Reindeer Breeders

Information on The Tundra Nenets

Two young Nenets women, Alina (left) and Sernya, dragging a bag of snow back to their camp to melt for water. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russa

At a Nenets reindeer herders' summer camp, Dina Laptander cooks inside her family's tent over an open fire. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Alexei Piak, a Forest Nenets reindeer herder, feeds frozen fish to some of the reindeer at his winter camp in the Purovsky region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Sun dogs (parhelion) on either side of a herders camp on the tundra. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia

A traditional skin tent at a Nenets reindeer herders winter camp on the tundra. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

A herd of reindeer near a Nenets herders' winter camp. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Neseynya Serotetto, a Nenets woman, dressed in a traditional reindeer skin clothing. She has a university degree in cultural anthropology and now manages the Eagle Ethnic Camp at her home village of Yar-Sale. Yamal. NW Siberia, Russia. (2018)

A Nenets reindeer herders summer camp at sunset on the tundra near Cup Lake. Gyda, Tazovsky Region, Yamal, Siberia, Russia

Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, feeds bread to some of her tame reindeer at her family's winter camp. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Vladic Serotetto, a young Nenets reindeer herder. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Inside a reindeer skin tent, Daria Serotetto, a young Nenets girl, peers out from underneath a reindeer skin coat she has been sleeping under. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia.

An 'avka' calf (pet reindeer) mingles with adult reindeer near a Nenets reindeer herders' summer camp. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Nenets reindeer herders crossing a stream in the tundra during the autumn migration to their winter pastures. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Fyodor Laptander, a Nenets reindeer herder, sets off with his son, by reindeer sled to check on the herd. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

At a Nenets reindeer herders' summer camp, Dina Laptander unpacks a sled containing her family's food supplies. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

A Nenets reindeer skin tent erected in the centre of Nadym as part of the reindeer herders' festival. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets mother with her son playing with a balloon at the reindeer herders' festival in Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A woman's sled, decorated with strips of red material at a Nenets reindeer herders' winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Ivan Taibery, an elderly Nenets reindeer herder, inside his tent at a winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Puksy Yaungat, an elderly Nenets reindeer herder, at his winter camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, rocks her grandaughter in a cradle inside their reindeer skin tent.Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Emma Vanuito, a Nenets woman, with her daughter, Nenya at their winter camp near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia, Russia.

A reindeer calf at a herders' winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Tania Yaptik, a Nenets woman, returning from the forest with firewood on a reindeer sled. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Nenets girls sort berries they have picked at a summer camp near Nadym. Their pet cygnet rests in the foreground. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Kaduney Piak, an elderly Forest Nenets woman, collecting firewood at her winter camp in the Purovsky region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Reindeer skins hanging to dry on a line at a Nenets reindeer herders' winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets man competing in a reindeer race at a herders festival in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A Forest Nenets summer camp at the edge of a lake in a forest. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia

A Nenets woman at a reindeer herder's camp struggles to walk against the wind during a winter storm on the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia

Draught reindeer in a corral at a Nenets reindeer herders' winter camp. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

A Nenets woman leads her reindeer sled at a herders winter camp in the forest. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Ludmilla Serotetto, a Nenets woman emrges from a reindeer skin tent at a herders' winter camp. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Nenets woman unharnesses her reindeer after a days travel Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993

In the autumn a Nenets woman unpacks a sled containing winter tent & clothes. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia

Albina, a Nenets girl, feeds lichen to pet reindeer calves inside her family's tent at a summer camp. Nadym Tundra, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

The Serotetto family, Nenets reindeer herders, break for tea during the Spring migration. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993

Leova Serotetto, a young Nenets man, attempts to lasso a draught reindeer for pulling a sled. Yamal. Siberia. Russia. 1993