On March 6, Russian Wikinews attended a speech by Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk in Simferopol, Crimea on his 2018–2019 voyage to Oceania.
The Crimean Federal University's Scientific Library hosted the event, which opened with speeches by Library Director Natalya Kadukha and Gennady Samokhin, chairman of the Crimean branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO).
Pinchuk noted he created eighteen articles on the Russian Wikipedia and eight textbooks on the Russian Wikibooks after the expedition, including "Two months of wandering and 14 days behind bars".
Answering questions from attendees, Pinchuk argued: "Travelers didn't die out hundreds of years ago, but simply got lost among the countless tourists".

The cover of "Two months of wandering and 14 days behind bars", depicting Vanuatu's Pentecost Island.
A poster for the event.
A poster describing Pinchuk's travels.
"Friends": Pinchuk and a Bunlap, Vanuatu resident.

Attendees waiting one minute before the start of the event.
Pinchuk answering an attendee's question.

Pinchuk speaking as a video plays.
Pinchuk autographing a book gifted to the Library.

A sampling of the photographs in the book:
Vanuatu:
The village of Bunlap on Pentecost Island.
Sali Watata, chief of Bunlap.
The Warbot River on Pentecost Island.
A Bunlap woman.
A traditional Ni-Vanuatu breakfast, featuring taro.
Tonga:
'Eua National Park on the island of 'Eua.
A hotel on 'Eua.
A rat cave on 'Eua.
The 'Eua coast.
A langi, or royal tomb.
Samoa:
The Lanotoo volcanic lake.
Mu Pagoa Falls on the island of Sawaii.
A view from the top of Pulemelei Mound, the oldest structure in Samoa.
Manono, a tiny inhabited island.
The Falealupo church, destroyed by an earthquake.
This is a complete or partial translation of the article "Экспедиция в Океанию, итоги: российский путешественник выступил в научной библиотеке КФУ им. Вернадского", from the Russian language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.
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Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk recounts Oceania expedition in Simferopol, Crimea