Maxim Golubtsov, 4, pulls his toy cars as he climbs up the sand dune just outside his home in Shoyna.

Evdokiya Sakharova pulls a shovel with sand that was brought with the wind to her house in Shoyna.

Nadezhda Koryakina, set up fishing nets during low tide of the White Sea outside Shoyna.

Women with kids walk on the sand dune outside Shoyna.

Evdokiya Sakharova prepares for dinner at her home.

A house fully covered with sand in Shoyna, Nenets Autonomous district of Russia.

Old rusting fishing vessels lay like mythical beasts but they are used to shield the houses on the shore from the crashing waves in Shoyna.

The lighthouse seen from the remains of lighthouse office buildings in Shoyna.