Selkup Autumn

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Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour and clouds along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.
RY.2215-17
Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour, aspen, birch and willow, along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.
RY.2215-10

Aerial view of tundra, lakes & boreal forest in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
RY.0812-31
Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour, aspen, birch and willow, along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.
RY.2215-05

A rainbow over a log cabin at a Selkup camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-27
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, about to go fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-03

On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-06
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-09

On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-12
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-39

A catch of roach, pike & golden eye lie in the bottom of an 'Anty', a traditional Selkup dugout boat. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-40
Autumn colour on the banks of the River Shirta as it cuts through boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-18

Nina Kunina, a Selkup woman, cuts bark from a birch tree to make a traditional basket near Bistrinka. Purovskiy Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.0814-15
Traditional Selkup baskets made from birch bark and used for collecting berries, hanging up at a camp on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-02

Marina Kargachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in the forest on an autumn day. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2223-07
Collecting cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) in a traditional Selkup birch bark basket in the autumn. Krasnolselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2218-02

Marina Kargachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in the forest on an autumn day. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2223-02
A Selkup hand made birch bark basket full of cranberries, Vaccinium oxycoccos, picked in autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.
RY.2216-11

Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (right). Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2219-16
Anastasia, a five year old Selkup girl, rocks the cradle of her baby cousin at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2216-30

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman,using a sewing machine on the floor of her family's log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2220-14
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, at a summer camp in the taiga. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2216-16

A kettle hangs over an open fire to boil at a Selkup camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2219-01
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, hangs fish up to smoke and dry over an open fire at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2216-22

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, cleans fish while her niece Anastasia watches, at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2220-08
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, cooking fish (golden eye) over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2216-18

A fish (golden eye) being roasted over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2216-17
Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, sets off along a seismic line cut in the forest to hunt with his dog. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-11

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, setting a traditional 'chang' (deadfall trap) to catch capercaille in a forest clearing. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-23
Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, holds two Capercaille he has caught in a 'Chang' (traditional deadfall trap), in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-15

Portrait of Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup elder, at his camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn Siberia, Russia.
RY.2218-21
Wild mushrooms lying on reindeer moss after being gathered near a Selkup camp in the forest. They will be dried & stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2219-03

Wild mushrooms cut up and drying at a Selkup camp in the forest. Once dry they will be stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-20
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, takes his grandaughter out fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-37

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from hunting in the forest carrying his catch of 2 capercailles. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2220-18
A draught reindeer eating salt from a trough at a Selkup camp in the autumn in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2221-05

The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2218-04
The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2217-29

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, making traditional Selkup bread by baking dough in hot sand at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2218-26
Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, removing sand from a loaf of traditional Selkup bread after baking dough in hot sand, at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2218-30

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, holding a loaf of traditional Selkup bread she has baked in hot sand, at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2218-33
Bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea) and silver birch trees backlit by the autumn sun in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2219-11

Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, sorting winter clothing in the storage area above a log cabin at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2219-07
Vassily Kargachev, a Selkup hunter, holds up two geese he has shot for food on the River Shirta in the autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2220-05

Selkup hunter,Igor Kubolev, & his girlfriend Rita travelling by boat on the River Shirta in the autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2221-08
Selkup couple, Andrey Kargachev & his wife, Ludmilla, about to go berry picking by boat in the autumn. Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2224-07

Andrey Kargachev, a Selkup elder, prepares to go hunting by boat. Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2224-10
Ludmilla Kargacheva, a Selkup woman, returns to her home after berry picking in the autumn. Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.2224-09

Arkady Kunin, a Selkup man, carries out repair work on a traditional fish trap. Bistrinka, Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
RY.0814-01
A 'Poymot', (traditional Selkup turf winter hut), photographed in the summer near Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.2225-09

A Northern Selkup graveyard at Bistrinka. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
RY.0813-01
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