Selkup Autumn

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Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour and clouds along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.
Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour, aspen, birch and willow, along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.

Aerial view of tundra, lakes & boreal forest in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
Mirror reflections of Boreal Forest trees in autumn colour, aspen, birch and willow, along the River Taz, Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.

A rainbow over a log cabin at a Selkup camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, about to go fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, checks a fishing net from his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A catch of roach, pike & golden eye lie in the bottom of an 'Anty', a traditional Selkup dugout boat. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Autumn colour on the banks of the River Shirta as it cuts through boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Nina Kunina, a Selkup woman, cuts bark from a birch tree to make a traditional basket near Bistrinka. Purovskiy Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Traditional Selkup baskets made from birch bark and used for collecting berries, hanging up at a camp on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Marina Kargachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in the forest on an autumn day. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Collecting cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) in a traditional Selkup birch bark basket in the autumn. Krasnolselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Marina Kargachev, a Selkup woman, picking mountain cranberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in the forest on an autumn day. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
A Selkup hand made birch bark basket full of cranberries, Vaccinium oxycoccos, picked in autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal. Western Siberia. Russia.

Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (right). Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Anastasia, a five year old Selkup girl, rocks the cradle of her baby cousin at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman,using a sewing machine on the floor of her family's log cabin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, at a summer camp in the taiga. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A kettle hangs over an open fire to boil at a Selkup camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, hangs fish up to smoke and dry over an open fire at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, cleans fish while her niece Anastasia watches, at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, cooking fish (golden eye) over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A fish (golden eye) being roasted over an open fire at a Selkup summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, sets off along a seismic line cut in the forest to hunt with his dog. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, setting a traditional 'chang' (deadfall trap) to catch capercaille in a forest clearing. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup hunter, holds two Capercaille he has caught in a 'Chang' (traditional deadfall trap), in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Portrait of Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup elder, at his camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn Siberia, Russia.
Wild mushrooms lying on reindeer moss after being gathered near a Selkup camp in the forest. They will be dried & stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Wild mushrooms cut up and drying at a Selkup camp in the forest. Once dry they will be stored for the winter. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
On an autumn day, Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, takes his grandaughter out fishing in his 'Anty' (traditional dugout boat) on the River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from hunting in the forest carrying his catch of 2 capercailles. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
A draught reindeer eating salt from a trough at a Selkup camp in the autumn in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
The Selkup light fires in wooden shelters for their reindeer. The smoke helps keep mosquitoes & black flies away. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, making traditional Selkup bread by baking dough in hot sand at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, removing sand from a loaf of traditional Selkup bread after baking dough in hot sand, at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Lena Kuboleva, a young Selkup woman, holding a loaf of traditional Selkup bread she has baked in hot sand, at her family's summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
Bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea) and silver birch trees backlit by the autumn sun in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Rita Morokova, a young Selkup woman, sorting winter clothing in the storage area above a log cabin at a summer camp in the forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
Vassily Kargachev, a Selkup hunter, holds up two geese he has shot for food on the River Shirta in the autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Selkup hunter,Igor Kubolev, & his girlfriend Rita travelling by boat on the River Shirta in the autumn. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Selkup couple, Andrey Kargachev & his wife, Ludmilla, about to go berry picking by boat in the autumn. Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Andrey Kargachev, a Selkup elder, prepares to go hunting by boat. Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
Ludmilla Kargacheva, a Selkup woman, returns to her home after berry picking in the autumn. Tolka. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Arkady Kunin, a Selkup man, carries out repair work on a traditional fish trap. Bistrinka, Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
A 'Poymot', (traditional Selkup turf winter hut), photographed in the summer near Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

A Northern Selkup graveyard at Bistrinka. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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