And then, camera in hand, Skerry dives between the ice floes into the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, bordering the Shiretoko Peninsula.

Much of the Sea of Okhotsk visible in the image is covered with low clouds that often form around the islands in the Kuril chain.

Twenty-nine active craters cover the peninsula's shore, which is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotsk Seas.