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Each hour a stoker Valery should throw coals into the furnace to heat the administration building and two houses during a New Year’s Eve in the village of Due. Sakhalin still depends on coal for heating, even though a lot of gas and oil is extracted in the region and exported to nearby areas like China, Korea and Japan.
"Korund" ship were wrecked by a storm on Dec. 3, 2015, and was thrown to the seashore of Kasatka Bay, Iturup island, Sakhalin region. During a month after the crash the crew of eight sailors continued to live on board as a result lack of the necessary assistance and roads on the island. Kasatka Bay, once called Hitokappu Bay by its former occupants, has played a significant role in world history. On November 26, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy led two dozen ships with six aircraft carriers from Hitokappu Bay toward Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, where Japan would mount a surprise attack 11 days later, bringing the United States into World War II. The fleet never returned, and, in 1945, the Potsdam Agreement transferred sovereignty over Iturup Island to the Soviet Union. The island’s population was then repatriated to Japan. The disagreement over which country owns these territories continues to this day.
Recovering the net. Fishing boat (Dorka) Number 49. Sakhalin region, the North Pacific The Sakhalin region stretches across 59 islands off the eastern coast of Russia. Most of these islands came under Soviet jurisdiction in September 1945, following an agreement drawn up at the Potsdam peace conference after the end of World War II. In the 1940s, about 300,000 Japanese citizens repatriated to Japan from Sakhalin and from the Kuril islands, while the number of Soviet residents grew from 70,000 to 450,000 people. The disagreement over which country owns these territories continues to this day. Today, island residents lead a tough life mostly based around fishing, selling to markets in Russia and Japan. The disagreement over which country owns these territories continues to this day.
On breaks, as the boat travels to another fishing spot, fisherman sometimes play dominoes or cards. Fishing boat (Dorka) Number 49. Sakhalin region, the North Pacific.

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