Yupik Eskimos - Russia

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Modern houses in the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Andrey Kaininan, a Yupik Eskimo hunter, seal hunting at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Modern houses in the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Ljuba Kutilina, a Yupik Eskimo woman, seated in the kitchen of her home in New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Alik Atta, Yupik Eskimo hunter, at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo hunters travelling by snowmobile in New Chaplino village. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo women at a traditional drum dance. Provideniya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Ainana, an elderly Yupik Eskimo woman, performing a traditional drum dance. Provideniya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo men catching Ascidians in the winter under the ice of Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Lyuda Makotrik, a Yupik Eskimo woman from new Chaplino, riding on a snowmobile. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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A Yupik Eskimo couple catching Ascidians in the winter under the ice of Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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A woman walking among the modern houses in the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Modern houses in the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Lyuda Makotrik, a Yupik Eskimo woman from new Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Anatloy 'The Duke' a Yupik Eskimo elder drum singing in the village of New Chaplino. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo hunters travelling by snowmobile to the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Alik Atta, a Yupik Eskimo hunter, out seal hunting at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo hunters travelling to the floe edge by snowmobile with an inflatable boat. Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Slava Burdin, a Yupik Eskimo hunter, out seal hunting with his dog at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Andrey Kaininan, a Yupik Eskimo hunter, using an inflatable boat to retrieve a ringed seal he has shot at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Andrey Kaininan, a Yupik Eskimo hunter, shoots a seal from the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Andrey Kaininan & Slava Burdin, Yupik Eskimo hunters, seal hunting at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Max Agnagisyak, a Yupik Eskimo, out seal hunting at the floe edge in Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Yupik Eskimo women cleaning sealskins. New Chaplino, Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010
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Nina Akberdina, a Yupik Eskimo woman from Sireniki, wearing a traditional bead headress. Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Dawn at a Yupik camp on the Senyavinsky Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East
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A Yupik Eskimo hunter's summer camp on the shore of Senyavinsky Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East
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Max Adnagysak, A Yupik Eskimo, hunting seals in Abolsheva Bay. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East
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Max Adnagysak, A Yupik Eskimo hunter with a Spotted Seal he has caught in Abolsheva Bay. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East
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Fyina, an elder from the native Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, holds up the skin of a young ringed seal she has skinned at a summer camp on the Senyavinsky Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region of Chukotka. Russian Far East
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The Yupik Eskimo village of Sireniki in the Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Hunters preparing to drag a dead walrus ashore after a successful autumn hunt close to the Yupik Eskimo village of Sireniki. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Hunters preparing to drag a dead walrus ashore after a successful autumn hunt close to the Yupik Eskimo village of Sireniki. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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From a hut on the cliff top at Siriniki, Yupik hunter, Valery Skhaugye, keeps an eye out for Walrus in the sea below. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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From the cliff top at Siriniki, Yupik hunter, Gennadiy Ankaughiy, keeps an eye out for Walrus in the sea below. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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Hunters roll a dead walrus onto its back so it can be dragged up the beach for butchering at the Yupik Eskimo village of Sireniki. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Hunters butchering a walrus on the beach at the Yupik Eskimo village of Sireniki. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Valery Kavaugye (foreground), a Yupik hunter from Sireniki, sewing a bag from fresh walrus skin (Tuktyk). He will fill it with fresh walrus meat & bury it under stones & leave it to ferment for several months. This fermented walrus meat is a local Yupik Eskimo delicacy known as 'Iqway'. Sireniki, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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A bag sewn from the skin of a freshly killed walrus (Tukhtyk), is filled with fresh walrus meat. It will be buried under stones & left to ferment for several months. This fermented walrus meat is a local Yupik Eskimo delicacy known as 'Iqway'. Sireniki, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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A bag sewn from the skin of a freshly killed walrus (Tukhtyk), is filled with fresh walrus meat. It will be buried under stones & left to ferment for several months. This fermented walrus meat is a local Yupik Eskimo delicacy known as 'Iqway'. Sireniki, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
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Hunters from the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, towing a dead grey whale back to their camp after a hunt in the Checheykiyum Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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After a successful whale hunt, men from the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, prepare to drag the carcass of a grey whale ashore. Checheykiyum Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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Hunters from the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, prepare to butcher the carcass of a grey whale that will provide food for the whole community. Checheykiyum Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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A hunter from the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, cutting a section of whale blubber & Muktuk (skin) into manageable size pieces, while butchering a grey whale that will provide food for the whole community. Checheykiyum Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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Hunters from the Yupik Eskimo village of New Chaplino, prepare to butcher the carcass of a grey whale that will provide food for the whole community. Checheykiyum Strait. Beringia National Park, Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East
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