once a week orthodox priest father mitra fun takes a ferry to meet his flock and hold services in a church on the opposite bank. this is where the first russian settlements appeared on the color peninsula through the british the original settlers were coast well as. they made their homes on these banks and mingled with local karelian and indigenous laplanders early here we have a mixture of populations. fishing has always been the main source of income for local people salmon was caught in the river of the rest from the same. small boats manned by three or four fishermen were able to stand up to the heavy seas but in truth back then only half the fishermen survived beyond the age of forty two people anyone going to sea in the north must know before hand that they might never be coming back they might simply vanish into eternity a strong gust of wind might bring heavy snow with it with the result that they wouldn't be able to see a thing. in other words they feel that facing the sea is like facing god the riches of this land used to be the breeding ground of numerous rivalries. in the seas

the church fell into decay in soviet times and its head father mitra fun has made every effort to have it renovated services will eventually resume here until then worshipers use a nearby church that was built a hundred years later. they were in the mode all of my immediate family has served in the navy my great grandfather and my brother my father was a submarine and i served in the navy for twenty six years as a commanding officer i've been a month for eleven years. twenty kilometers down the river mines a local anomaly it's the arctic desert. larry has a culver's devoted his life to combat in the invading desert according to his theory the land was originally at the bottom of a seed thousands of years ago the sea receded and grass and trees grew on the former seabed. but now from a thin layer of soil the sand is returning it scattered around by the wind falling on village homes and the river and destroying the pine forest and other vegetation . for rays pines were ruined by this shifting sand. but some trees manage to escape the onslaught of the coral and they are in very good condi