how is the climate like here?
Generally severe, with long, cold, stormy winters and short and notoriously foggy summers.
Kuril Islands
generally severe, with long, cold, stormy winters and short and notoriously foggy summers. 
what is pacific swift? A species of bird. which family does it belong to? Swift family. how does it look like? The general shape and blackish plumage recall its relative, the common swift, from which it is distinguished by a white rump band and heavily marked underparts. could you please describe its call? This swift's main call is a screech typical of its family. what does it eat? All swifts feed on insects caught in flight. where can this species be found? Eastern Asia from the Ob River northeast to Kamchatka and east to the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and Japan. could you specify the location of the islands? Kuril islands located in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast from where did the name of the islands originate? The name "Kuril" originates from the autonym of the aboriginal Ainu, the islands' original inhabitants: "kur", meaning "man".
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Kuril Islands [SEP] Geography and climate
Raikoke Island, near the centre of the archipelago, has an active volcano which erupted again in June 2019, with emissions reaching . The climate on the islands is generally severe, with long, cold, stormy winters and short and notoriously foggy summers. The average annual precipitation is , a large portion of which falls as snow. The Köppen climate classification of most of the Kurils is subarctic ("Dfc"), although Kunashir is humid continental ("Dfb"). However, the Kuril Islands' climate resembles the subpolar oceanic climate of southwest Alaska much more than the hypercontinental climate of Manchuria and interior Siberia, as precipitation is heavy and permafrost completely absent.