With help from the internet, a Sámi school preserves reindeer herding
Featured image: A former Orthodox church in an old Sami village in Neiden/Njauddâm, Norway, just across the border from Finland.…
In Santa Claus capital, Chinese tourists and an Arctic Railway are coming to town
Featured image: A road running through Rovaniemi. Located just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the…
At Arctic Energy Summit, herding reindeer and drilling oil are both on the agenda
Across the vast tundra of northern Eurasia, nomadic indigenous peoples have herded reindeer for thousands of years. From the Sami in Fennoscandia and northwest Russia to the Chukchi in northeast Russia,…Continue Reading →