Reindeer

Information on The Selkup

The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, sets off along a seismic line cut in the forest to hunt with his dog. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A draught reindeer eating salt from a trough at a Selkup camp in the autumn in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Yura, a Selkup hunter, harnesses his draft reindeer before going to check his traps in the forest. Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

Selkup hunters returning to their 'Poymot' (traditional Selkup turf hut) at a winter hunting camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, leads his draft reindeer down onto a frozen river near Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, relaxes with her dog during a rest on a journey by reindeer sled. Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup man, returns to a winter camp after hunting Capercaille. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, carrying a log in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Selkup draught reindeer grazing in the autumn on a bog near boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A draught reindeer eating salt from a trough at a Selkup camp in the autumn in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A thick covering of reindeer moss on the forest floor. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn Siberia, Russia

selkuA thick covering of reindeer moss on the forest floor. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn 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)

Yura, a Selkup hunter, harnesses his draft reindeer before going to check his traps in the forest. Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia. Russia. (2012)

At dawn draft reindeer mill around a Selkup hunters' winter camp in the forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, leads his draft reindeer on the frozen Shirta River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, travelling by reindeer sled on the frozen Shirta River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, travelling by reindeer sled on the frozen Shirta River. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, driving a reindeer sled on the frozen Shirta River. Ratta, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman, sewing a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Elena Agicheva, an elderly Selkup woman, sewing a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Kosta Kalin, a Selkup man, returns to a winter camp after hunting Capercaille. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

A reindeer sled carrying possessions of a deceased man in a Northern Selkup graveyard at Bistrinka. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia.

A bull reindeer at its summer pastures near Bistrinka. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia