Hello! Here is our introduction.
Zdravstvyute from Kamchatka, the Far-East Russian peninsula located to the
north of Japan and to the west of Alaska (click here to see a map of
the region). There are several small towns and
settlements on Kamchatka, but there is only one large city:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (population about 220,000). Our city is named
after two ships -- Saint Paul and Saint Peter -- of the Dutch Commander
Vitus Bering, who founded the city in 1742.
Kamchatka is the home of more than 100 volcanoes (28 of which are currently active). We also experience earthquakes of varying magnitudes on a regular basis.
Kamchatka's wildlife is awesome. The peninsula is populated by the brown bear, which might be comparable to the American grizzly bear, though the grizzly is more aggressive. The adult male brown bear may weigh up to one ton. The main animal in Kamchatka is the salmon, which inhabits the rivers with incredible density. Of course there are other animals in Kamchatka, for example: eagles, minks, otters, sables, geese, swans, and ducks.
We at School #34 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy hope you have enjoyed this
project as much as we have! Thank you for all your efforts!
Visit our WWW pages for more about our school
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Jon Lauritzen
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
jon@sch15.kamchatka.su
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