Alaska Bear Rugs & Taxidermy specializes specifically in Black, Brown or Grizzly trophy rugs. Alon
02/15/2025
Just a few decades ago, it was the fourth-largest inland sea on Earth, a vast water that maintained thriving fishing towns and attracted visitors to its coastal resorts. The Aral Sea, which once covered parts of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has now almost completely disappeared, leaving behind expanses of the desert where ships rust in the sand.
For centuries, this sea has played a decisive role in regional trade and ecology, but human intervention has changed its fate. Large-scale Soviet irrigation projects took its waters for agriculture, resulting in the sea drying up at an alarming rate. Today, much of what is left is dry, salty terrain, and only small sections of water have survived thanks to restoration work. Abandoned ships, now stranded miles from any shoreline, serve as a grim reminder of lost industry and environmental disaster still unfolding.
