Pictures of the Week: March 12 – 18, 2005

Nenets herdsmen herd reindeer outside the arctic Russian town of Nadym in northern Siberia
TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES

Keep Them Reindeer Rolling...
Nenets herdsmen prepare their reindeer to leave a site outside the arctic Russian town of Nadym in northern Siberia. The Nenets spend 260 days a year in sub-zero temperatures. Climate change and other pressures on their environment has forced the nomadic tribesmen to move more frequently in search of grazing for their herds

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