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the beach at Cape Blossom on Wrangel Island
April 27, 2013

Cape Blossom, Russia

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A barrier beach of marine rubble stretches toward desolate Cape Blossom, at the southwestern tip of Wrangel Island. The Siberian mainland lies 88 miles to the south.

See more pictures from the May 2013 feature story "Russian Refuge."


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Photograph by Sergey Gorshkov

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