Evgenia Arbugaeva, Tiksi

It is milder than in central Siberia; even so, the temperature in Tiksi only rises above freezing during four months of the year.

Christmas rituals: Tanya and Pasha have dressed up for the occasion.

Wearing a snow mask, Tanya pretends to be a cosmonaut journeying through space.

Tanya admires oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The red hat is a tribute to her hero.

Tanya in her room wearing a ballerina skirt.

Tanya playing with her dog on an ice floe.

An abandoned satellite dish on the outskirts of Tiksi.

New Year’s Eve.

The weather station’s large white balloon.

Uncle Vanya in front of his banya (bath house or sauna).

Uncle Vanya dances with a fishing net.

Stone skipping from an old barge. The Siberian town of Tiksi is shrinking: children play with abandoned objects.