1990 Press Photo Abandoned boats on the retreating shoreline, Aral Sea, Russia

Russia: Miscellaneous: Last ditch attempt by desperate fishermen to hold on to the dying Aral Sea, a dried up canal to the retreating shoreline is strewn with their abandoned boats. Some 11,000 square miles of former seabed, drained of life, have become

Photo is dated 1990.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

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