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  • Much of the Russian Arctic tundra is comprised of mosses and  lichens.  The appropriately-named white, multi-branched “reindeer lichen,” (shown here) is a staple for its namesake and is sometime mistakenly called "reindeer moss."
    RUe 070416-230.jpg
  • 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."
    RUe 070416-227.jpg
  • 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.”)
    RUe 070422-091.jpg
  • 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.”)
    RUe 070422-088.jpg
  • 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.
    RUe 070423-073.jpg
  • 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.”)
    RUe 070422-092.jpg
  • 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
  • While grazing on lichen growing north of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a reindeer sniffs at her  newborn calf.
    RUe 070423-038.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf uses its shaky legs to chase the herd through lichens on the tundra. Because reindeer are always moving, calves must be able to run very shortly after birth.
    RUe 070423-078.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf uses its shaky legs to chase the herd through lichens on the tundra. Because reindeer are always moving, calves must be able to run very shortly after birth.
    RUe 070423-077.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf tries out its shaky legs through lichens on the tundra.
    RUe 070423-043.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf tries out its shaky legs through lichens on the tundra.
    RUe 070423-041.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a newborn reindeer calf tries out its shaky legs through lichens on the tundra.
    RUe 070423-056.jpg
  • 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.
    RUe 070421-008.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, Arthum Khantazeski & Vasily Terentev, nomadic Komi reindeer herders, lasso one of their herd to check its health.
    RUe 070423-084.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.  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, a domesticated reindeer grazes in the tundra.  This animal has recently dropped one antler and the next will fall shortly - an annual occurence.
    RUe 070423-052.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 Terentev prepares tea for his companions who rotate living on the land (without tents), while waiting for cows in the herd to calve.
    RUe 070423-085.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
  • 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.
    RUe 070425-120.jpg
  • 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.
    RUe 070425-112.jpg
  • 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,"
    RUe 070416-229.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer graze on lichens in the tundra surrounding patches of taiga forest, with a long sunset lighting up the sky.
    RUe 070413-185.jpg
  • A reindeer feeds on lichens in tundra near Snopa, Russia, a tiny hamlet near the Arctic Ocean shores  of the Barents Sea, about 500 miles northeast of Arkhangelsk.
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