Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes on a distant crest. It’s mid-July, and the group of Nenets herders that Yuri leads are about halfway through ...
When winter begins to slowly recede, the Nenets drive countless herds of reindeer closer to the edge of the Barents Sea. On the night before the tough day, herders go to sleep right after dinner.
Some families in Yamalo-Nenets still drink deer blood and eat ... vaccine because it is very difficult and costly for reindeer herders to vaccinate their animals," said the vaccine's developer ...
The Tsaatan are an Indigenous group of herders whose name literally translates to “as the people with reindeer.” They roam a region of Mongolia pressed up against the border of Russia—a ...
The series documenting the Nenets nomads, Arctic reindeer herders, was awarded a World Press Feature Story in 2003, a Missouri Pictures of the Year 2004 Award of Excellence and a Photo District News ...
The reindeer herders are using two types of the stuff: The reindeer's bodies get a water-soluble form and the antlers are sprayed with a more permanent version. A 20-reindeer trial started last week.
Reindeer herder Elle Merete Omma says climate change is causing problems for her animals, but so are the carbon-cutting industries designed to fight it. "We are having a double burden actually at ...
Herders in Lapland are struggling to locate thousands of reindeer that have run away after warm weather left the food they graze on covered by a layer of ice. Some reindeer have travelled as far ...