Don't suppose they could mean Kamchatka Peninsula do you? Thought the Lame stream media was bad here...
The location of Anadyr, mentioned in the article and the capital of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug, is shown with a star on the map you just posted, and is clearly not on Kamchatka.
Google "Chukotka Peninsula" for more than you would ever want to know about wildlife, fish and whales (and the Bering Sea land bridge).