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Chukchi

The native community of Uelen is pounded by heavy seas during an autumn storm.Less sea ice in recent years has resulted in more storm damage to the buildings. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Geora Eymetitin, a Chukchi, drives his dog team by a pressure ridge near Cape Dezhnev. Chukotka, Siberia. 2002

Young Chukchi boy wearing traditional fur clothing. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Portrait of Chukchi reindeer herder with traditional hat & holding a coiled lasso. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

The weathered face of an elderly Chukchi woman. 'Granny Akulena' Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Chukchi hunter, Geora Eymetitin, driving his dog sled. Chukotkiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Sasha Tretyakov, a Chukchi man rests on one of his moose skin covered skis. Kai'etyn, Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Simeon Kutankiev, a Chukchi reindeer herder, driving his reindeer sled through deep snow. Oloy Valley. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Alosha Etervtegin, a 14 year old Chukchi boy dressed in traditional clothes riding a reindeer. near Kai'etyn. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Ekaterina Rul'tyneut, a Chukchi woman,performing a traditional drum song. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Sergei Elevye, a Chukchi reindeer herder in Koryakia. N.Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A Chukchi hunter with his harpoon at the ready during a whale hunt near Nuniamo. Lavrentiya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Chukchi girls hang out on a whaling boat at sunset, Inchoun. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1997

A school class in the native village of Kai'etin. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Chukchi artist Lydia Teutina engraving a walrus tusk at her home in Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

A face carved in whale bone by Edward Tachenko a native artist from Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Native whale bone carving. 'In Ice Captivity'(1978) by Sergei Nikitin. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Festival scene engraved on a walrus tusk by Chukchi artist Oleg Prasov. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Ritual objects carved from walrus ivory (circa 1000 B.C. - 1000.A.D.) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Russia. 2002

Chukchi hunters travelling from Uelen to Dezhnovka by dog sled on a windy November day. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia. 2004

Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Yuri Ilkay, an elderly Chukchi, dressed for winter seal hunting. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Oleg Ukutagin drags a Baidarka (Umiaq) while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Chukchi hunter Alexei Pilanto with his son Vasa at their home in Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Out of respect to the spirit of a dead seal, a Chukchi boy, Vasa Pilanto, pours water into its mouth. Chukotka, Siberia. 2002

A young Chukchi boy with his bicycle on the main street of Uelen after an autumn snow fall. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Tatiana Amytitina, an elderly Chukchi woman, from Uelen. Chukotskij Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Lema, a Chukchi woman, rests on her sled during a break on a journey by dog team. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Portrait of Yakov Vukutagin, a Chukchi hunter from Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Two Chukchi boys, Larik Vukuchyvun (left) & Matvey Keytegin hunting seals from the snow covered shoreline. Dezhnovka, Chukotka, Siberia. 2004

Yura Timnekkvun, a Chukchi hunter from Uelen checks his sled dogs during a storm at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia 2004

Sasha, a Chukchi hunter, uses a ladder as a vantage point, at a hunter's hut at Dezhnovka. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Hunters' huts and boats at Dezhnovka in the autumn. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Two Chukchi boys walk along the snow covered shoreline at Dezhnovka in the autumn. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Chukchi hunters travelling across snow covered tundra by dog sled near Dezhnovka. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Vladimir Etylin, a Chukchi, driving a reindeer sled in the Oloy Valley. Chukotka, Siberia. Russia. 1994

Nikolai Rukiev and his wife, Maria, an elderly Chukchi couple at a camp in the Oloy Valley near Kai'etyn. Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994

Maria Kukieva, an elderly Chukchi woman takes a kettle from the stove in her tent.Chukotka. Siberia. Russia. 1994