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Residents of Shoyna, a remote Arctic village fallen on hard times on Russia's White Sea, in August 2018. Clockwise from top left: Evdokiya Sakharova,...

An old lighthouse, seen from what was once its office in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 14, 2018. Life here is a constant...

Dunes loom over an old cemetery in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 14, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with sand du...

Locals arrive by helicopter in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 14, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with sand dunes,...

A sand-choked home in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with dunes, which have al...

The sand-choked streets of Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with dunes, which ha...

Evdokia Kotkina, a retiree, takes tea in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village fallen on hard times on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 13, 2018. Her mother married...

Rusting oil cisterns in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 13, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with sand dunes, which...

Retreating waves and shifting winds sculpt the sand into tiny dunes in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Life here...

Retreating waves and shifting winds sculpt the sand into tiny dunes in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Life here...

Nadezhda Koryakina, a retiree, sets up fishing nets during low tide in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Overfishi...

A home that has begun to fill with sand in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle wit...

People dance on disco night at the cultural centre in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Life here is a constant st...

Retreating waves and shifting winds sculpt the sand into tiny dunes in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 12, 2018. Life here...

Maksim Golubtsov, 4, plays with toy cars on the sand dunes building just outside his family's home in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's Whit...

One of many derelict boats in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with sand dunes,...

A house almost covered by sands in Shoyna a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Overfishing doomed Shoyna's once-prosperous fi...

The sand-choked streets of Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with dunes, which ha...

Aleksandr Isupov takes readings at a meteorological station in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a co...

Locals and soldiers play tug-of-war in Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with san...

The sand-choked streets of Shoyna, a remote Arctic village on Russia's White Sea, Aug. 11, 2018. Life here is a constant struggle with dunes, which ha...

Yuri Konyukov, who moved away years ago but returns now and then, chops firewood to provision his mother for the winter in Shoyna, a remote Arctic vil...

In the meteorological station windows are shielded from piercing sun rays with a thick green curtain of clambering vines, bundles of cucumbers hanging...