Photo gallery
of multi-day folding kayak trip
along the Karelskiy Bereg Beach
of the Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea

White Sea, part of the Arctic coast of European Russia. White Sea juts deep into the mainland to the south-east of the Kola Peninsula.

Kandalaksha Gulf (Kandalaksskaja Guba), north-western part of the White Sea between the Kola Peninsula and the mainland. Long of the gulf 185 km. The width of the gulf at the entrance to 67 km. In the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea are many islands. West coast of the White Sea from the top Kandalaksha Gulf to the river Kem' in Karelia called the Karelskiy Bereg Beach.

On the map of Russia the Murmansk Region (the Kola Peninsula) is highlighted in yellow

View our tents at the north shore of the Guba Knjazhaja Bay in the White Sea. At sea ebb tide. Range of flood and ebb in the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea is about two meters.

The Karelskiy Bereg Beach of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

View of the Guba Voron'ja Bay of the White Sea. At sea high tide.

The Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

Hut on the Guba Voron'ja Bay coast of the White Sea in taiga. Hut was built between the trunks of two large pine trees. Frame hut built of branches of trees, covered with turf.

The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

The campsite at the northeast shore of the Guba Voron'ja Bay in the White Sea.

The Karelskiy Bereg Beach of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

Calm the White Sea
       In the foreground of the photo shows the mouth of the stream joins the Guba Voron'ja Bay of the White Sea. In the background picture: south coast of the Guba Voron'ja Bay of the White Sea.

The Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

Stream flowing along the swampy lowland

The Karelskiy Bereg Beach of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.

View of the north and north-east coast of the Ostrov Volej Island. The height of the top of the island 98 meters. In the foreground of the photo: low tide of the sea-bed (littoral) and brown algae. On the sandy soil shows conical entrances to burrows of marine worms (Arenicola marina).

The Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The southern part of the Murmansk Region of Russia.