The Medvezhyi Islands, or Bear Islands is an uninhabited group of islands at the western end of the Kolyma Gulf of the East Siberian Sea.
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Island (70°37‘50‘‘N, 162°22’30’’E)
Kigilyakh stone pillars on Chetyrokhstolbovoy Island. Kigilyakh means "stone man" in Yakut.
Kigilyakhs on Chetyrokhstolbovoy Island
Chetyrokhstolbovoy Island (Polar Station)
The East Siberian Sea is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Siberian Islands to the west and Cape Billings, close to Chukotka, and Wrangel Island to the east. This sea borders on the Laptev Sea to the west and the Chukchi Sea to the east.
Satellite photo of the New Siberian Islands, with the Laptev Sea on the left and part of the East Siberian Sea shown on the right.
Ice in the East Siberian Sea
Sea ice retreat in the East Siberian Sea. Top: 15 June 2007, bottom: 27 July the same year.
View of Pevek