In this closing chapter, Evgenia speaks on the theme of solitude. From her eerie, yet enchanting experience of being stranded in a hut by a herd of walruses – to the idea of understanding solitude: in the city, in the Arctic, in lockdown, in life.

Evgenia Arbugaeva: Hyperborea - Stories from the Russian Arctic exhibition is available at The Photographers' Gallery from 9 Oct 2020 – 24 Jan 2021. Visit tpg.org.uk/EvgeniaArbugaeva for more exhibition-related content.