Tundra Nenets - Winter

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The sun rises behind reindeer skin tents at a winter camp of a group of Nenets herders. Yamal. Siberia. 1993
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Inside a reindeer skin tent a Anastasia Pulka, a Nenets woman, comforts her baby daughter, Elvira. Yamal, Siberia, Russia
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Galya Serotetto, an elderly Nenets woman, stands by the window inside her family's reindeer skin tent at their winter camp. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Draught reindeer graze around a Nenets herders'camp on the Spring migration. Yamal. Siberia. Russia.
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Sergey Khudi, a Nenets reindeer herder selects draught reindeer from a corral. Yamal, Siberia. 1993
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Zina Khudi, a Nenets woman, drives a train of reindeer on the migration Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993
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Yakhaney Serotetto, an elderly Nenets woman, leads a train of reindeer sleds down the icy banks of the River Ob. Yamal, Siberia, Russia. 1993
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Leonid Tusido, a Nenets reindeer herder, sits on his sled at his winter pastures near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, feeds bread to some of her tame draught Reindeer at her family's winter camp. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Sergey Serotetto, a Nenets reindeer herder, making a traditional sled from larch wood, while his son Leova watches. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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At their winter pastures, Leova Serotetto, drives his family's draught reindeer through the forest using a snowmobile. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Dressed in traditional Nenets reindeer skin clothing, Neseynya Serotetto, takes a Selfie of herself with Tyurko Puyko at Yar-sale, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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'Papa' Serotetto, an elderly Nenets reindeer herder at his winter camp on the tundra. Yamal, Northwest Siberia,Russia
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Two young Nenets women, Alina (left) and Sernya, dragging a bag of snow back to their camp to melt for water. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russa
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Nyaneynya Serotetto, a Nenets woman, rubs the ear of one of her tame draught reindeer near her family's winter camp. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Two year old Daria Serotetto, a Nenets girl, watches children's cartoons on a Laptop with her father, Leova, inside the family's reindeer skin tent. Yamal. NW Siberia, Russia
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Two month old Nenets boy, Denis Serotetto, lies warmly wrapped in a traditional cradle, suspended from a tent pole inside the family's reindeer skin tent. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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The Vanuito family, Nenets reindeer herders, at their winter camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Meritaynya Khudi, a Nenets woman, drives a caravan of reindeer sleds through a forest at the start of the Spring migration. Yamal, Siberia.
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Nyadma Khudi, a Nenets man, takes his boys to collect wood in the forest, it is snowing. Yamal. Siberia. Russia.
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Neseinye Serotetto, a Nenets girl, with almond eyes & rosy cheeks dressed warmly in reindeer skin clothing. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993
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Nenets reindeer herders at their camp on the tundra during a winter storm. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Nenets men check their fish net set under the ice on a lake in the Gydan Peninsula. W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Wearing traditional reindeer skin Malitsa (tunic) & boots, Edik Serotetto, a young Nenets man, carrying Muksun he has caught in a net set under the sea ice. Seyakha, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Nenya Vanuito, a young Nenets girl, wearing a traditional hat with fur trim at a winter camp near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.
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During a Spring storm, blowing snow swirls around a Nenets reindeer herders' camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Northern lights, Aurora borealis, over a Nenets reindeer herders camp. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia
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Granny 'Yaptik' an elderly Nenets woman emerges from her family's reindeer skin tent. Yamal, Siberia, Russia
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Nenets reindeer herders,Sergey Serotetto & his wife Galya, prepare to harness some of their draught reindeer at their winter camp. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Draught reindeer at a Nenets herders winter camp. Yamal, Siberia, Russia. 1993
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Vera Khudi, a Nenets woman, sewing A Nenets woman sewing a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots inside her tent. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993
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Yulena Serotetto, a Nenets woman, and her daughter, Marina, dressed up in traditional reindeer skin clothing for a Spring reindeer herders' festival. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Galya Serotetto, an elderly Nenets woman, beats snow off some reindeer leg skins that have been hung out to dry at her family's winter camp. The skins will be used for to make traditional Nenets clothing. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia.
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Paulina Serotetto, a young Nenets girl dressed in reindeer fur clothing at a reindeer herders festival in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
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Paedavyaku, a five year old Nenets boy, drives a reindeer sled near his family's winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
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Aninya, a Nenets woman, feeds boiled fish to two pet yearling reindeer. Yamal, Siberia, Russia. 1993
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Natasha Serpevo, a Nenets reindeer herder, out checking her family's reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Alexandre Serotetto, a Nenets herder, feeds bread to some of his draught reindeer at his family's winter camp. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Nenets men playing cards in the evening at a reindeer herder's camp. Tambey, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia
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Portrait of Somdu Vanuitto, an elderly Nenets Reindeer herder, from the Yamal Peninsula. North Western Siberia, Russia.
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Ivan Taibery and his wife Yevdekiya, an elderly Nenets couple, inside their reindeer skin tent at a winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Pyotr & Edik Serotetto, young Nenets men, checking their fishing net set under the sea ice to catch Muksun. Seyakha, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia
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Shura Khudi, a Nenets girl, warmly dressed in reindeer skin clothing, carries snow to melt for water. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Nenets reindeer herders, Sasha Yeyvi (right) with Sertoharby, his grandfather, dressed in traditional reindeer skin winter clothes, holding Broad Whitefish they have just caught in a net under the ice. Gydan, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Alina Serotetto, a young Nenets woman, collects lichen off high branches of a larch tree to feed to her pet reindeer at her family's winter camp. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Nenets women travelling by reindeer sled in a storm on the spring migration. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993
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Shurik, a young Tundra Nenets boy poses with an Arctic Hare he has shot. Gydan Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, from the Tambey Tundra. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Nenets reindeer herder returns to his camp on the tundra by snowmobile during a winter storm. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Northern lights, Aurora borealis, over a Nenets reindeer herders camp. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia
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Nenets woman and boy stand by a snow covered reindeer skin tent. Yamal. Siberia. 1993
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Nenya Vanuito, a 2 year old Nenets girl, approaches a reindeer at her family's winter camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Tundra Nenets reindeer herders check a fish net set under ice on a lake. Gydan Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, sits infront of a gas drilling derrick near Tambey in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia
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Paedavyaku, a Nenets boy, leads two draught reindeer near his family's winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
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Portrait of Yaline Laptander, a young Nenets girl, at her family's winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
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A Nenets boy at the boarding school in Panaevsk washes his face in a Russian bath. Yamal. W.Siberia, Russia.
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Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, rocks her grandaughter in a cradle inside their reindeer skin tent.Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Alexandre Serotetto, a Nenets reindeer herder, bends larch planks into sled runners over a fire. Yamal. Siberia. Russia.
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Traditional Nenets man's knife & sheath carved of reindeer antler, hanging from a belt. Yamal, Siberia.
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Nikolai Taibery, a Nenets reindeer herder, holds his traditional belt with a knife, tools and a bear tooth amulet hanging from it. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Nenya Vanuito, a 2 year old Nenets girl, approaches a reindeer at her family's winter camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.
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