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...TRAVELER Awakening to the wild wonders of Kamchatka...
...Part of the "Ring of Fire," the string of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean, Kamchatka has more than 100 volcanoes, 29 of them active, along with spectacular concentrations of geysers and thermal springs. For nine months a year, snow blankets the peninsula, and only by July does it melt sufficiently to enable comfortable hiking. Well, let's say relatively comfortable. During our mid-August trek, it rained half the time. Much of the interior is accessible only by helicopter, and tourists who fly into a volcanic site for an afternoon can occasionally be stranded for days...
...Primitive and unpredictable, Kamchatka might not be for the fainthearted. But for extravagant, dazzling scenery, it is unparalleled. "People come here and reproach us," Kruglyakov of Lost World says. "They ask, 'How is it that you have all this beauty and you haven't told anyone?'" Kamchatka, wild as it remains, is slowly opening to the world...
...TRAVELER Awakening to the wild wonders of Kamchatka...
...TRAVELER Awakening to the wild wonders of Kamchatka...