people drink in Russian Arctic town

Sergei and Masha, a 19-year-old mother, drink beer during polar midnight in spring in the nickel-producing town of Zapolyarna. Here the fortune of the population is declining with the collapse of heavy industry in the Arctic north.

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2010 Justin Jin

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