Tepee Style Tents

Information on The Tundra Nenets

A Nenets fishermens' camp on the bank of the River Taz. Tazovsky region, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Reindeer with their antlers in velvet, mill around a tent at a Nenets reindeer herders' summer camp, Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Kaduni, a Forest Nenets grandmother, at the entrance to her summer tent. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets reindeer herders summer camp on the tundra. Yamal, W. Siberia, Russia.

Inside their tent at a Nenets fishing camp on the River Taz, Elena Nerkakhy works at softening reindeer leg skin, while her husband Alexey, sorts rope for fishing. Tazovsky Region, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Nenets fishing familes camped in tents on the deck of an old barge that will take them to fishing camps along the River Taz. Tazovsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia.

A Nenets fishermens' camp on the bank of the River Taz. Tazovsky region, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Indide their tent, members of the Serotetto family watch a movie on their Laptop computer, at a Nenets reindeer herders' winter camp on the tundra. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

A Nenets autumn fishing camp on the Vartanyavo River. Tazovsky region. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

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

A TV satellite dish at Nenets fishermen's camp on the tundra by the Yuribey River. Gyda, Tazovsky Region, Gydan Peninsula, Yamal, Russia

A Nenets reindeer herders' winter camp at the edge of a forest with frost covered trees. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Inside her family's tent, Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, does the hair of her two year old daughter, Daria. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Elderly Nenets couple, Sergey Serotetto and his wife Galla, standing outside their tent at a reindeer herders' camp. 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.

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

Angelina Laptander, a Nenets girl, outside her family's tent at a reindeer herders' summer camp. 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

Ivan Taibery and his wife Yevdekiya, an elderly Nenets couple, inside their reindeer skin tent at a winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Yevdekiya Taibery, an elderly Nenets woman, inside her family's tent at their winter camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Sunset at a Nenets reindeer herder's winter camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia

Nyaka, an elderly Nenets woman, tends the stove inside her family's reindeer skin tent.Tambey tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia.

Jakov Vanuito, a Nenets reindeer herder, with his daughter, Nenya, holds an Arctic fox he has caught near their winter camp on the 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.

During a Spring storm, blowing snow swirls around a Nenets reindeer herders' camp on the tundra near Tambey. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia

Nenets woman with a reindeer, by her tent at a camp on the spring migration. The reindeer hopes for a snack. Yamal, Siberia, Russia. 1993

Northern lights, Aurora borealis, over a Nenets reindeer herders camp. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia

Ustinya Laptander with her daughter Yaline, in a reindeer skin tent at their winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

An elderly Nenets woman at a reindeer herders' winter camp in the Yamal. western Siberia, Russia

A Forest Nenets baby boy hangs in a traditional cradle inside a tent at a reindeer herders' camp. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Nenets reindeer herder's camp on the tundra during a winter storm. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia

Velodia Serotetto, a Nenets reindeer herder, stands on a box in his tent to get a better mobile phone signal. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

A Nenets reindeer herders' camp on the tundra near Salemal. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

The winter sun setting behind a Nenets reindeer herders' camp on the tundra near Salemal. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Nenets children playing outside at a reindeer herders winter camp. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

Northern lights, Aurora borealis, over a Nenets reindeer herders camp. Yamal Peninsula, W.Siberia, Russia

Sunset at a Nenets fishing camp on the estuary of the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Galla Serotetto and her daughter Nesinye, softening reindeer skins for clothing at a Nenets summer camp. Yamal. Siberia.Russia

Nenets man harnesses a draught reindeer at a herders' winter camp. Yamal. Siberia. Russia.