Gavriila Bay, Russia
MOTHER NATURE'S REALM. Here in the north-easternmost reaches of Russia, where a surrounding landscape features Arctic desert, central tundra and the “taiga” – or boreal forest of pine and spruce – Mother Nature still reigns supreme. First inhabited by Paleo-Siberian hunters who came from Central and East Asia, the area was once part of the Beringia land bridge believed to have enabled human migration to the Americas.