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A LIGHTHOUSE TO THE EAST OF AEEXANDROVSK 



In addition to such beacons to guide the mariner, stations have been established on the 

 Murman Coast for the study of meteorological conditions in order that fishermen may be 

 warned of stormy weather. L,ife-saving boats put to sea when storm signals fly. 



Photographs by Nathalie Eoubovitsky 

 FISHING BOATS IN A QUIET HARBOR ON THE MURMAN COAST 

 Murmansk, Russia's only ice-free port in the north, is situated on the eastern shore of 

 the Kola Inlet, 30 miles south of the Arctic coast. The inlet is a mile and a half wide at this 

 point and there « a depth of 32 feet at the piers, while it is 70 feet deep a few hundred yards 

 from shore. The inlet has no currents and large ships may be shifted from one side ol the 

 pier to the other without the aid of tugs. There is an eleven-foot tide. 



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