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Andrey Borodulin

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The ‘edge of the earth’: How Chinese tourism is changing one Russian Arctic village

January 28, 2020Business, Economics and Jobs

Every day, dozens of visitors drag their suitcases to the tiny, arctic village of Teriberka, Russia, with the hope of seeing the Northern Lights at a fraction of the cost of similar trips to Scandinavia, Iceland or Canada. 

A view of Murmansk with a smoke stack and other buildings as the sun rises.

The sun sometimes rises: How one Russian city makes it through the polar night

January 13, 2020Polar

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