Yakutia

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The Potapova family having lunch at their home in Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A Yakut horse herder dressed in traditional horse skin clothing in the winter time near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

An elderly Evenk woman & a young Evenk girl holding a frozen fish. Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)

A window of a house coated in frost and snow during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

E'ven herders with their reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

A Yakut horse herder riding in the winter time near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Lena Potapova & her sisters Varya & Tanya look through a window at their home in Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Republic of Sakha. (1999)

A Yakut herder combs ice from a horse in winter at Korban. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

A 100 year old Yakut 'Yurt' still used by horse herders at Tarhana in Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

A truck and jeep stop on a winter road in Yakutia at below -50C on the frozen Yana River near Verkhoyansk, part of Yakutia's winter road system. Eastern Siberia, Russia. Vekhoyansk. Siberia. 1999

A heat outlet causes ice to form on the balconies of an appartment block in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Yakut horses at their winter pastures at Korban. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Winter sunset in the taiga at minus 57 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

A Yakut herder combs ice from a horse in winter at Korban. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Yakut horses at their winter pastures at Korban. Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Truck drivers & Passengers take a rest on a frozen river during journey along a winter road near Tiksi. N.Yakutia, NE Siberia, Russia. 2001

Mountains in the Verkhoyansk Range in winter near Batagay Alyta. Verkoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Mountains in the Verkhoyansk Range in winter near Batagay Alyta. Verkoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

People waiting at a bus stop in the center of Yakutsk on a cold winter's day. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

The seaport of Tiksi at the mouth of the River Lena in Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

A winter fishing near Bikovsky at the Delta of the River Lena. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

Boats frozen into the harbour at Tiksi during the winter. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

A woman walks along a street in the town of Yakutsk during the winter. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

Ice forms around a leaking water pipe during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

A window of a house coated in frost and snow during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

Reindeer at their winter pastures in the mountains near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Reindeer at their winter pastures near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Winter sunset in the taiga at minus 57 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

The town sign of Verkhoyansk with its symbol of two bull's horns. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Lena Potapova looks through a frosted window at her home in Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A thermometer showing a reading of minus 52 degrees Celsius at Verkhoyansk. Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

A man uses a horse & sled to collect river ice to melt for water near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A harnessed Yakut horse tied up at a herders' camp at Korban.Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999