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 - Newer in Siberia 2004: News update from May 5, 1999

Here's the latest email from Martha and Yelena, our expeditors in Kamchatka. We think that you shouldn't count on finding much of any food supplies to buy along the way as many of the villages you'll visit are abandoned or nearly so. The situation in the bush here has gotten very bad regarding supplying them with products because of the high costs of helicopters to bring it in. You may find some products at Ust Kamchatskiy and Korf. I have 2 friends who are geologists at Korf and will try and alert them to your arrival once you've left here. Korf from what they've told me is like the rough Wild West with rampant drunkenness in the streets, and really a pretty crazy place. In the meantime, the Japanese asked us to register our boats and gave us a 287 page form which is the same as if we were to register the Exxon Valdez. YUG!!!



Dated: 03/12/1999