In memory of the third-world expedition of the English Captain James Cook in the center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia's only set a monument to British navigator Charles Clark.

Charles Clarke was a member of the first and second expeditions of James Cook, became his assistant in the third circumnavigation. After the tragic death of Cook led the third world tour.

In April 1779 the expedition ship "Discovery" and "RESOLUTION" entered the harbor of Petropavlovsk to replenish food and water. June 12, 1779 ships sailed from Avacha Bay toward the Bering Sea, but ice blocked their way. Navigators vainly tried to break through the ice barrier, the crew crippled disease, and 22 August, Charles Clark died of pulmonary tuberculosis. According to his last wishes, the ashes of the captain was buried in the village Paratunka. In 1914, representatives of the British Admiralty Board in the center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was a monument in honor of the brave captain.

October 17, 2003, the monument was reconstructed.