LOW TIDE AT MIDNIGHT IN TUXE : EASTERN MURMAX 



Photographs by Xathalie Loubovitsky 



HIGH TIDE IX THE SAME FISHIXG VILLAGE HARBOR SHOWN ABOVE 



While the hauls of fish during the spring and summer on the Murman Coast are extra- 

 ordinarily heavy, much of the catch is wasted, owing to improper methods of cleaning, dry- 

 ing, and salting. For this reason a large part of Russia's sea food is imported from Norway. 

 Many fishermen in the early spring sail to Tromso and Hammerfest, Norway, with their 

 schooners loaded with flour, which they exchange for Norwegian fish, while much of their 

 own bountiful catch is permitted to spoil. 



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