Fishing vessels are seen in the port of a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356087
Workers process pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356085
Researcher from Pacific branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography Evgenia Boikova poses with a pollock at a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356075
Pollock are pictured at a workshop of a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356065
A worker packs a pollock fillet at a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356061
An employee works at a freezing line of a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356059
An employee works at a freezing line of a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356058
A worker packs a pollock fillet at a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356054
A worker packs a pollock fillet at a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356051
Workers process pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356039
A worker processes pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356038
A worker processes pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356035
Workers process pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356030
A worker packs minced fish at a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8356021
Workers process pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8355975
A worker processes pollock at a fish plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8355973
Pollock are pictured at a workshop of a fish processing plant on Shikotan island in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russia.18.01.2023#8355974
Preparing for the International Science and Tourist Expedition Russian America marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to Alaska. In this photo, V. Karpov, the expedition's doctor, is saying goodbye to his family before sailing from Vladivostok for Alaska, the former Russian America, and the US West Coast23.09.1991#8770621
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. From right:Alexander Alexeyev, an expert on the history of developing the Far East, Kamchatka and Russian America and Professor Nikolai Rakityansky, a historian who emigrated to the United States, near the Soviet vessel Akademik Shirshov in Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609432
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Vilen Alper, the captain of the scientific research vessel Akademik Shirshov, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609431
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Hydraulic Engineer Svetlana Beletskaya with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609430
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: N. Bogorenov, Deputy General Director For Foreign Economic Ties, Zarnitsa Industrial and Commercial Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609429
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Soviet architect I. Kryukov, a representative of the Russian America Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609428
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the campaign of Russian sailors Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov to the shores of Alaska, which marked the beginning of the era of Russian America. A double-headed eagle with an orb and a scepter against the background of the Russian tricolor, painted on board one of the four ships that arrived in America.01.08.1991#8280422
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the campaign of Russian sailors Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov to the shores of Alaska, which marked the beginning of the era of "Russian America". Champagne.01.08.1991#8280387
An exhibition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the discovery of Russian America, Alaska. A museum in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. 25.07.1991#148529
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the campaign of Russian sailors Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov to the shores of Alaska, which marked the beginning of the era of "Russian America". Musicians wearing Peter I time uniforms are seen in front of the building of the Kamchatka Regional Executive Administration (today the Kamchatka Territory Administration).25.07.1991#8280420
Participants in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the campaign of Russian sailors Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov to the shores of Alaska, which marked the beginning of the era of Russian America.25.07.1991#8280404
The Russian America - 250 international expedition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov's voyage to the coast of Alaska. Four ships traveled from Vladivostok to the United States: the Pallada sailing ship, the R/V Akademik Shirshov, the R/V Akademik Korolev, the R/V Professor Khromov, as well as 17 sailing ships from various regions of Russia. The packet boats Saint Peter, Saint Gabriel and Saint Paul before departure in Vladivostok.01.07.1991#8332529
The Russian America - 250 international expedition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov's voyage to the coast of Alaska. Four ships traveled from Vladivostok to the United States: the Pallada sailing ship, the R/V Akademik Shirshov, the R/V Akademik Korolev, the R/V Professor Khromov, as well as 17 sailing ships from various regions of Russia. Participant of the expedition, navigator Dmitry Sharomov.01.07.1991#8332528
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Left: Paul Shurke, the American head of the expedition, received a gift from Alaskians: a model of an Eskimo boat. Center: Dmitry Shparo.03.05.1989#6565249
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Right: an expedition member, US Eskimo woman (Alaska) Darline Alangoluk.25.04.1989#6565258
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Crossing the Bering strait on kayak (traditional fishing and trasportation boat of coastal Chukchas, Aleuts, Koryaks and Eskimos made of seal skins).25.04.1989#6565256
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Checkpoint at the Soviet border.25.04.1989#6565253
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Ratmanov Island in the Bering Strait (Big Diomede), the easternmost point of Russia.25.04.1989#6565250
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The island of Little Diomede. Participant in the expedition, doctor from an Eskimo village of Lavrentiya Zinaida Ivanova, left, meets with her relatives living in Alaska, United States.01.04.1989#5550521
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The expedition participants crossed the state border of the USSR and the Bering Strait, and then continued on to the US island of Little Diomede.01.04.1989#5550113
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The island of Little Diomede. Ginna Brelsford, a participant in the expedition.01.04.1989#5549780
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The island of Little Diomede. Participant in the expedition, doctor from an Eskimo village of Lavrentiya, Zinaida Ivanova, left, meets with her relatives living in Alaska, United States.30.03.1989#5542762
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The expedition participants crossed the state border of the USSR, crossed the Bering Strait and then continued on to the US island of Little Diomede.30.03.1989#5550528
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. US explorer Paul Schurke, left, gives an interview.30.03.1989#5550526
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. Helicopters are seen heading to the US island of Little Diomede.30.03.1989#5550108
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. A participant in the expedition.30.03.1989#5549779
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Sledge dogs are seen resting during a break.30.03.1989#6565246
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Expedition members Zoya Ivanova, left, and Alaskan Eskimo woman Darline Alangoluk.30.03.1989#6565245
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Snow-covered reaches of Chukotka.30.03.1989#6565244
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Journalists, television and film crews are seen interviewing expedition members in a village along the way.30.03.1989#6565242
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989.30.03.1989#6565240
Student of the Alyaska University, Darvin Apangoluk, member of the first Soviet-American expedition "Bering Bridge" and residents of the Magadan region. Members of the expedition "Bering Bridge" travel from Anadyr to Alyaska across the Bering Strait on skis and in dogsleds.30.03.1989#777058
The head of the first Soviet-American expedition, "The Bering bridge", Dmitry Shparo (right) at the school of Chukchi village Konergino, the Magadan region. The members of "The Bering bridge" expedition travel from Anadyr to Alaska across the Bering Strait on skis and in dogsleds.30.03.1989#778836
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. Residents of the Chukchi village of Uelen greet participants in the expedition.25.03.1989#5550525
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The expedition participants and pupils of the school of the village of Uelen pose for a commemorative photo.25.03.1989#5550523
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The expedition participants during the Chukotka-Alaska crossing.20.03.1989#5550107
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. Journalists accompany participants in the expedition on an all-terrain vehicle.10.03.1989#5550522
The joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge expedition, headed by Dmitry Shparo (USSR) and Paul Schurke (USA). March-April 1989. The expedition participants arrive at the village of Sireniki.10.03.1989#5550115
