| 1 | In the hunt for furs, Russians pushed north and east to the Kamchatka peninsula. | |
| 2 | A quarter of the world's Pacific salmon spawn in the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula. | |
| 3 | At least 60 large eruptions of Shiveluch have occurred during the past 10,000 years, making it the most vigorous volcano of the Kuril-Kamchatka volcanic arc. | |
| 4 | Assignments came that took me away from rivers to other wild places - hiking among the giant grizzlies of Kamchatka, hang gliding off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, trekking in Antarctica. |