Dickson is the northernmost village in Russia. It does not have mobile Internet and supermarkets, but you can see houses on stilts and the green play of the northern lights. Anna Gruzdeva and Anton Petrov from Krasnoyarsk visited Dixon and found out what life is like at the "edge of the world."
Noticed by the snow school class number 2 on the island of Dickson. “Gladioluses on September 1 were ordered with a helicopter. Sandwiches with butter and black caviar ... It was awesome, ”says driver Dmitry Asovsky
View of the Airplane Bay, abandoned by fishermen and hunters, the "Shanghai" and the winter ladder. “The gully contained in itself a hangar for a boat, a workshop, and a small bungalow, where you could relax or hide for a while from the wrath of your wife. Often a freezer or glacier with small chambers for storing meat and fish was cut down under the ravine. By the mid-1990s, the number of beams was quite impressive, they were located chaotically, so after gatherings many did not immediately find their way home. From here and "Shanghai", "- says Anatoly Lomakin, a resident of Dixon
One of the working buildings of the meteorological station on Dikson Island. On the roof is a radiosonde - a device for measuring various parameters of the atmosphere, such as pressure, relative humidity, temperature
A sign near the building of the Dickson airport. The airport receives passengers once a week, on Wednesdays. Sometimes, due to snowfall, fog, or other “adverse weather conditions,” Dixons can wait for a Dixon — Norilsk or Norilsk — Dickson flight for two weeks.
One of the streets of the island village. A snow-covered wooden road is held on empty metal fuel barrels, but this is not visible in winter. Disposal of rusty barrels is one of the main Arctic problems in Russia, as well as in Canada, Norway, and Alaska.
During the polar night most of the day on the streets of Dixon is deserted. The village comes to life mostly only early in the morning, when the Dikson people go to work, and at 5-6 o'clock in the evening, when they return home, pick up children from kindergarten, go to the store or on other business
Abandoned room of a residential building on Dickson Island. Before they moved from the island to the village, the Dikson residents pounded the windows and doors, but the Arctic wind shook them, which is why many houses in the winter are covered with snow.
Author: Anna Gruzdeva and Anton Petrov