Sarah Hurst

Sarah Hurst is a journalist, author and Russian translator. She was born and raised in England, has lived in Russia, Azerbaijan and China, and has been in Alaska since 2001.

Alaska-Chukotka: when cousins reunite

Soviet times were hard for the indigenous people of the Russian Far East, but perestroika allowed them to reunite with their Alaskan cousins. The ensuing cooperation started with culture, and expanded to scientific research and mapping the bowhead whale. Sarah Hurst tells the story.

By Sarah Hurst

/ 15 Apr 2011