Reindeer Blog

Across the Far North, populations of caribou — an indispensable source of food and clothing for indigenous people — are in steep decline. Scientists point to rising temperatures and a resource-development boom as the prime culprits. by Ed Struzik, from Environment 360 In late July, a group of Inuit hunters set off by boat along [...]

(Source: BarentsObserver) Russian energy major Gazprom will postpone the launch of the Bovanenkovo field in Yamal until 2012, a high-ranking company representative confirmed today. Aleksandr Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the company’s Management Committee today said that the launch of the field will be postponed from 2011 as originally planned to 2012. The reason is the [...]

  В минувшую субботу в Нельмином Носе отмечали самобытный праздник День Ворона, символизирующий обновление природы. Жители Малоземельской «столицы» в очередной раз собрались на Тундровом шару, где помимо снегоходных ралли, которые по сложившейся традиции вошли в программу сельского праздника, зрителей привлекает возможность увидеть заезды на оленьих упряжках, людей, облаченных в удивительные ненецкие паницы…

В конце марта в поселке Батагай-Алыта Верхоянского района пройдет региональный конкурс «Кочевая семья-2009», в котором могут принять участие семьи с детьми до 16 лет, ведущие кочевой образ жизни и занятые в оленеводстве. In March  the village of Batagay-Alyta in the Verhoyanskogo region, Sakha (Yakutia)  will host a regional competition «Nomadic family-2009», which is open to families [...]

(Source: Russia Today) A large Evenki family, recently awarded with the ‘Parents’ Glory’ award on Tuesday in the Kremlin, decided to present Dmitry Medvedev with one of their reindeer. The Maksimov family’s decision was announced by the representative of the committee on family and childhood affairs for the President of Yakutia. The Maksimovs, who live [...]

Russia Today have a short video that features a reindeer herding family in the village of Varyogan, Khanty Mansisk, Russia. Khanty and Mansi peoples are ancient reindeer herding peoples, but their traditional livelohoods have come under a great deal of pressure from development, most particularly the oil and gas industry, which has been active for [...]

Health and living conditions for the numerically small peoples of the Russian North of Russia has deteriorated so much that life expectancy among many has fallen below 50. A primary reason cited in an article in Gazeta.ru is the lack of medical care. In Chukotka for example, it can take up to 28 hours for [...]

«Я не вижу альтернативы ЯНАО, который дает 87% российского и 20% мирового газа, и на 50 лет вперед Ямал будет определять развитие газовой промышленности, как нашей страны, так и мира в целом» Just in case you were in any doubt that Gazprom, its affiliates and other Russian oil and gas folks are prioritising the Yamal Peninsula, home to the largest [...]

Побывав на Чукотке, президент посоветовал им держать себя в тонусе и больше ездить, Елена КРИВЯКИНА — 23.09.2008 Вчера у Дмитрия Медведева выдался необычный день. Он первым из российских президентов посетил Чукотку, где провел совещание по развитию округа.

This week, President Dmitry Medvedev became the first Russian President in history to visit Chukotka. Accompanied by current Governor Kopin and former Governor Roman Abramovich, Medvedev also visited Kanchalan (site of EALAT Information workshop earlier this year) and a brigade on the tundra. Komsomolskaya Pravda had an article about the visit by Yelena Kriyakina – [...]