In September every year,
the tusk hunters who have
spent several months
scattered on the various
islands of the archipelago,
gather on Bolshoy
Lyakhovsky Island to head
back to the mainland before
the winter storms make
crossing the strait impossibleText and Photos
Jean-François Lagrot{ russia }
The Ghost Lands
The Lyakhovsky Islands are home to
a high concentration of mammoth
remains, drawing tusk hunters and
palaeontologists to their icy, barren shores