The Cold, Shrinking Life In An Arctic Port Town In Russia's Northeast

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A Russian Arctic sea port, Pevek, has a dwindling population and the world's northernmost nuclear power plant, housed on a huge barge. Residents here are nostalgic for the town's heyday, when the port was busy with mineral shipments, but they are making the most of life among reindeer farms, wild berries, and ghost settlements.