船でコルサコフから国後まで行くという方法もあるようです。
以下最新版Lonely Planet(2000年4月発行)から引用します。
・Kuril Islands - Getting There & Away
This is tricky. About the only way to reach the Kurils is to
fly from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a flight of just over an hour. The
problem is that the islands are often wreathed in a thick fog,
caused by the meeting of hot and cold streams, making airborne
approaches impossible. Although in theory flights are daily,
you have to be prepared to hang around for up to five days
waiting for the weather to improve. An alternative does exist
in sailing. Once or twice a month, a ship departs from Korsakov
, Sakhalin's southern port, taking a day to reach Yuzhno-Kurilsk,
on the southernmost island of Kunashir. It's not a ferry service
but fare-paying passengers are taken - for inquiries contact the
sea terminal in formation desk in Korsakov (Tel 42435-22352) at
pereulok Reydovy 2. A good but potentially expensive contact might
be the director of the Kurilsky Reserve, Yevgeny Mikhailovich
Grigorev (Tel/Fax 42455-21856,
[email protected]).