In the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, where temperatures fall as low as -58 degrees Farhenheit in the winter, nomadic herders watch over more than half a million reindeer. The animals provide shelter, clothing and transport for the Nenets, an indigenous people who travel 600 miles miles across the Russian Arctic region every year. Photographer Sergey Anisimov followed the Nenets as they migrated across Yamal, which means “the end of the earth” in the indigenous language.
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A reindeer flock is seen at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer herder woman looks on at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer herder catches a reindeer at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer herder looks on at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer herder eats his meal at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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Nenets are seen inside their shelter, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A Nenet family, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A Nenet kid plays chess as his animal is seen next to him in his shelter, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer flock is seen at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A Nenet man prepares his snow motorcycle, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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A reindeer herder fondles a reindeer at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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Reindeer herders ride snow motorcycles at a nomad camp, 150 km from the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia.
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