotsk remains one of the richest regions of the planet in terms of fauna. However, very few people know this. According to our information, this is only the second expedition for travelers to this remote corner of the planet.
Route description
Day 1
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-Port Korsakov, Sakhalin Island; boarding the ship Upon arrival at the airport of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, we will go by bus to the port city of Korsakov (40 minutes away).
Travel participants will be warmly welcomed by members of the expedition team who will help us to accommodate in our cabins on board the expedition ship Professor Khromov. We go out to sea.
It's time to learn the "rules of the game" - the expedition team will hold informational briefings, during which we will learn about the safety rules on the ship and how the landings on the wild coasts on the Zodiac expedition boats will take place.
Our expedition ship is heading southeast along the Sea of Okhotsk, and we see the first sea birds, among which are colorful and extravagant looking puffins, old men, Bering cormorants, black-tailed gulls, gray storm petrels.
We will also see huge flocks of slender-billed petrels - almost the entire world population of these birds, famous for migrating very long distances, at this time endures the process of molting in the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk.
In addition to birds, we will see the first whales, which may include white-winged porpoise, northern minke whale and killer whales.
Day 2
Seal Island
This tiny island (just over 600 meters long) is home to the largest colony of northern fur seals and sea lions. The colony contains several thousand animals.
This is one of the few islands in the North Pacific region where fur seals form large rookeries - thousands of animals gather on the coast, females give birth, while males fight fiercely for territory and females.
This spectacle of the everyday life of cats, sometimes reminiscent of our own, human life, can be watched for hours. Numerous seabirds also nest on the island, nestling closely in the ledges and indentations of the rocks that border the coast. Seal Island, a lone rock in the ocean with no fresh water or vegetation, is a true haven for fauna, with every inch occupied by an animal or bird - and we'll see this wonder today.
Day 3
Piltun Bay
The northeastern part of Sakhalin Island, in particular Piltun Bay, is a well-known feeding ground for western gray whales. These mammals are on the verge of extinction, and there are only about 120 representatives of this species on the entire planet, not counting individuals in captivity. To this day, numerous issues of gray whale ecology remain unsolved.
Some time ago, this species was considered completely extinct after a brutal extermination in the 19th and 20th centuries, but in some miraculous way, several individuals were subsequently found in the wild world.
During the summer months, Piltun Bay is home to the highest concentration of gray whales, every year they swim into the nutrient-rich waters offshore.
This region has also become the subject of conflict between oil companies and environmental organizations because of ongoing seismic work.
Day 4
Iona Island
Iona is a small island in the vast expanses of the Sea of Okhotsk, lying more than 200 km from the mainland. The island is uninhabited, the only reminders of civilization here are an automatic meteorological station and a small hut of unknown origin.
Iona is the most important habitat for the endangered sea lions. There are very few breeding sites for these mammals in the Sea of Okhotsk region, and Iona Island is one of such places. Each rock of the island is literally covered with the carcasses of these huge animals.
You will have a wonderful opportunity to see sea lions resting on the rocks or swimming near our expedition boats - we are no less interesting for them than they are for us.
On the coastal cliffs, next to the sea lions, huge bird colonies peacefully coexist, consisting of hundreds of thousands of guillemots (including such an attractive species as the little auklet), hatchets, guillemots and gulls.
Birds literally fill the sky when they leave their nests and rush to the sea for food. Iona is a regional Natural Heritage site. We will take Zodiac boat trips around the island here, which will allow us to see beautiful birds and sea lions in close proximity.
Day 5-6
Shantar Islands
This large archipelago consists of 15 islands - 4 large ones, surrounded by small islands-rocks. The Shantar Archipelago occupies a large area in the western part of the Sea of Okhotsk.
The climate here is quite severe. Sea ice covers the strait for most of the year, and only a few months, when the ice melts, access to the islands opens.
Even in July, you can see large ice floes floating on the sea. The surface of the Shantar Islands is covered with deciduous and pine forests, which are an ideal habitat for more than 200 species of birds.
The Steller's sea eagle, the world's largest sea eagle, deserves special attention among the local birds. This fantastic bird breeds in the Shantar Islands and we have excellent chances to see the sea eagle during landings or boat trips in the Zodiacs.
On the rocks, coastal and located right in the ocean, numerous birds also nest. We will be able to see hatchets, ipatok, guillemots, auklets and spectacled guillemots. As we move deeper into the islands, our chances of seeing the largest terrestrial animals - brown bears and other representatives of the local terrestrial fauna increase.
Seals and whales also do not bypass these waters - during the spring and summer months, Amur herds of beluga whales migrate to the area of the archipelago. Beluga whales form numerous herds during migration.
Thanks to this, as well as the radiant snow-white color of the body, they are easily distinguishable in sea waters. The probability of seeing these beautiful whales during our boat trips on the Zodiacs is very high.
We also hope to hear belugas, which are called "sea canaries" because of their outstanding vocal abilities. Killer whales and bowhead whales are also found in this region.
Of the seals in this region, bearded seals, spotted seals, ringed seals and the most popular, due to their picturesque appearance, striped seals live. In addition to the rich wildlife, the islands are notable for their beautiful nature - we can see numerous rivers, lakes and waterfalls. The only inhabitants of the islands, apart from the wildlife, are the workers of the meteorological station.
Day 7
Malminsky Islands and Fedora Bay
In the western part of the Sea of Okhotsk is a fantastic place - a group of small islands that form the wildest and least explored reserve in Russia, Dzhugdzhursky.
The reserve occupies a vast territory of 8 thousand hectares and consists of three parts, including a large marine area. The harsh Siberian climate and breathtaking landscapes - this nature reserve has absorbed the main characteristics of the Siberian region.
The Malminsky Islands are home to a large number of seabirds; the largest colony of spectacled guillemots lives here, as well as kittiwakes, white belly, puffins and other species.
There are also great chances to see Steller's sea eagles. The taiga fauna is widely represented on the continent in this region: brown bears roam freely here, as well as wolves, wolverines, foxes, various types of martens, Siberian musk deer, and elks.
The marine fauna is no less diverse: four species of seals and several species of whales live here, including the local population of right whales and the most coveted species of whales for connoisseurs - the Japanese whale.
These places are very attractive due to their pristine and inaccessibility, only a few know about them, and even fewer of those who were lucky enough to visit here. Our activity depends entirely on weather conditions and ice conditions, and there will be innumerable opportunities for research here.
Day 8
Okhotsk
These are one of the very first cities in the Russian Far East; the first settlement was established here by Russian Cossacks in 1647. The famous explorer Vitus Bering visited this city on his way to Kamchatka during the First Kamchatka Expedition. He suggested establishing a navigation school for young sailors in Okhotsk.
Since then, and for almost a century, Okhotsk served as an important port of the Far East, from where numerous expeditions started. At the beginning of the 19th century, the city lost its first positions - the regalia of the most important port passed to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
During the era of the Soviet Union, Okhotsk flourished again thanks to a prosperous fish factory. However, the decline of the Union provoked the decline of the fishing industry and the prosperity of the city. Now only a shadow of former prosperity can be traced here.
Okhotsk has shrunk in size, but boasts the stubborn and proud nature of a Russian provincial town, with some houses barely changed since they were founded in the 19th century.
Okhotsk has a small museum dedicated to local history, culture and wildlife. Residents treat him with special care, which can be found only in the smallest and most remote towns. Residents of Okhotsk will meet us with a folklore performance.
Day 9
Talan Island
A tiny island in the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk supports an amazing wealth of wildlife and is famous among bird lovers all over the world. More than 140 species of birds can be seen on the island, these are mostly migrants. There are also nesting birds, there are 21 species of them.
It is amazing how one of the largest colonies of seabirds in the north of the Sea of Okhotsk is located on this piece of land. More than 1.8 million birds nest on the rocks, and sometimes overshadow the sky, rushing to the sea for fish. Seagulls, kittiwakes, thick-billed guillemots, ipatki, puffins, white-bellies, little and great auklets, ordinary old men and other bird species are the blissful inhabitants of this feathered paradise.
Not surprisingly, this is where scientific studies of migratory and nesting bird species have been conducted for many years. Arctic foxes are found on the island, which differ from other populations in their rather bold behavior, which allows travelers to take wonderful pictures of these animals.
There are also birds of prey here - the magnificent Steller's sea eagle, already known to us, as well as the eagle, whose victims are mainly marine species of birds.
Day 10
Koni Peninsula
Beautiful mountains, mountain rivers and lakes covered with a fur coat - all this is the Koni Peninsula, located just 50 kilometers from Magadan on the territory of the Olsky section of the Magadansky reserve.
On landings we will be accompanied by a reserve ranger. Among the places we plan to explore today are numerous bays and sheltered coves, where we hope to see representatives of the rich wildlife of these places, including brown bear and bighorn sheep.
Day 11
Yamsky Islands
According to some biologists, the Yamskiye Islands archipelago contains the largest bird colony in the North Pacific. An estimated 7 million birds nest on the largest island in the archipelago, Matykil. If we are lucky, we can also meet sea lions and whales here - bowhead, Japanese, humpback and fin whales.
Day 12
Magadan
Founded in 1929 and only granted city status in 1939, Magadan served for a long time as a distribution point for those arrested in various northeastern Siberian Gulag camps. With the fall of the Stalinist regime, Magadan turned into an industrial and cultural center, which, despite the massive migration of residents to other cities in the 90s, continues to develop rapidly.
The city has several central universities, institutes and museums. Magadan is considered to be the real cultural capital of the region. Here is a truly exciting monument dedicated to the victims of repression, and the local cathedral is the largest in the Far East region and one of the highest in Russia.
Arrives at the port of Magadan at about 12 noon. Here our journey ends. We are waiting for disembarkation from the ship and transfer to the city center or airport - at your request.
The first passenger ship was delivered to the berth of the new building of the sea station of Kamchatka. On June 26, the expedition liner "Professor Khromov" ("Spirit of Enderby") moored in the modernized port of the regional center, KamINFORM reports.
“Today is a significant event for us, since passenger ships have not been received at the pier in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for about 25 years,” said Yury Zubar, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kamchatka Territory. “Now a good transport tourist complex has been created in the port, which meets modern requirements, ship handling technologies. A wonderful building of the sea station has been built, berth No. 5 has been repaired and put into operation, and the station square has been put in order.”
On board the ship are about 30 crew members and several scientists who study the flora and fauna of the region. On June 27, the liner will receive about 50 tourists who arrived in Kamchatka by plane and are currently getting acquainted with the natural attractions of the peninsula.
"Professor Khromov" was moored at a well-maintained berth No. 5, located near the building of the seaport. As part of the modernization of the port infrastructure, a major overhaul of the facility was carried out. “I have been sailing the seas for more than 40 years, more than 10 of them on this ship,” said Alexander Dyachenko, captain of the Professor Khromov. - During these 10 years, I will definitely go to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Usually we went to another bay, because there was no seaport here, there was nothing, we were not moored. Now the building is very good, just an innovation! The whole crew looks at him with pleasure. This is the first time I see a berth with such comfortable rubber fenders. Very good, the ship stands close, does not sway - it is safe for passengers, for the crew.
Berth No. 5 can receive liners with a length of about 110 meters. In the complex with berth No. 4 in the port, it is possible to install vessels up to 230 meters long.
“The gates to the port have acquired a civilized look. Of course, this will increase interest in the entry of liners to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, - said Marina Anishchenko, Acting Head of the Agency for Tourism and External Relations of the Kamchatka Territory. - The port of registry of the vessel "Professor Khromov" is the city of Vladivostok. The New Zealand company "Heritage Expeditions" operates, which specializes in cruise routes between Japan and Alaska with calls at the ports: Korsakov, Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Magadan, Chukotka, about. Wrangel. The maximum number of passengers is 54 people. Boat cruises are very popular. Tourist groups are mixed, citizens of Australia and New Zealand predominate, many Europeans, there are citizens of Russia. The ship will receive its passengers tomorrow. Now they are traveling around Kamchatka. Then "Professor Khromov" will move to Chukotka, with visits to protected areas and attractive places of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The new building of the sea station was built as part of the implementation of the federal program "Economic and social development of the Far East and the Baikal region for the period up to 2018". The seaport has an area of more than 8,000 square meters and is designed to serve up to 200 people at the same time. The premises of the passenger terminal are equipped with a waiting room, a customs control zone, a checkpoint across the state border. For the convenience of passengers, information stands with booklets about Kamchatka have been set up, and a souvenir shop has been opened.
Well, the time has probably come when it's time to tell you about the ship, and about the international team that developed and under the strict guidance of which our trip is being carried out, and about some of the tourists who went on this cruise.
Let's start with the ship. The research vessel "Professor Khromov" of ice class is part of the flotilla of the Far Eastern Regional Research Hydrometeorological Institute, port of registry Vladivostok. The ship was built in Finland in 1983, equipped with special equipment for research and development, the ship was reconstructed in 1998, and renovated in 2004. The ship has a flotilla of Zodiac inflatable boats on board.
Compared to ocean cruise liners familiar to us, Professor Khromov is very, very miniature, judge for yourself: length 72 m, width 12.8 m, height 6.47 m, average draft 4.50 m, displacement 2195 tons. But small the ship's size appears to be one of its advantages, as it can be used for expedition cruises in regions where navigation of larger ships is impossible. The crew is a little over twenty people. In our voyage, the captain of the sea voyage Alexander Nikolaevich Dyachenko commanded the ship, we will get acquainted with some other crew members during the cruise.
The ship has three passenger decks, which are intended for the residence of scientific staff, but in a market economy they often accommodate up to 50 tourists.
This time, 46 more tourists from 6 countries went on a voyage with us, in total it turned out like this: six Russians, three Greeks, one Englishwoman, six Israelis, the rest are approximately equal citizens of Australia and New Zealand.
Well, now - about those who invented and organized all this, and above all - about the creator and permanent head of the New Zealand company "Heritage Expedition" Rodney Russ. A biologist by training, formerly of the New Zealand Wildlife Service, he set up his company in 1985 to raise awareness of the need to protect the environment and preserve nature. It was for this purpose that he began to develop and implement expeditionary cruises to remote and rarely visited regions of the world's oceans.
Rodney Russ was the first in the world to conduct environmentally friendly cruises in Antarctica. In recent years, it has become possible to carry out such voyages also in the Russian Far East. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Heritage Expeditions has been working with Russian ships, and now every year it conducts a certain number of cruises in the Kuril Islands, off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and in the Chukotka region. Our cruise was led by Rodney's youngest son, Nathan Russ, a very arrogant and not very literate young man with practically no formal education that we are accustomed to.
The fact is that Nathan spent almost all of his childhood with his father on cruises, first in Antarctica, and then in the Russian Far East, perfectly managing the Zodiac. This was Nathan's favorite activity on our trip and his very positive quality, at the same time he did not look very good as an expedition leader, but perhaps this is due to his youth, and in the future he will learn to work with such demanding wards like many seen age tourists.
Nathan's assistant was Yulia Mishina, a Russian from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, who spoke excellent English, and was our kind guardian angel for most of the cruise.
If Nathan Russ was responsible for everything: for the execution of the cruise program, and for safety, and for everything that one can think of on such a long journey away from civilization, then our rest, food, lecture support, and everything else everything that happens on board lay on the shoulders of a fragile young girl - cruise director Megan Kelly from New Zealand.
There was another Russian woman in the Heritage Expeditions team - Ekaterina Ovsyannikova, who works as a guide on cruises, it was she who accompanied a group of foreign tourists in Anadyr. A graduate of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, specializing in the life of sea otters (sea otters), she knows the flora and fauna of the Far Eastern seas very well, since she has lived on Wrangel Island since childhood, and her parents are well-known biologists and researchers of the Arctic. Katya is fluent in English, which helps her in working with English-speaking tourists. The second guide was Lori McHargie, PhD from the USA.
The lovely couple of New Zealand chefs Bradley Dean and Nicolas Kerr not only fed us throughout the cruise, but also took an active part in the landings.
Expedition Doctor Thomas Goodell, a former US Army officer who took part in many military operations of the US Army abroad, was a very interesting person. After his retirement, he found employment as a ship's doctor on cruises. He was very sociable and always a little "smart", he provided the passengers with the necessary assistance at the first request, we had to contact him a couple of times, but more on that a little later.
Well, if Artem Tkachev is present in the last picture, then we must imagine the other Russians who took part in the cruise: Tatyana and Oleg, both of them are from Moscow, I, unfortunately, have no other information, and, of course, our family.
Here, in fact, are all the main characters of my story.
Now it remains only to tell about our cabin, because it has no small role in the well-being of our cruise. So, the cabin is located on the main deck, large enough in size, comfortable both for rest and for work, I mean in the form of a laptop. Cabin, as you already know, we did not have to choose, and if there was a choice, we would have taken the same one, since all triple cabins are the same.
In the photo, more or less everything is visible, well, and what is not visible, I suggest you think out for yourself. The most important thing that is missing is the toilet, it is located next to it, but behind the door, in the common corridor, I will also explain that in all the cabins on our deck this convenience is located there, that is, behind the door. There are several toilets on the deck, some combined with a shower, which was very handy when, frozen and wet, we returned from landing and rushed there to warm up. But more on that later.
Well, now let's take a walk around the ship. On the lowest deck there are sailors' cockpits and a lecture hall that can accommodate everyone. Well, we didn’t go into the sailors’ cockpits, and we don’t know how the sailors who are on constant-periodic shifts live. Our child, who was very liked by the whole team, used to spend a lot of time there, but mostly watching those cartoons that she did not take with her or playing computer games, which the sailors had innumerable.
In the lecture hall, from time to time, Katya Ovsyannikova or Laurie McHargie gave lectures, the biological topic was divided by them in accordance with their scientific specialization - Katya got the fauna, she is also a specialist in vertebrates, but Lori, whose scientific specialization is the plant world of the Amazon, lectured on the flora of the Far Eastern tundra, and also conducted excursions during the landings in search of representatives of the lower and higher forms of tundra plants.
