Expeditions

Yamalia and The Nenets. The herders of the End of the World. (2nd part)

The Nenets still depend on their traditional clothing, which is made by women. The men wear the malitsa, a cape made of 4 reindeer skins, with the fur closest to the skin on the inside and the leather on the outside. It wears a hood and mittens...

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Yamalia and The Nenets. The herders of the End of the World. (1st part)

There is very little left for April 15. We are looking forward to seeing our Nenets friends and our friend and partner Aleksey. Everything is ready, and the visa, stuck in the passport. Who are the Nenets? They are the shepherds of the End of the...

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Putorana Plateau. Exploration and ice climbing.

The Putorana expedition in winter has been the biggest project I've been involved to date. It was about going with a group of Spanish and Russian alpinists (ice climbers), to a remote place in search of ice falls that had never been climbed. We did...

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Europe’s last wild frontier: SAREK

  Sarek National Park is a remote place, beyond the polar circle, that belongs to Swedish Lapland. A natural paradise, little touched by the hand of man, although in their lands the Sami have lived or traveled more or less...

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