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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a mechanic checks out a  three-wheeled motorcycle with huge tires for traveling across the tundra.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Chuprov, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  repairs an aging Russian snowmobile the group uses for finding and herding their animals after nightly grazing in the wild.  Most men in the group have high mechanical skills after serving their mandatory two years in the military.  Ironically, the annual top prize for a regional reindeer-sled race is a snowmobile!
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder struggles to start an aging Russian snowmobile used by journalists covering their migration. Most men in the group have high mechanical skills after serving their mandatory two years in the military.  Ironically, the annual top prize for a regional reindeer-sled race is a snowmobile!
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit guides fix snowmobile in the field with simple tools & bare hands, despite subzero tempertures.
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  • Meredith Wiltsie repairs her family's old Travelall in Nevada's remote Ruby Valley, while son Nick plays and golden retriever Khampa endures the heat and boredom.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a mechanic from Nizhnyaya Pesha carries Andrei Volkov and Andrew MacLean in a sled behind his crude Russian snowmobile. They are en route to visit the ever-moving camp of the last nomadic Komi reindeer-herding clan.  The rifle is for protection against bears.
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  • Mechanic and vagabond Bob Middleton (MR) relaxes by a wall in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Alex Lowe uses mechanical ascenders to haul loads up Rakekniven spire.
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  • Bengali men ferrying loads of mud in a “food for work” project to dig a canal for monsoon flood drainage.  Even for moving the vast volumes of earth required, human labor in Bangladesh is much cheaper than mechanical power.  For a day’s work these men will earn just enough grain to feed their families, and they fight for any open position. Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Dr. Mark Hodges explains some of the mechanics behind the 40 Meter Radio Telescope at OVRO.   Hodges is the program's outreach and design engineer.
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  • Mountaineer Alex Lowe uses pulleys and mechanical advantage to haul huge bags of food and water up a 4,000-foot cliff north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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