A SINGLE HABITATION IN THE} MIDST OE MIEES 01? DESOLATION 



Most of the houses of the Murman region are one-story structures, built of unhewn logs. 

 The crevices are packed with native moss. In the western end of the Murman, forests of 

 birch, pine, and spruce are to be found within 20 or 25 miles of the Arctic shore, but farther 

 east, where the influence of the Gulf Stream wanes, the timber line is 60 to 70 miles inland. 



Photographs by Nathalie Eoubovitsky 



SUMMER HOMES OE MURMAN EISHERMEN 



Whaling was a profitable industry on this coast more than forty years ago, but these animals 

 have now entirely disappeared. Cod, herring, and salmon are the principal food fish. 



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