The whirlybird to Tolbachick volcano in Esso village is found five hundred kilometers far from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk.
five hundred kilometers of rough made-up and caliche-topped roads that I mistily bear in mind because of severe jetlag and an enormous time distinction with national capital. once we finally reached our building there was no time for rest: aggregation and testing our instrumentation took half the night. we have a tendency to woke before sunrise when a brief nap and located our crew warming up the frozen Mi-8, a twin-turbine transport whirlybird, getting ready it for the initiate. it had been -19°C (-2°F) outside