he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil where he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. to get to their ngs crew was lucky to be stranded at this place there must have been a guardian angel watching from above because the ship was thrown over a reef into this cozy bay. most of the bering crew managed to survive precisely because they had londoners sure but the commander died unable to withstand the harsh winter for a long time nobody knew where he had been buried for his grave was found only in one nine hundred ninety one during an archeological expedition organized for the purpose local residents. was on that expedition the. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contained they found the greatest amount of phosphorous around bearings grave. burying was not put in a coffin he was buried on the plank survivors were too weak to dig deep graves all agree is for shallow this is the place. the members of the bering expedition were amazed by the diversity of the islands foreigner particularly the huge amount of marine ani