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As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow on the arctic Russian tundra, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, charges with his team through a pool atop the permafrost. Within weeks these pools will generate enough mosquitoes to drive both men and reindeer nearly insane, at which point they will migrate again to drier mountains further north.
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- © Gordon Wiltsie
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- People + Culture, RUe 5, Russia - Komi reindeer herders, RUe, World Cultures, Komi Reindeer Herders, Arctic
