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WESTERN ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

Summary: IUCN compilation on cruises/expeditions to Piltun & elsewhere in the

Updated version - October 2017

At WGWAP-14, the issue of cruise ship visits to the Piltun feeding area was brought to the Panel’s attention for the first time. Alexander Burdin of the -US field team reported that in the summer of 2014, a large cruise ship anchored approximately a kilometer from the entrance of Piltun Lagoon and launched eight or nine inflatable boats with tourists on-board. These boats were seen to approach groups of whales, including mother/calf pairs, and remained clustered, with the people on several boats often observing the same group of whales at the same time.

This led to a brief discussion and a request by the Panel that IUCN “compile information on the tour companies that are known to advertise or offer cruises to Piltun” with the expectation that the compilation would be presented and discussed at this meeting.”

In response to the Panel’s request, IUCN carried out an extensive online search using public web page content analysis in April 2015 and this present update in October 2017Web pages for analysis were determined through main search engines using key words and key word combinations such as cruises, expeditions, tours, , Piltun, Kamchatka, etc. in both English and Russian.

The 2015 and 2017 updated search confirmed that several expeditions which include a 1-day visit to Piltun lagoon (via kayaks or inflatable boats, or ‘Zodiacs’) for gray whale watching are being offered each summer. Also, there are tourism routes visiting other parts of the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka or the known to be visited by gray whales (e.g. Olga Bay, ). These cruises often operate from/to the ports of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky during the period from May/June to September. Cruise routes that cross the routes of the tagged gray whales that were satellite-tracked in 2010-2012 are also included in the compilation for reference.

2014-2016 period: The cruise by „The World-Luxury Residences at Sea” – observed by SEIC (Joint Program) teams and reported to the Panel in 2014 – visited Piltun only once in 2014 and sailed elsewhere in the world in 2015 and 2016: www.aboardtheworld.com. Two specific cruises/expeditions offering a 1-day visit to Piltun in 2015 were identified – one between 9-20 June and the other between 23- 27 September. One other was found in the search but without specified dates. Numerous other cruises/expeditions were also advertised for elsewhere in the Sea of Okhotsk in 2015 and there was at least one visit of Piltun Lagoon in 2016.

2017: Two specific cruises/expeditions offering a 1-day visit to Piltun in 2017: one between 12- 23 June (with Piltun stop on14 June 2017) and other between 29 August – 16 September 2017 (with Piltun stop on 1 September 2017). With regards to the latter, on 1 September 2017 at approximately 13.00 hrs. cruise liner Silver Discoverer approached Piltun Lagoon and the SEIC (Joint Programme Photo-ID) team was able to observe the whale watching process. 10 rubber boats – Zodiacs – where launched from the vessel with a total number of approximate 70 person embarked. 2 whales were spotted but apparently tourists did not disturbe them (for the short report on this observation, see P.van der Wolf’s internal memo seperately)

The information on relevant cruises/expeditions is summarized in Table 1 below.

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Table 1. Information on cruises/expeditions

Expedition/ cruise Commander Islands and Sakhalin Company name No precise information on the operator, but the tour cruise is offered/advertised by several tour operators/companies, for instance, http://www.rusadventures.ru or http://www.rucolumb.ru, http://www.waterproof-expeditions.com and others. Headquarters location No precise information on the operator Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour Yes, Piltun is visited on 12th day of the cruise, i.e. on 24 September 2015 itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Places visited: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Olga Bay - Commander itineraries Islands - Bay of Russian Kamchatka - Second Kuril Strait - Kambalny Bay, Kamchatka - Shantar Archipelago - Piltun Bay, Sakhalin Island - Seal Island - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Comments The trip includes 1 day visit of Piltun lagoon using inflatable boats (Zodiac), searching for gray whales and disembarkation near lighthouse that is located on the shore of the Piltun lagoon. No information found on number of Zodiacs used.

Planned tour dates were 13 – 27 September 2015

No information on other tours was found as of October 2017

Website address • http://www.rusadventures.ru/offers/13902.aspx • http://www.rucolumb.ru/country/arktika-i-severnyij-polyus/turyi-v- arktike/ot-kamchatki-do-saxalina-komandorskie-i-shantarskie- ostrova.html?pdf=1

Expedition/ cruise Sea of Okhotsk & Sakhalin Company name Heritage Expeditions Headquarters location Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd 53B Montreal Street Christchurch, 8023, New Zealand Has visited Piltun (yes or Yes, 2013, 2014, 2016 and at least was planned also in 2017: no, with year if possible) Dates in 2017: 12- 23 June, 2017, with Piltun lagoon visit planned on 14 June, 2017 (however, other information source mention that the starting day was 17 June, 2017) [https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowres/41]

Planned tour dates: No planned itinerary for 2018 includes Piltun Bay

Includes Piltun on tour Yes, Piltun was on the itinerary on the third day of the cruise itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Planned itinerary (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017): Sakhalin Island, Port of itineraries - Tyuleniy Island - Piltun Bay, and Sakhalin Island - - Shantar Archipelago - Mal’minskie Islands – Okhotsk town – Talan Island – Koni Peninsula - Yamskiye Islands, Magadan

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Itinerary for the Sakhalin – Magadan route [https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf]

Itinerary in 2013: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy - Utashud Island - At Sea - Northern Sakhalin Island - Shantar Archipelago - Malminskie Islands and Fedora Bay - Iony Island - Okhotsk Town - Talan Island – Koni Peninsula – Zavyalov Island and Magadan - Yamskiye Island - Magadan - Kamchatka Peninsula (West Coast) - Bukhta Russkaya - Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky

Comments Dates in 2017: 12- 23 June, 2017. [However, other information source mention that the starting day was 17 June, 2017 (https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowres/41]

Planned tour dates: No planned itinerary for 2018

The trip is 13 days long and includes searching of the Gray Whales in Piltun lagoon (1 day) travelling by Zodiac (or kayak) inshore to the shallower waters where whales are known to feed. The ship is “Spirit of Enderby”.

The 2017-2018 brochure also includes a picture of gray whale encounter from Zodiak https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf

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Grigory Tsidulko serves as “Heritage Expeditions” staff (see 2017-2018 brochure, https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf)

Website address 2017-2018 Expedition Brochure: https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf

This expedition is advertised by many other tour operators, for instance: • http://www.adventure-life.com/ • http://www.exodus.co.uk • http://www.into-russia.co.uk • http://www.polarcruises.com/ • http://www.expeditiontrips.com • http://www.rockjumperbirding.com • http://www.wildwings.co.uk/ • http://www.baikalnature.com • www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ship/spirit-of-enderby • http://www.grandsespaces.ch/voyages-extreme-orient-russe- russie/ • https://issuu.com/bentours/docs/2017_bt_expeditioncruising_lowre s/41 • http://www.russiadiscovery.com/tours/sakhalin-and-kuril-islands- sea-lions-and-birds/

Jewel of the : The Chukotka, Koryak and Kamchatka Coastline Company name Heritage Expeditions Headquarters location Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd 53B Montreal Street Christchurch, 8023, New Zealand Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Nome - - -Bukhta Gavrilla -Pika River and Meinypil’gyno - itineraries Bukhta Natalii -Tintikun Lagoon - Koryakskiy Reserve and Verhoturova Island - Karaginskiy Island - Commander Islands - Olga Bay - Zhupanova River and Bukhta Bechevinskaya- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

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Itineary for the expedition Jewel of the Russian Far East [https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf]

Comments On Day 11 ship visits Olga Bay and it is advertised that “the area around Olga Bay is frequented by large numbers of Gray Whales that are usually quite friendly to visiting boats”.

Regarding the previous cruise, it is written in the cruise report that: • a few Gray Whales were seen from the bridge on day 4 (7 September 2017, Bukhta Gavriila and Pika River) • on day 11 in Olga Bay tourists spotted half a dozen whales that were feeding calmly near the shore. A couple of whales were curious, swimming and lolling around the Zodiacs, spy-hopping to look at tourists above the water and even breaching several times, less usual behaviour for Gray Whales.

All reports (also from previous years) available at: https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/trip/jewel-rfe-2018-kamchatka-coast-cruise/#!prettyPhoto

Tour dates: • 5 September 2014 – 17 September 2014 • 31 August 2015 – 13 September 2015 • Dates in 2017: 4 September 2017 – 16 September 2017 • Planned tour dates: 3 September 2018 – 15 September 2018

Website address https://www.heritage-expeditions.com/trip/jewel-rfe-2018-kamchatka-coast- cruise/

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Expedition/ cruise Sea of Okhotsk Company name The World – Luxury Residences at Sea Headquarters location 1551 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33323, USA Has visited Piltun (yes or Yes, in August 2014 no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No detailed itinerary available itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on No detailed itinerary available itineraries Comments The cruise was observed by SEIC (Joint Program) teams in 2014.

Visited Piltun only once in 2014 and sailed elsewhere in the world in 2015 and 2016, has not visited in 2017 (closest was Hakodate, ). Will be in the Atlantic/Caribbean/Mediterranean Artic (Norway side) for 2018.

Regarding cruise of 2014, the blog Caroline and Stephan mentions that 8 zodiacs were used and they spotted some grey whales and managed to get quite close to them. [see: http://www.caroline-and-stephen.com/2014/08/grey-whales-and- piltun/]

Whale spotted in August 2014 (The World – Luxury Residences at Sea) and July 2014 [http://www.kitvanwagner.com/siberia/ and http://www.caroline-and-stephen.com/2014/08/grey-whales-and-piltun/]

Website address www.aboardtheworld.com

Expedition/ cruise Wild : Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk & Sakhalin Company name Zegrahm Expeditions Headquarters location 3131 Elliott Ave, Suite 250, , WA 98121, Has visited Piltun (yes or No information on past cruises no, with year if possible) No scheduled departures at this time for 2017 or 2018 Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

Other relevant sites on This itinerary is no longer on offer: Anchorage/Petropavlovsk - Atlasova itineraries Island - Cape Utkholokskiy - Shelekova Bay - Shelekova Bay -Cape Alevina - Talan Island - Okhotsk Town – Fedora bay - Shantar Archipelago – Iony Island - Sakhalin Island / Expedition Stop - Tyuleniy Island – Korsakov – Otaru. Comments - Website address http://www.zegrahm.com/expeditions/asia/wild-siberia-kamchatka-sea- okhotsk-sakhalin/itinerary

Expedition/ cruise Otaru to Otaru Company name Silversea Luxury Cruises Headquarters location Gildo Pastor Center, 7, Rue du Gabian, 98000 Monaco Has visited Piltun (yes or Yes. no, with year if possible) Tour dates: 17 June 2014, September 2017 (observed on 1 Sept 2017 by SEIC (Joint Program) teams.

Includes Piltun on tour Itinerary on Silversea official web page includes Piltun as a stop. itineraries (yes or no, with Tour dates in 2015: 13-31 August 2015, also mentioned 21 August – 8 dates if possible) September 2015 Tour dates in 2017: 29 August – 16 September 2017 (Piltun - 1 September 2017).

Other relevant sites on According to the Silversea official webpage the cruise route for 2015 was itineraries following: Nome – Provideniya - Gabriela Bay - Dezneva Bay - Lavrova bay -Verkhoturov Island –Tymlat - Karaginskiy Island - Cape Severo-Zapadnyi – Nikolskoe –Chazma River -Kamenistaya Bay Zupanova River - Morzovaya Bay – Petrapavlovsk Kamchatsky - Island - Atlasova Island - Island - Lovyshki Islands - Island - Yankicha Island - Chirpoy Island - Tyuleniy Island (Sakhalin) – Korsakov (Sakhalin)- Otaru.

However, according to other tour operators it included stops at: Otaru, - Korsakov (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - Sakhalin Island - Tuleniy Island - Piltun Lagoon/Nobilsky Bay – Island Iony Island - Shantar Islands - Malminskie Islands and Fedora Bay – Okhotsk - Talan Island and Zaviyalova Island - Yamskie Islands and Cape Japon - Kvachina River and Utkholok Peninsula - Kamchatka Peninsula (West Coast)/Expedition/River - Kuril Islands - Korsakov (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) – Otaru

Itinerary for 2017: Otaru – Korsakov – day at sea – Piltun – Iona Island – Shantar Island – Malminskie Islands – Okhotsk – Talan & Zavyalov Islands – Kvachina river & Utkholk Peninsula – day at sea – Utashud Island – Petropavlovsk – Atlasova Island – Matua Island – Yankicha Island – Tyuleniy Island – Korsakov – Otaru

Comments • Tour dates in 2015: 13-31 August 2015, also mentioned 21 August – 8 September 2015 • Tour dates in 2017: 29 August – 16 September 2017. In 2017 cruise was 19 days long. • Silver Discoverer’s shallow draft allows ship to navigate close to shore, and with a fleet of 12 Zodiacs, guests can land on isolated shores and explore wetlands and submerged ecosystems, up-close and in-depth • Cruise operator (Silversea) mentions gray whale observing as one of main highlights of the trip • On Pinterest the company has published a photograph with gray whale WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

on it and also in their advertisement materials for the route.

Advertisement for route “Otaru to Otaru” [https://milled.com/silversea/adventure-to-the-planet-s-least-explored- destinations-9gGrNaPNFS4gIRpK]

Website address The operator’s web site: • http://www.silversea.com/destinations/russian-far-east- cruise/9518/?ga=list#itinerary • https://issuu.com/silversea/docs/ssc_expeditions_calender_2017_eng ?e=5598535/32890240

Other tour operators: • http://www.iglucruise.com/silver-discoverer/20th-august-2015_c75625 • http://www.sixstarcruises.co.uk/luxury-cruise/silversea-silver- discoverer/itinerary/21st-Aug-2015/27172/ • http://www.alexanderroberts.com/Destination/South-Pacific/Sea-of- Okhotsk-and-Kamchatka.aspx#itinerary • http://www.planetcruise.co.uk/silversea-cruises/silver-discoverer/20- August-2015/75625 • http://www.cruisecompete.com/vacations/visits/iona/1 • https://www.cruisewatch.com/cruisetrip/24599-18-Night-Around-the- Sea-of-Okhotsk.html

Russia’s Ring of Fire: Kamchatka, the Commander and Kuril Islands Company name Heritage Expeditions Headquarters location Heritage Expeditions New Zealand Ltd, 53B Montreal Street, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Route: Sakhalin Island, - - Island - itineraries and Chirpoy Islands - and Yankicha Islands - Toporkovy Islands and Matua Island - Onekotan and Atlasova Islands - Bukhta Russkaya, Kamchatka - Zhupanova River, Kamchatka - Commander Islands - At Sea - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

Itinerary for the expedition Russia’s Ring of Fire [https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf]

Comments During the trip tourists fulfill the information in the list on the species they have seen and count how many individuals were seen. As it is shown on the list no grey whale was spotted in 2017. [available at: https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/news_downloads/Species_List_Russias_Ring_of_F ire_1720.pdf]

The ship is Spirit of Enderby.

Tour dates: • 27 May – 8 June 2015 • Dates in 2017: 30 May 2017 – 11 June 2017 • Planned tour dates: 14 June 2018 – 27June 2018

Website address • https://www.heritage- expeditions.com/media/HeritageExpeditionsBrochure2017-18.pdf • https://www.heritage-expeditions.com/trip/kamchatka-russias-ring- fire-2018/

Otaru –Otaru Company name Hapag – Lloyd Cruise Headquarters location Berliner Bogen, Anckelmannsplatz, 120537 Hamburg Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible)

Other relevant sites on Cruise route:.Otaru – Rishiri – Sakhalin (Korsakov, Tyuleniy) – Kuril Islands WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

itineraries – Kamchatka (Russkaya Bay, Petropavlovsk, Zhupanova) – At sea – Kuril islands (Atlasova, Matua, Yankicho, ) – At Sea – Korsakov/Sakhalin - Otaru

Itinerary for cruise from Otaru to Otaru [http://www.hl- cruises.com/cruisefinder/BRE1709]

Comments Dates in 2017: 7 June – 23 June 2017

Fleet of 12 or 14 Zodiacs (depending on ship used) deployed to access wilderness areas

Website address http://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/BRE1709#itinerary

Sakhalin – Kuril Islands – Kamchatka Company name Company "VICAAR" Headquarters location 191002, St. Petersburg, ul. Dostoevsky St., 24/9., Office 3H Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on The following route is no longer advertised: Route included stops at: itineraries – Island Moneron – Kunashir – Iturup – Urup - Simushir Island – Ushishir ( Ryponkicha and Manamisima) - Onekotan - Makanru island - Atlasova island – Utashud (through bay Herald) – Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky (through Avacha Bay) Comments Trip was 13 days long Web page http://www.northpolextreme.com/iindex.html

Tokyo – Yuzhno Sakhalinsk – Tokyo Company name Princess Cruise WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

Headquarters location 24844 Avenue Rockefeller, Santa Clarita, CA 91355, USA Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on “Circle Hokkaido” route includes stops at: Tokyo - Kushiro - Shiretoko - itineraries Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Korsakov in 2018) - Sapporo - Hakodate - Aomori – Tokyo

Other route - “Hokkaido Explorer” - is similar to “Circle Hokkaido” as it is a its extention:Tokyo – Busan – Yokkaichi – Tokyo –Kushiro – Korsakov – Otaru – Hakodate – Tokyo

Other similar cruises all going to Korsakov, but no stops in Northern Sakhalin.

Comments 1) Tokyo – Yuzhno Sakhalinsk – Tokyo: Tour dates: 8 July, 17 July, and 19 August, 2015 2) Circle Hokkaido: Dates in 2017: 2 October, 2017; Planned dates: 03 July 2018 (visiting Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk/Korsakov on 07 July), 27 August 2018 (visiting Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk/Korsakov on 31 August) 25 September, 2018 (visiting Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk/Korsakov on 29 September), 3) Hokkaido Explorer: Planned dates: 25 September, 2018, 22 August, 2018

Web page • https://www.princess.com/find/cruiseDetails.do?voyageCode=M833A • https://www.icruise.com/itineraries/8-night-circle-hokkaido- cruise_diamond-princess_7-3-2018.html

Otaru to Petropavlovsk Company name Silversea Headquarters location 333 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2600 (333 Southeast 2nd Avenue) Miami, FL 33131 United States Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Otaru, Korsakov, Tyuleniy, At Sea, Yankicha, Matua, Lovyshki Island, itineraries Island, Atlasova, Utashud, Russkaya Bay, Zhupanova River, Komandor Bay, Severozapadniy Cape, Nicolkoye, Petropavlovsk

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Silver explorer route [http://www.wildernesstravel.com/trip/russia/russian- far-east-expedition-cruise]

Comments Ship is MS Silver Explorer The tour dates : 02 July 2018

Web page http://www.seascanner.com/cruises-to-utashud-kamchatka-h1529

Nome to Kanawaza Company name Hapag – Lloyd Cruise Headquarters location Berliner Bogen, Anckelmannsplatz, 120537 Hamburg Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No – but south Sakhalin (Tyuleniy, Korsakov) itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on Cruise route: Nome - Chukchi Peninsula (including Provideniya, Achen itineraries Lagoon, Preobrazhenya Bay) - Kamchatka (including Anastasia Bay, Bogoslof Island, Verkhoturova, Bering, Morzovaya Bay, Petropavlovsk) – Kuril Islands (including Shumshu, Atlasova, Matua, Yankicho, Urup) - Sakhalin (Tyuleniy, Korsakov) - Japan (Aomori, Sado) - Kanazawa/Japan or Otaru

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Itinerary for cruise from Nome to Kanazawa [https://www.hl- cruises.com/cruisefinder/BRE1818#itinerary]

Comments The tour dates: • 7 September – 1 October 2015 (final destination – Kanazawa) • 10 September - 1 October 2016 (final destination – Otaru) • 07 September 2018 – 29 September 2018 • No information on trips in 2017

Fleet of 12 or 14 Zodiacs (depending on ship used) deployed to access wilderness areas Website address • https://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/BRE1818#itinerary • http://www.hl-cruises.com/reise-finden/HAN1617 • http://www.hl-cruises.com/reise-finden/BRE1517

Shantar islands Company name Baikal nature Headquarters location Irkutsk, Russia 119А Dekabrskikh Sobytiy Str., office 13 Has visited Piltun (yes or No no, with year if possible) Includes Piltun on tour No itineraries (yes or no, with dates if possible) Other relevant sites on —Nikolay bay — Wrangel cape — Shantar islands- North strait itineraries crossing- Rainbow island - Feklistov island — Grand Shantar island- Ongochan island- Nikolay bay-— Khabarovsk

Comments No information on trips in 2017 was found.

Next tour dates: • July, 19 2018 - August, 01 2018 • July, 28 2018- August, 10 2018 WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-18/28 18th meeting 15-17 November 2017 PUBLIC

• August, 06 2018 - August, 19 2018 • August, 15 2018 - August, 28 2018 • Trip includes visiting Shantar islands. All marine navigation is organised on inflatable motorboats.

Website address http://www.baikalnature.com/tours/213