He disappeared 7 September 1995 in Chukotka, Russia and it is presumed he drowned while traveling by boat between Sireniki and Provideniya.
Naukan, or Nuvuqaghmiistun, the second largest Yupik language spoken in Siberia, is spoken in settlements Uelen, Lorino, Lavrentiya, Provideniya.
a bay in Chukotka, Russia, now Komsomolskaya Bay, a branch of Provideniya Bay, see Providence Bay, Siberia,