Aerial view of Kambalnoe Lake. Still in the grips of winter and frozen over in June. Volcanic features totally dominate the landscape.
Coastal Bear Country.
Charlie and Maureen's cabin below the volcano.
Helicopter hovers to unload. This is how Maureen and the supplies arrive every summer. Charlie flies his plane in.
Maureen Enns and Charlie Russell with the Kolb aircraft.
In 1998, the walking order on the path, Chico, Biscuit, Maureen and Rosie.
In 1998, Charlie developing trust with Chico.
In 1998, Biscuit at the watering bowl.
In 1998, Chico's left paw.
In 1998, cubs playing in the water.
Rosie, Chico and Biscuit after there first fishing lesson
with Charlie.
When Biscuit, Chico and Rosie were small I caught fish
for them occasionally.
In 1999, Biscuit slides in Maureen's tracks.
In 1999, Maureen at work with Biscuit.
In 1999, picking a gorged mosquito off Chico's nose
while she napped.
In 1999, Chico on a rock.
In 2000, Chico caught two at one time.
In 2000, Chico Rolling In Biscuit's Scent.
In 2000, Biscuit near the Volcano.
The summer of 2000, Maureen enjoying
watching the cubs.
In 2000, these are pink salmon and there were about
1000 of them, females are cut open for their roe and males are completely
wasted. They are netted in the small creek.
In 2001, Kurilskoy rangers with a net and caviar confiscated from poachers.
In the summer of 2001, Brandy with her new cubs Lemon and Lime.
Brandy and cubs at lunch time in 2001.
Lemon and Lime playing at Charlie's feet in the summer of 2001.
Biscuit on one of her trips by the cabin taken, in the summer 2001.
In 2001, Biscuit and I would look for fish together.
In this photo, I have a stone in my hand and I'm about to throw it in
the direction of a floating salmon.
In 2001, Biscuit feeling quite comfortable around the
plane and the fence but maintaining a distance from the fence.
Chico enjoyed me keeping the mosquitoes off her face.
Asleep again. Biscuit is feeling very lazy on June 18, 2002. Her reaction to us was as if we had never left and we had slept in the same den for the winter. Photo taken from 8 inches.
In 2002, Maureen Looking for a photograph opportunity with Brandy, Lemon and Lime.
In 2002, Charlie experimenting with whether Lemon and Lime would follow suit with his playing.
Biscuit at 51/2 years old.
Lemon and Lime in September 2002.
Lemon and Lime playing in September 2002.
