Cape Serdtse­-Kamen has been reported as a walrus haulout since the 1920s, but until 1990 it was used by walruses irregularly, only in autumn of years when sea ice was absent. During the 1990s and 2000s, residents reported that walruses began hauling out annually in larger numbers. (Anatoly Kochnev / Mammals Ecology Lab Institute of Biological Problems of the North Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences)