The eastern most part of the Russian empire, long rumored to house secret naval bases within close proximity to both Alaska + Japan, this peninsula was off limits to outsiders until 1994 + upon opening was lost in time, Home to one of the most robust grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) populations in the world as well as innumerable geysers + thermal activity, Kamchatka + both it’s backcountry + main urban area of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy exude a touch of out-of-this-world-ness.