Dawn on the Purga River

Photo by Alexey Kharitonov
Dawn on the Purga River

Magadan Region, Lake Jack London, the mouth of the Purga River

According to the one of the legends, the lake got its name thanks to that fact that on its bank there was found a book of Jack London «Martin Eden». Another version says that the sonorous name was given to the lake by geologist Peter Skornyakov, who in 1932 studied the local reservoirs. He was fond of the writer's work.

Photo by Alexey Kharitonov, the participant of the III photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society «The most beautiful country»