Siberian Memories, Warm and Real

Evgenia Arbugaev returned to her childhood home intent on recapturing the memories of a snow-covered landscape that loomed large in her life. But as she traveled to Siberia she wondered, was it real?

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/siberian-memories-warm-and-real/?pagewanted=all

Evgenia Arbugaeva has warm memories of a very cold place.

She grew up in Tiksi, a port town on Siberia’s Arctic coast — to her, a magical realm of wonder and discovery where she reveled in the “little miracles” of her endless natural playground