This Kamchatka Peninsula lake is home to hundreds of bears, and visitors can see them tuck into a feast during the wild salmon run, one of Earth's greatest.

The brown Kamchatka bear woke Monday from his hibernation, the Gazeta daily reported Tuesday, and that means without fail that the especially harsh Russian winter of 2005-06 can be declared over.

"For the last 20 years, the Kamchatka bear here has ended his hibernation on hearing the voice of spring," Gazeta wrote.