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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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  • A woman wears a robe and facial treatment.
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  • A nomadic Komi reindeer herder wears traditional reindeer boots and malitsa robe.
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  • 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.
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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 070416-062.jpg
  • 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 070416-055.jpg
  • 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 070416-042.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, 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.
    RUe 070420-007.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder displays his knife scabbard that hangs from a traditional decorated belt.  Behind him, a woman stands in a malitsa robe and reindeer skin mukluks.
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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, 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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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, nomadic Komi reindeer herders grill reindeer meat on a stick over coals of an outdoor campfire.
    RUe 070414-097.jpg
  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
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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, 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, 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, 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, members of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan wrap their chum (tepee) with a carefully-sewn patchwork of reindeer skins. Over this, they will place a layer of canvas.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 70+ year old Rema Chuprova and one of her sons, members of the last nomadic Komi reindeer herding clan, erect the poles of their reindeer-skin chum (tepee).  The boards and spruce boughs help to keep the floor warm.
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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. Driving this sled is Stass Pan'kov.
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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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  • A shopper tries on furs at a store in the Mountain Mall at Montana's Big Sky Resort.
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  • A Bedouin nomad holds a baby goat near Petra, Jordan.
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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
  • 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 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, 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, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, fishes with primitive gear through a hole chopped in a frozen stream.
    RUe 070417-244.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.
    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 070417-234.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, 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 070417-111.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
  • 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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  • 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, members of the last nomadic Komi clan herd reindeer into a temporary pen where they can select animals to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070416-063.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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  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
    RUe 070414-363.jpg
  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
    RUe 070414-359.jpg
  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
    RUe 070414-346.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, 72-year old nomadic reindeer herder Marie Vaucheskaya, of the Komi clan, holds up a temporary pen.
    RUe 070414-232.jpg
  • 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 displays his knife scabbard that hangs from a traditional decorated belt.
    RUe 070414-090.jpg
  • Young Buddhist monks play with a balloon at the old Tengboche Monastery in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Pilgrims in Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist shrines & temples.
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  • A Hindu ascetic poses during 5-day Himalayan pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave, a reputed home of Shiva in Kashmir, India.
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  • 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, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-176.jpg
  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
    RUe 070414-352.jpg
  • A reindeer caravan herded by the last nomadic Komi clan crosses vast frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, near Nizhnyaya Pesha, Russia.
    RUe 070414-347.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, nomadic Komi reindeer herder Stass Pan‛kov jokes with his companions as he waits for the reindeer herd to arrive to pull his sleds.
    RUe 070414-112.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Village boy in Lunang Valley, probably of Memba descent.
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  • Sherpa women (Sherpanis) in traditional garb talk about the annual Mani Rimdu festival they are attending at Nepal's Tengboche Monastery.  The woman on the left may be a nun and the one on the right is holding a jar with homemade, fermented barley "chung" (a possible offering.)
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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.
    RUe 070416-032.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
  • 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
  • Sherpa women (Sherpanis) in traditional garb talk about the annual Mani Rimdu festival they are attending at Nepal's Tengboche Monastery.  The woman on the left may be a nun and the one on the right is holding a jar with homemade, fermented barley "chung" (a possible offering.)
    S 0812.jpg
  • MONGOLIA, Elder sisters in a nomadic family pose in their best dels (robes) in their ger.  Bayar is on the right, Ayush on the left.
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