islands
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"It's a cracking day to be out. We've got very little wind, some nice temperatures. It's perfect," he says while we are kayaking alongside the islands in Loch Leven.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Yes, we do have that reputation on these islands, and I’m incredibly proud of it, because you know what it does?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Russia seized the islands from Japan in the dying days of World War II and a dispute over their sovereignty has bedeviled relations between Moscow and Tokyo ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Russian-Japanese relations have long been dogged by the contested islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and seized by the Soviet Union in 1945.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Those islands had been hills until the nearby lowlands flooded.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
