Granta 125: After the War (12 page)

15. A prostitute solicits clients in Murmansk.

16. A bay in Teriberka, a once-prosperous fish-processing community.
It is slated for redevelopment after the discovery of the Shtokman field, the world’s largest natural gas field.

17. Miners smoke under a no-smoking sign at the Severny coal pit near Vorkuta.

18. A driver repairs his truck at a camp set up by the Siesmorevzedka oil and gas prospecting company.

19. Snowstorm at a Siesmorevzedka company camp.

20. Andrei, a snow-tank driver.

21. A man rubs himself with snow outside a sauna at a Siesmorevzedka company camp.

22. The world’s most northerly oil terminal, operated by Lukoil.

23. Workers from Bashneft oil and gas company battle a snowstorm while building a drilling site.

24. Bashneft workers in the smoking room.

25. Workers construct a gas-drilling well for the Polar Lights Company.

26. A Lukoil worker repairs a leaking pipe in the Komi district.

27. Lukoil workers repair a drilling well.

28. Workers prepare to drill into the permafrost at a well in Novy Urengoy.