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Delayed for days by fog, wind and rain - weather as usual in the Kuril Islands - a passenger helicopter drops in on Paramushi...
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Salmon may run but they can't hide from Iturup fishermen, who unload a weir strung across the Reydovaya River. For all the we...
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Long faces anticipate long hours as cannery workers on Kunashir absorb a stern lecture from a supervisor on the virtures of e...
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Women endure squalid conditions at a scallop packing plant on Paramushir. One of the island's two newly privatized plants has...
Town Fish Factory in Yazhno, Kurilsk
Town Fish Factory in Yazhno, Kurilsk
Fish factory workers in Yazhno, Kurilsk
Fresh-air entrepreneur showcases fur hats she brought in for resale on Iturup.
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Harvesting potatoes.
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House and garden tour
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Ghost town in Yazhno, Kurilsk
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Walking to work.
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Beaten up by blizzards and typhoons , the town of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, population 2,500, grimly stands its ground on Kunashir.
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Family dinner
Dressed for success, frontier style, Alexander Sanin works the phone in his well-stocked home on Kunashir. He prospers as a d...
Wedding celebration.
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Wedding celebration.
Group potty training at Paramushir Nursery School.
Communal toilet training gathers toddlers at a Paramushir nursery school. Most of their parents work on fishing boats and pro...
Group potty training at Paramushir Nursery School.
Nursery School in Paramushir
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First day of school in Yazhno, Kurilsk.
First day of School in Yazhno, Kurilsk