O.K., there is your bottle, tell me. We are in the middle of October, the sea is covered by ice and ships cannot enter the port anymore without the help of an icebreaker. Winter is still to come, but shops in Pevek don't carry any stock for the long hard season looming ahead, not even potatoes. At Chaunskaya power station, the chief of the local administration is facing a group of very angry women. The administration swears that the precious product will be sold at cost only, or almost.
Women remain in doubt.
You won't manage. These potatoes will end up in the private shops. Better release them against food stamps, or allocate them to companies for distribution to staff. The same is happening everywhere in Chukotka. Before 1995, some 30 ships were usually retained to deliver stocks for the winter.