This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...

Russian rescuers and volunteers have successfully saved four killer whales, two orcas and two calves, stranded for hours off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Buzz60’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A group of Russian rescuers and volunteers have saved four killer whales stranded for hours off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east after leading them to deeper ...