Reindeer Herder, Siberia

Photograph by Dmitriy Nikonov

Reindeer breeding is one of the basic forms of employment for the indigenous population of this region. Russia , polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky peninsula.

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest .)

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