This was the world, before man. Every single inch of land is sacred. This year I let my garden grow wilde. Tons of local beautiful plants and flowers grew, a toad moved in, we saw a snake, a tarantula. Life is sacred.

It’s people like Vladimir who are another form of hero. Thank you you are a true citizen of the world

Thank you to Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk for continuing to beautifully tell important stories, and especially to Vladimir Burkanov for doing such important work.

this is the exact type of adventure and team of people I'd like to join

Vladimir Nikolaevich and the film crew, bravo! Beautiful, touching, important!

Never saw a landscape such beautiful like this in real life and in a video... Thanks for uploading this.

Loved the orchestra. Loved the way he got emotional. Tough to believe that there are people on this planet who care about planet so much

An absolute stunning film by some of my favourite photographers/filmmakers/storytellers. Thank you!

Beautiful film! You can feel Vladimir's passion and love for the Kurils.

I cried when they preformed the orchestra! Amazing job.

Initially, these were Russian territories from the 18th century. Kondo Morishige in 1804 in his essay “The Study of the Border Regions and Their Maps” noted that “in 1768, the red-haired (Russians) set up pillars on the South Kuril Islands, carved the name “Kurils” on them, began to collect yasak from the Ainu”. Japan concluded an agreement in 1875, according to which the Kuriles became theirs, and Sakhalin became Russian. In 1905, Japan declared war on Russia and seized South Sakhalin, and when they were told that under the treaty these territories were Russian, the Minister of Japan replied: "The war crosses out all treaties. You were defeated, and let's proceed from the current situation." In 1945, Japan signed a peace treaty with the USSR, according to which the Kuriles returned to Russia. It's funny how superficially the West studies this issue.

I'm in tears. Thank you to everyone involved in the making of this documentary. Such beautiful islands! And Vladimir, such a beautiful soul! Amazing work, everyone. Thank you.

This is Incredible !! Big hug from East Java, Java Island, Indonesia ❤🇮🇩

Absolutely breathtaking. Just donated - thanks to everyone who made this possible

Очень красивый фильм. Жаль что мы не бережем природу! Я тоже живу в горах на Юге Байкала обидно видеть как люди относятся потребительски к природе! Спасибо вам! Дай бог что бы люди поняли и относились к нашей планете и природе очень бережно!

What an incredible documentary, and Vladimir - what an incredible man! Amazing work by everyone involved in the making of this, and by everyone involved in the conservation of the Kurils! It's simply inspiring

This is perhaps the most stunning documentary I have viewed in my life. Thank you for bringing the wonders of the Kuril Islands to our homes on the other side of the planet.

Beautiful place! I was born on Sakhalin Island and lived there till the age of 16 but I have never been on Kurils. Thank you for this amazing documentary

A story of a beautiful land and the people who care about it. Marvelous!

Such an amazing documentary . Makes us think to save so many such surreal, unseen, natural places . ❤️🙏🏻 Develops a true sense of bringing awareness. 🥺 Appreciate it. 🙌🏻

What an amazing documentary and amazing man! Love from Tunisia to kurils islands 🇹🇳❤

Great documentary! Thank you for everything! Love Kurils & I will support!

I hope that science and protective measures on the Kuril Islands will not just depend on private initiative in the future! There must be a structural public support. Maybe this masterpiece documentation can cause a change?😍🚀🦋🌄

Please let more people see these! Thank you for recording this. Thank you.

Such an incredible film everyone did a gret job . Thanks for showing us the beautiful Kurlis islands. Vladimir is an incredible human also loved the special performance in the end .

Amazing job, incredible islands. Thank you everyone

If Japan will take the kuril they will make sushi of the wildlife there. God bless those scientists .

Loved every minute and the seal lions concert! Thank you so much and keep fighting!!!

This is so beautiful, the orchestra made my cry :) I fully understand how showing this sacred places put them at risk, it would be super interesting to do studies on how social media has destroyed so many natural wonders, like the puppy fields. Beautiful work, very inspiring

beautiful. thanks for sharing.

Hats off to the movie-making team, and the orchestra. Beautiful documentary. Made me cry when they found that sea lion all alone... Kurils are the new Faroe Islands!

I never knew about these islands , I’m so thankful I came across this!!! the wild life a nature and landscapes are breathtaking!!!

What a wonderful and important documentary. Thanks a lot for taking us with you on your adventure on Kuril Islands, and for the length of the film, could easily watch hours with this type of quality content. Well done. Love the smile Vladimir shows when the sea lions responded to his whistling. Awesome moment must have been.

This is very beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing Kurils to us

Спасибо таким людям как Вы. Хоть кто то ещё думает о нашей планете

Удивительно и обидно,похоже ВСЯ ЭТА КРАСОТА, НАМ САМИМ НЕ НУЖНА. СПАСИБО, побольше таких фильмов,чтобы Мы поняли что можем ПОТЕРЯТЬ.

His special performance gave me goosebumps! Such an incredible guy - I hope I'll have the same strength and passion for life at his age. 🖖

Some real men of planet Earth 🌎

Господи❤️сколько добра, любви и боли❤️ хочется чтобы это досталось нашим детям 🙏🏻 кто не видел, в описании ссылка на донейшн.

22:18 that damn smile

Great work! Real pleasure to watch. Will definitely watch it again and show to other people. Very thoughtful, thank you!

Beautiful Japan 💕💕💕💕 Love from India 🔥

Beautiful!

Loved it! Beautiful documentary. I hope more people see this type of work.

Beautiful movie, wonderful people!

Wow, such an amazing documentary and the views from above of Kuril Islands just jaw dropping .... incredible...Vladimir is really an inspiration. The sea lions performance in end , just speechless ... just wow ...

Just amazing! Thanks for the effort and the fantastic work!

Боже, это прекрасно! Ребята вы сделали потрясающую работу! Я наблюдала за вами, когда вы были на Курилах, я ждала этот фильм, но он превзошел все мои ожидания. Виват людям, которые посвятили жизнь этому!!!

I am in tears . Thank you so much you are really great.

Fantastic! What a wonderful film and admirable character. Thank you to the whole team for sharing this!

Beautiful. Breathtaking. Emotionally engaging. Thank you 🙏❤️

Great film! Thank you very much for promotion my region😉

Прекрасный фильм, огромное спасибо такими людьми, как Владимир, пример большой любви к нашей планете. Фильм невозможно смотреть без слез, слез от такой необыкновенной красоты и слез осознания того, что все это уничтожается ради получения выгод и прибыли человеком. Человеческая гордость и жажда ресурсов ( денежных, природных и т.д) перемалывает все на своём пути и себе подобных и природу...Мир давно утратил все ценности, скоро на планете останется лишь бочки с горючим, техника и огромные бетонные джунгли которые сводят с сума... Очень жаль наших детей и внуков, что мы им оставим, выжженную землю за собой...Человек как и Бог творец ( созданный по образу и подобию), но Бог сотворил всю эту красоту, а мы к сожалению чаще творим то, что эту красоту уничтожает...

Such a beautiful story ty

Looking forward to to seeing this for months!

Thanks a lot for this story. It's amazing and inspirational!

THANKS FOR PROTECTING THE SEA LIONS TERRITORY.

Amazing, beautiful, I loved this!

That is a wonderful birthday surprise! Thanks a lot!

This was so well put together. The photography, the music, the message. Everything was in its right place. And Vladimir Burkanov is a beautiful human being! Congrats everyone involved!

Thank you for showing of these beautiful Russian and Japanese islands

Absolutely beautiful mini-documentary. Thank you for sharing the story !

Beautiful visuals and storytelling. The orchestra at the end was so heartwarming.

Loved seeing this again after Mountainfilm fest. Never tire of the beauty, emotion captured in the visuals and music. Epic story of our precious earth resources.❤️💔. Kudos to the amazing crew.

Beautiful documentary❤️

unreal beauty . thank you so much for sanctifying such an important topic

The sea lions performance, omg!

This is great, thank you everyone for making this happen!

What an amazing soul Vladimir is❤️🤗 I loved this - thank you

'time is short we need to do something to keep things going, to keep our planet longer'.

I enjoyed this greatly. Thank you.

This is so beautiful and inspiring, love it.

Such an amazing place and documentary!

Thank you. Beautiful place and film. And Vladimir's commitment to saving this threatened ecology very moving

Absolutely fascinating, a part of the world I didn’t know existed. Amazing and thanks for sharing. Andy UK

Amazing cinematography. Amazing sound design 👍

We can’t control the a cycle of life, we must support it. Humans want to control everything when we must let everything simply be.

I'm so grateful for your work!!

Bravo!

Thanks a lot for sharing. It's amazing and inspirational

WOW - thank you for doing this!

Need more visuals! This was beautiful!

I've always been interested in the remote areas of our planet. This documentary proves why. What an inspiring film! It's one thing to just make a documentary about some islands or about climate change, it's another to tell the story of a place. If I get the chance to visit the Kurils one day, I'll definitely take it. Thank you for your work and I wish Vladimir all the best!

Shrill, touching and beautiful documentary. Прекрасный, трогательный и нужный документальный фильм! Спасибо.

I was waiting for this for soooo long! Its been an experience.

I'm very curious about untouched places that are geographically far from people. I came across such a documentary while exploring the Kuril Islands, and I was so happy that I can't tell. Incredible footage, great documentary. I'm following Renan, and I'm so glad to see him all of a sudden. And I'm a little jealous, of course. I hope that one day I will see these islands with my own eyes. Thank you, everyone!

such beauty I loved this thank you.

Vladimir: It can bite! Sea lion next second: Be sure, I would!

Beautifull THANKYOU for your hard work

beautiful shots. Feels more a travelogue than a documentary though

Absolutely PERFECT

Thoroughly enjoyed your video and I look into the islands!

i came across these islands on google earth. spotting buildings that are worn down.. so i googled it... god bless you vlad.. i hope you get to your goal 🙏❤

Damn! how did I missed this beautiful documentary. Such a great work. I wish I could help Vladimir in anyway. Keep up the good work everyone.

Great Work and a great Guy!

This was beautiful.

Amazing! I didn't know that these disputed chains of islands it so beautiful. Love it!

Devastatingly gorgeous, this is incredible

this is the most beautiful thing i have seen in a while. the concern about global warming is real. i hope people see this and are touched by the efforts made by this team to save Kurils :)

WOW! Amazing video! It made me rethink my career goals on to trying to safe our beautiful planet. Beautiful video! Greetings from Dallas, Tx!