Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in wide landscape with Kronotsky Volcano on the horizon. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) recently risen from hibernation in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, April.

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in snowy landscape with Kronotsky Volcano, Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a winter landscape, behind is Kronotsky Volcano, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Kronotskaya River and the Kronotsky Volcano covered in snow in April, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / First snow on the smoking Karymsky volcano and lake in October, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia.

Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) fishing for salmon in the Kronotskaya River at the foot of the Kronotsky Volcano, covered with a fresh coat of snow in September, Kronotsky Zapovednik,...

Igor Shpilenok / Snow-covered Kronotsky volcano connected to the Pacific Coast by the Kronotskaya river, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / A hot spring ringed by thermophilic bacteria in the vast caldera of the Uzon Volcano, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia .

Igor Shpilenok / Snow-covered Kronotsky Volcano rises above wetland forest and river, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Larch tree in snow with the Kronotsky Volcano in the background, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steaming fissures and geysers in the caldera of Uzon Volcano, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia