IDA RUCHINA Tchoukotka / Chukotka

This book takes you to remote Chukotka – a distant land where a new day is born In Russia and where the Polar circle crosses the inter- national date line – the 180th meridian which divides the world into East and West. My Arctic photo expedition which started 15 years ago is still in process. I hope this photo album marks a ray of light in the mysterious primordial world of Arctic beauty which has pre- served the ancient way of human life for sea animal hunters and nomadic reindeer herders. They are the ge