Oezbekistan, Mujnak, Karakalpakstan, februari 2000. Bakajoesjin Lipatovitsj 66 , harbour master without a harbour Sergei Bakajoesjin Lipatovitsj was 19 when he first sailed on the waves of the Aral Sea. Eight years later he had become captain of the "Lebed", the "Swan". Nowadays Sergei`s "Swan" is mouldering in the dry bed of the bay, between the rusty wrecks of a fishing fleet that used to comprise 300 ships.. Scheepswrak in verdroogd Aralmeer. Photo: Dieter Telemans