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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • A woman shops in an outdoor market in the northern port city of Arkhangel'sk Russia
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  • Russian women walk below an ornately carved log building in the northern port city of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • A relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in taiga forests near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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  • The gilt and painted altar of a relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • The city symbol of Arkhangel'sk, a Russian port near the Arctic Ocean, displays the Archangel Gabriel dueling Satan - an odd reference to religion that survived the Soviet era.
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  • In Snopa village, north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a man chops wood to heat his family's home.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, ramshackle log house still provides shelter in Snopa village, close to the Arctic Ocean coast.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, an old boat sits amongst sheds and houses in Snopa village, close to the Arctic Ocean coast.
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  • 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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  • Much of the Russian Arctic tundra is comprised of mosses, lichens and tiny lingonberry bushes. The appropriately-named white, multi-branched “reindeer lichen,” (shown here) is a staple for its namesake and is sometime mistakenly called "reindeer moss."
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  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a reindeer herding dog traveling with the Komi clan howls with other dogs in the group
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  • 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.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Gretel Ehrlich rides in a sled behind a snowmobile, en route to a camp of the last remaining nomadic Komi reindeer herders.
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  • Russian school children in arctic village of Nizhnyaya Pesha pose on bikes outside family home.
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  • Russian teenagers walk and chat below an aging, ornately carved wooden building in the northern port city of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Russian women chat on a bench below an ornately carved log building in the northern port city of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • An aging, traditional Russian house stands by a road leading into the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • An abandoned Russian log house falls apart by a road leading into the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • A woman walks by an aging, traditional Russian house that stands by a road leading into the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • An aging, traditional Russian house stands by a road leading into the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • A relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in taiga forests near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
    RUe 070426-108.jpg
  • The gilt and painted altar of a relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
    RUe 070426-103.jpg
  • The gilt and painted altar of a relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
    RUe 070426-100.jpg
  • The gilt and painted altar of a relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
    RUe 070426-099.jpg
  • A relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in taiga forests near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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  • A relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preserved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in taiga forests near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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  • Russian tourists walk past an historic wooden windmill relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in a taiga forest near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Finely-crafted windows punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in a taiga forest near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Cyrillic prayers ornament an historic  Russian Orthodox cross relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in a taiga forest near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Finely-crafted windows punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Intricate carvings and a window punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Intricate shingles and a tiny window punctuate the wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • The shingled roof of relocated historic Russian Orthodox church is preseved in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in taiga forests near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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  • The shingled dome of a relocated historic Russian Orthodox church rises in the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk, at the edge of the White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
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  • Modern biplanes park at a regional airport in the northern Russian port of Arkhangel'sk, near the Dvinskay Gulf of the White Sea, leading to the Arctic Ocean.
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  • Low clouds and smoke from factories overshadow the northern Russian port of Arkhangel'sk, near the Dvinskay Gulf of the White Sea, leading to the Arctic Ocean.
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  • Low clouds and smoke from factories overshadow the northern Russian port of Arkhangel'sk, near the Dvinskay Gulf of the White Sea, leading to the Arctic Ocean.
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  • A river, melting free of ice in the spring, winds beside houses, farms and taiga forests near the northern Russian port of Arkhangel'sk, near the Dvinskay Gulf of the White Sea, leading to the Arctic Ocean.
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  • Close to the Arctic Circle in Russia, the town of Mezen sits beside the Mezen river, which is melting free from ice in the spring thaw.
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  • A poster for the Russian military encourages recruitment for a career in what is otherwise obligatory two year service for all men in the country.
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  • A poster for the Russian military encourages recruitment for a career in what is otherwise obligatory two year service for all men in the country.
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  • Passengers aboard a Russian helicopter peer out at the tundra as they fly to Arkhangel'sk from a remote arctic village.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reach their northernmost intersection with the tundra.  These spruce and birch trees are only able to grow so far north because of warming influences of the gulf stream current in the Arctic Ocean.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, seemingly infinite ponds and bogs appear as the tundra melts free from its winter blanket of snow.  By June, this becomes both impassible and a breeding ground for so many mosquitoes that neither people nor reindeer can stay there.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a helicopter lands at Snopa village to ferry passengers back to the nearest big city, Arkhangel'sk.
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  • A nomadic Komi reindeer herder waits outside of Snopa village while his companions buy supplies.
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  • In Snopa village, north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, men chat in front of a building built from spruce logs harvested in the nearby taiga forests.
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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.
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  • 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, Arthum Khantazeski & Vasily Terentev, nomadic Komi reindeer herders, lasso one of their herd to check its health.
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  • Amidst a herd of reindeer grazing on lichen growing north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a reindeer calf begins to suckle from its mother.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf tries out its shaky legs through lichens on the tundra.
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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,  nomadic Komi reindeer herders watch 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,  walks his team through a snowstorm at the edge of a taiga forest.
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  • 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.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer harnessed to a sled graze on vast fields of lichen from the genus Cladonia, (which abounds in the foreground in this image and is sometimes mistakenly called reindeer “moss.”)
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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.
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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, calves being raised for veal are separated from their mothers in a huge barn that protects them from the winter's harsh cold.
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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,  a boat sits in front of a colorful house in Snopa village, close to the Arctic Ocean coast.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a Russian toddler helps her family tend their coal-fired barbeque during a picnic near Snopa village.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Chuprov, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drinks tea in the door of a chum (tepee).
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Chuprov, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, watches over animals temporarily corralled in a pen.
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  • Growing only inches a year, a young spruce tree at the edge of a taiga forest sprouts through tundra north of the Arctic Circle in Russia.  Surrounding it are appropriately-named white, multi-branched “reindeer lichen,” a staple for its namesake.
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  • 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).
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  • 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.
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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, 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, Katerina ("Katya") Vaucheskaya, a member of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, stands in front of her chum (tepee), wearing a traditional reindeer skin malitsa robe with mittens sewed to the ends of its sleeves.
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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.
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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.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, scientist Alexi Volkov, who is traveling with the nomadic Komi reindeer herders, 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, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
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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.
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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.
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  • Tiny lingonberry bushes grow amongst other plants in the tundra north of the Arctic Circle in Russia. This fruit has survived a long winter under the snow.
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  • 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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  • Cirrus clouds soar high in the sky above the tundra and taiga forests north of the Arctic Circle in Russia.
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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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  • 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 Komi reindeer-herding clan travels across the tundra through heavy whiteout fog that makes navigation difficult.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a Komi reindeer-herding clan travels across the tundra through heavy whiteout fog that makes navigation difficult.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Vasily Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drags a string of reluctant reindeer from a temporary pen to pull his mother’s sleds.
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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.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 77-year old Marie Terentéva, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  walks in front of spruce trees in a taiga forest while waiting for reindeer to be captured to pull her sled.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Katerina ("Katya") Vaucheskaya, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, pampers her dogs as she prepares one of her sleds for migration to another camp.
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  • 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.
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  • Writer Gretel Ehrlich watches as a reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan loads its sleds on the vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
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  • As a Komi reindeer herding clan prepares to move, Maria Terenteva and her son Piotr Terentev dissassemble the poles off their  chum (tepee). Piece by piece, everything will be loaded onto reindeer-driven sleds and driven across the tundra north of the Arctic Circle in Russia.
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  • As a Komi reindeer herding clan prepares to move, Maria Terenteva and her son Piotr Terentev dissassemble the poles off their  chum (tepee). Piece by piece, everything will be loaded onto reindeer-driven sleds and driven across the tundra north of the Arctic Circle in Russia.
    RUe 070416-010.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.
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  • 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.
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