Log Cabin

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A rainbow over a log cabin at a Selkup camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, sorting winter clothing in the storage area above a log cabin at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (right). Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A traditional Selkup storage hut built on stilts to deter rodents in the forest near Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (right). Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Washing hanging up outside a log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Moss used to fill the gaps between logs on a newly built log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Moss used to fill the gaps between logs on a newly built log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Log cabins at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A male Capercaille hangs up outside a Selkup hunter's log cabin in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A male Capercaille hangs up outside a Selkup hunter's log cabin in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Salt is put out for domesticated reindeer near a Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Valery, a Selkup hunter,with his reindeer sled at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup hunter's wooden hut at a winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman, places a kettle on a wood burning stove to boil in her family's log hut. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Ivan Agichev, an elderly Selkup man, sitting at the table in his log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Ivan Agichev & his wife Elena, an elderly Selkup couple, sitting at the table in their log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman, carries her husband's rifle out to his sled before a day's hunting. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Ivan Agichev and his wife Elena, an elderly Selkup couple, outside their log home. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Ivan Agichev and his wife Elena, an elderly Selkup couple, outside their log home. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup wooden home on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup wooden home on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Selkup wooden homes on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup wooden home on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup wooden home on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup man, using a ladder to access the attic of a wooden home at a camp on the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup man, using a ladder to access the attic of a wooden home at a camp on the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup wooden home on the bank of the Pechalka River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman, carrying firewood into her wooden home. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Icicles hang from the snow covered roof of a log cabin near Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Icicles hang from the snow covered roof of a log cabin near Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A traditional Selkup storage hut built on stilts to deter rodents in the forest near Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A traditional Selkup storage hut built on stilts to deter rodents in the forest near Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A Selkup family outside their log home at Utinka. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Tatyana, a Selkup woman, outside her log home with her grandchildren at Utinka.Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Selkup family's log home at Utinka. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia