June, North Atlantic, latitude 53 degrees north, Kamchatka Peninsula, Divine Twins Smoke Harbor.
June on the Kamchatka Peninsula marks the start of the most splendid season of the year. Three months ago, it was still a world of ice and snow here, with extreme cold of minus twenty or even thirty degrees, where even peeing required a stick. Yet merely three months later, winter has ended and spring has arrived, with summer joining the mix, and it's already a comfortable ten degrees or so. The thick snow has turned into abundant river water, flowing from the mountains to the sea. Verdant long grass, yellow-white short flowers, and tender new branches all sprouted from mountain tops and plains, growing in a race against time. After all, the combined duration of spring, summer, and autumn here only lasts until October!
