Yakutia

Information on The Yakut

Vezdekhods (track vehicle) travelling across tundra on a winter road near Tiksi. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

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

Evenk reindeer herder at his winter camp near Kyusyur. Northern Yakutia,Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)

An Evenki woman leaving a traditional reindeer herders winter tent (Tordok). Kyusyur, Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

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

Lena Slepsova, an Evenki girl from Kusur holding a frozen Nelma (white salmon) Northern Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (2001)

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

Cold winter air spills onto the floor of a warm herders hut as someone enters.Korban Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A 100 year old Yakut 'Yurt' still used by horse herders at Tarhana in 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 heat outlet causes ice to form on the balconies of an appartment block in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A mammoth ivory carving of a Yakut ox-cart laden with Nelma (white salmon). Yakutia, Siberia. 2010

A woman selling fur hats from a stall at an outside market in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Square in the centre of Yakutsk with statue of Lenin. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A thermometer on a tree reading -36 degrees Celsius during the winter in Yakutia. Eastern Siberia, Russia. 2001

The gas power station at Yakutsk in the winter time. 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

A tug boat frozen into the harbour at Tiksi during the winter. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

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

A truck moving along a street in the native village of Kyusyur. Bulunsky Region, NorthYakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

An Evenki woman stands by a traditional reindeer herders winter tent (Tordok). Kyusyur, Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

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

A Vezdekhod (track vehicle) travelling across sea ice on a winter road near Tiksi. Northern Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

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

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

A worker carries out repairs to the hull of a ship frozen into the harbour at Tiksi. N. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

Worker carries cuts ice from around the hull of a ship frozen into the harbour at Tiksi. N. Yakutia, Siberia. 2001

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

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

A leaking water pipe creates a large natural sculpture of ice during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia. 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

Two young Yakut women warmly dressed in fur clothing walk along a street 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

Frosted windows and carved wooden details on an old building in Yakutsk. Yakutia Siberia. Russia. 1999

A group of Yakut hunters and horse herders pose at their winter camp at Korban. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Young Yakut girls waiting for a bus in the city of Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999