THE SKA NEVER FREEZES OX THE MURMAN COAST 



The beneficent Gulf Stream, which saves England from a climate similar to that of 

 Labrador, also rescues the Murman from six months of ice-bound waters, such as block the 

 harbors of the White Sea. 



Photographs by Nathalie Eoubovitsky 



MOST OE THE FISHERMEN OF THE MURMAN COAST ARE ONLY TEMPORARY RESIDENTS 



The Pomoros, who dwell in the region west of the White Sea, travel northward to the 

 Arctic shores in the summer and live in cantonments, or small, closely huddled villages. They 

 are descendants of the Novgorod Russians, in whose annals there is mention of the village 

 of Kola as earlv as the middle of the thirteenth centurv. 



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