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  • Kyrgiz nomads lead Bactrian camels carrying equipment for a trekking group under 24,757-foot Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgyz nomads make clothing with hand-powered sewing machine in summer house near Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomads rides Bactrian camels by Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains.  7719m Kongur Shan bkg. (L)
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  • Gujar nomads lead their sheep & goats across a Himalayan pass in Kashmir, India.
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  • Kyrgyz nomads pose near their summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Khyrgiz nomads lead their Bactrian Camels below  7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • Nomadic herding family packs up in sub-zero temperatures to migrate cross 8,000 foot Utreg Pass above the Darhad Valley, Mongolia.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Komi reindeer herder Marie Terentéva, a nomad,  disassembles spruce poles that hold up her chum, while others work on other chums.
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  • After a cold, rainy night on the tundra north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a group of nomadic Komi reindeer herders warm up and eat a quick breakfast of bread and grilled reindeer meat in a grass-cutter’s hut near Snopa village.  Left to right:  Arthum Khantazeski, Alexei Semyashkin, Vasily Chuprov, and Alexei Vauchesky.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, watches – and sometimes directs – the herd movement as cows begin to calve.  The group’s objective is to keep them in one place during this crucial period, before mosquitoes force both people and caribou to move to higher ground in nearby mountains.
    RUe 070422-107.jpg
  • 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.
    RUe 070422-035.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, men from the last nomadic clan of Komi reindeer herders eat and drink in their chum (tepee), waiting for the calving season to begin. Left to right:  Alexei Semyashkin , Alexei Vauchesky, Arthum Khantazeski, and Fyodor “Fedya” Vanutá (who is actually Nenet, not Komi, and unrelated to anyone else).
    RUe 070421-121.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a beautifully crafted reindeer-hide satchel rests atop a nomad Komi reindeer herder's sled.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, relaxes by the wood stove in her cozy chum (tepee), which is much warmer than sub-freezing temperatures outside.
    RUe 070418-024.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer crush together in panic and climb atop each other in a temporary pen as nomadic Komi reindeer herders capture some of them to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070416-101.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Vauchesky, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, bides time on a sled as he spends two weeks on the tundra, without a tent, watching the herd.
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  • A Mongolian nomad rides his Bactrian camel on a sand dune in the southern Gobi Desert.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Kyrgyz nomad leads Baktrian camel train by Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains.  7546m Mustagh Ata background.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, wears a reindeer-skin lined malitsa robe to keep her warm as she waits to herd reindeer into the pen. She is one of the matriarchs of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan.
    RUe 070416-054.jpg
  • During a rare time to relax north of the Arctic Circle in Russia,  the women of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan gather for tea and biscuits in Marie Terentéva’s chum.  Left to Right:  Marie and Katerina Vaucheskaya (ages 72 & 38), Rema Chuprova (70+) & Marie Terentéva (77).
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  • Risking a dousing north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  steers his sled straight through a meltwater bog on the tundra near Snopa village.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, nomadic Komi reindeer herders grill reindeer meat on a stick over coals of an outdoor campfire.
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  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian Camels below 7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • A young nomad helps to shear the family's sheep near Dalanzadgad in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A young nomad helps to shear the family's sheep near Dalanzadgad in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • A young nomad helps to shear the family's sheep near Dalanzadgad in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
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  • Bedouin men, wearing traditional kafiyeh and agals, share a meal in a wool nomad tent in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Dakhillala Suleiman (75), wearing a traditional keffiyeh head covering, eats Bedouin bread in wool nomad tent, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A Bedouin nomad wearing his keffiyeh head covering, poses in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. The rope atop his head is called an agal.
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  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian camels below 7546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • JORDAN. A Bedouin nomad rides his camel through an ancient gate at Petra.
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  • As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow in the Russian arctic, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder watches a tractor pull a load of hay (for horses and cattle) towards nearby Snopa village.
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  • As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow in the Russian arctic, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, charges with his team through an interface of tundra and taiga forests.
    RUe 070422-024.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-176.jpg
  • 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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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder drags a string of reluctant animals from a temporary pen to pull one of his sleds.
    RUe 070416-123.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, men in the the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan slow down sleds to keep them from running over reindeer as they descend into a stream bed.
    RUe 070414-423.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, navigates his sled across a half-melted tundra bog as he steers the herd towards its next destination.
    RUe 070423-149.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, approaches the one of the spring's first newborn calves to check its health.
    RUe 070423-057.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a few men from the last nomadic clan of Komi reindeer herders live on the land (without tents), while waiting for cows in the herd to calve.
    RUe 070422-049.jpg
  • As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow in the Russian arctic, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, charges with his team through an interface of tundra and taiga forests.
    RUe 070422-037.jpg
  • 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.
    RUe 070422-032.jpg
  • In the midst of a rainstorm north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer wait in a temporary pen to be harnessed by nomadic Komi herders.
    RUe 070422-004.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, members of a nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan chop and chain saw wood to heat their chum (tepee).
    RUe 070420-261.jpg
  • Nomadic reindeer herder Fyodor “Fedya” Vanutá drives his sled across the melting tundra while migrating with the last remaining Komi clan still to live on the land.  Notably, though, Fyodor is a Nenet, born to a different reindeer herding culture.
    RUe 070420-151.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a matriarch of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, serves dinner to her son Vasily  in the family's chum (tepee).
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Rema Chuprova, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  displays a photo of her family from the 1950’s.  Today, there are no remaining young married couples and no children in this group.  Few modern women want to live on the tundra, and this threatens imminent collapse of their lifestyle.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-234.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, surveys the vast, frozen tundra as his reindeer rest from wallowing through deep, wet spring snow.
    RUe 070417-124.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team across the tundra, where spring snow is soft enough to make travel difficult.
    RUe 070417-064.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, some of the more prized possessions of the nomadic Komi reindeer herders are their decorative harnesses, which are sometimes made from reindeer leather and antlers and are passed from one generation to the next. This was made in 1902.
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  • After a day of sledding north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic group of Komi reindeer herders assembles its chums (tepees) around their pre-placed belongings.  Pictured here is 72-year old Marie Vaucheskaya, one of the clan's last remaining matriarchs.
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  • After a day of sledding north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic group of Komi reindeer herders assembles its chums (tepees) around their pre-placed belongings.  By the time the chums are erected, fires will be going in the stoves and tea almost ready.
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  • Because antlers are valuable for Chinese medicine, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder who lives north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, saws one off before the animal drops it naturally while grazing in the wild.  According to Arthum, this is not painful.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer herded by a nomadic Komi clan charge across the tundra through heavy whiteout fog.
    RUe 070416-254.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a matriarch of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, prepares to drive a train of sleds across the tundra.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, members of the last remaining nomadic Komi clan herd reindeer into a temporary pen where they can select animals to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070416-064.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, prepares one of her sleds for migration, while another herder goes to fetch the animals.
    RUe 070416-019.jpg
  • During a rare time to relax, north of the Arctic Circle in Russia,  women of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan gather for tea and biscuits in Marie Terentéva’s chum.  Left to Right:  Katerina ("Katya") Vaucheskaya,  Rema Chuprova  & Marie Terentéva.
    RUe 070415-054.jpg
  • 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, relaxes in her cozy chum (tepee), which is much warmer than sub-freezing temperatures outside, north of the Arctic Circle in Russia.
    RUe 070415-030.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, relaxes by the wood stove in her cozy chum (tepee), which is much warmer than sub-freezing temperatures outside.
    RUe 070415-013.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Katerina Vaucheskaya, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, arranges reindeer skins in the family's  their chum (tepee). Note the glass window in the background, a rare modern concession.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, men in the the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan slow down sleds to keep them from running over reindeer as they descend into a stream bed.
    RUe 070414-412.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, men in the the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan slow down sleds to keep them from running over reindeer as they descend into a stream bed.
    RUe 070414-411.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder harnesses domesticated animals to his sled in order to move camp from one grazing area to the next. Behind him is a portable pen used to capture the animals.
    RUe 070414-314.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer crush together in panic and climb atop each other in a temporary pen as nomadic Komi reindeer herders capture some of them to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070414-273.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, members of the last nomadic Komi clan herd reindeer into a temporary pen where they can select animals to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070414-197.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a sled stacked with reindeer hides awaits harnessing to reindeer for ongoing migrations of the nomadic Komi clan.
    RUe 070414-174.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder displays his knife scabbard that hangs from a traditional decorated belt. The tooth is from a bear he killed.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, nomadic Komi reindeer herder Stass Pan‛kov rests on a stick as he waits for the reindeer herd to arrive to pull his sleds.
    RUe 070414-122.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder eats grilled reindeer meat as his dog hopes for a bite.
    RUe 070414-109.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder eats grilled reindeer meat as he waits for animals to arrive to pull his sled.
    RUe 070414-105.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, writer Gretel Ehrlich laughs with Katerina ("Katya") Vaucheskaya, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, who is wearing a traditional malitsa robe as she loads her sled to migrate to another camp.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, the men in a nomadic reindeer herding clan called the Komi, wait to move to a new camp.
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  • A nomadic Komi reindeer herder waits outside of Snopa village while his companions buy supplies.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder displays his knife scabbard that hangs from a traditional decorated belt.
    RUe 070423-205.jpg
  • With his dog aboard his sled, north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  navigates between frozen tundra hummocks as he pushes the herd closer to areas where they want the cows to calve.
    RUe 070423-188.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, navigates his sled across a half-melted tundra bog as he steers the herd towards its next destination.
    RUe 070423-151.jpg
  • Every few years the nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan selects a new leader.  In 2006 it was Vasily Terentév, Marie Terenteva's younger son.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a few men from the last nomadic clan of Komi reindeer herders live on the land (without tents), while waiting for cows in the herd to calve.  Left to right: Vasily Terentév, Arthum Khantazeski, Vasily Chuprov, Alexei Semyashkin, and Alexei Vauchesky.
    RUe 070423-093.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski & Vasily Terentev, nomadic Komi reindeer herders, lasso one of their herd to check its health.
    RUe 070423-084.jpg
  • As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow in the Russian arctic, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  walks his team through a snowstorm at the edge of a taiga forest.
    RUe 070422-146.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, relaxes on his sled after a long day watching the animals owned by his clan.
    RUe 070422-142.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Arthum Khantazeski, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, relaxes after a long day watching the animals owned by his clan.
    RUe 070422-141.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, domesticated reindeer charge across an interface of tundra and taiga forest near Snopa village, herded by a nomadic Komi clan.
    RUe 070422-125.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Chuprov, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drinks tea in the door of a chum (tepee).
    RUe 070421-131.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Chuprov, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, watches over animals temporarily corralled in a pen.
    RUe 070421-060.jpg
  • Nomadic reindeer herder Fyodor “Fedya” Vanutá drives his sled across the tundra while migrating with the last remaining Komi clan still to live on the land.  Notably, though, Fyodor is a Nenet, born to a different reindeer herding culture.
    RUe 070420-138.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Katerina ("Katya") Vaucheskaya, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, wears a reindeer skin malitsa robe with mittens sewed to the ends of its sleeves.
    RUe 070420-109.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a wayward dog from a nearby community lies skinned and dead after chasing reindeer herded by the nomadic Komi people.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a hand-made pair of skis with reindeer skins on the bottom, lies in the snow.  These are essential tools for winter mobility to the  nomadic Komi reindeer herding people.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentev, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, saws wood to heat his family's chum (tepee). Watching him is his 77-year old mother, Marie.
    RUe 070418-161.jpg
  • 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!
    RUe 070418-053.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, nomadic Komi reindeer herder Marie Vaucheskaya (age 77) carries clean snow to her chum (tepee) to melt for water.
    RUe 070418-003.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, fishes with primitive gear through a hole chopped in a frozen stream.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, fishes with primitive gear through a hole chopped in a frozen stream.
    RUe 070417-242.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-230.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-200.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a reindeer of the nomadic Komi clan wears a decorative harness, including a spruce collar that it permanently affixed to enable its capture.
    RUe 070417-142.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team across the tundra, where spring snow is soft enough to make travel difficult.
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