Yamalsky Rayon

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

The Yamal Peninsula in Arctic Siberia is the only place in the Arctic where nomadic reindeer herders have completely preserved their traditional culture. They dress in clothing made of reindeer fur and sewn using reindeer tendon as thread, they live in chums (tepees) made of 120 reindeer hides and they migrate up to 2000km each year on hand-carved wooden reindeer-drawn sledges.
The Yamal Peninsula in Arctic Siberia is the only place in the Arctic where nomadic reindeer herders have completely preserved their traditional culture. They dress in clothing made of reindeer fur and sewn using reindeer tendon as thread, they live in chums (tepees) made of 120 reindeer hides and they migrate up to 2000km each year on hand-carved wooden reindeer-drawn sledges.
An encampment of nomadic #Nenets #reindeer herders on the #Yamal Peninsula in #Arctic #Siberia
An Argish (train of collected sledges with reindeer pulling each one) of migrating #Nenets #reindeer #herders on #Arctic #Siberia’s #Yamal Peninsula. The sledges are loaded with food, possessions and the family’s home - the chum, or reindeer-fur tepee.
4000-head herd of #Nenets reindeer on the #Yamal Peninsula. In the background you can see the herders’ chums (reindeer-fur tepees)