"Going into this expedition there were more unknowns than knows. We did not know if we had water levels right, exact costs for heli time and services remained a bit vague, weather was certainly up in the air and delays seemed par for the course. What we knew was that we had a well-rounded [...]

"We are back home, or are we? After chasing the sun from Petropavolovsk across 19 times zones through Moscow and New York and finally back to the Pacific Northwest, we return to our families, our friends and our things. As a team we would have never ventured to such a wild and remote place if [...]

Kokatat Team Paddler Bryan Smith and the Kamchatka Project expedition team move from the Zhupanova River to Kuril Lake to answer the “million dollar question” – what does remote whitewater kayaking have to do with the conservation of one of the world’s greatest salmon spawning grounds? Listen in as Fitz and the team’s hydrologists discuss [...]

"One of the main goals of our project was to find a way to use our kayaks to contribute to the scientific body of knowledge about Kamchatka. As kayakers we knew we could access rivers and canyons that other people would find inaccessible. The research aspects of the team have begun full swing with Jeff's arrival [...]

"Walking along the beach with Bryan and Jay looking for Japanese glass fishing floats while waiting for our sailboat shuttle we realize that this is a well traveled beach – there are footprints everywhere. Giant bear prints, and the biggest wolf prints we have ever seen form a highway along this beach. The glass [...]