PHOTO OF THE DAY January 30, 2005  

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Where South of the Gulf of Ob, Siberia, Russia
When 1996
Photographer Maria Stenzel

"Home to seven people and eleven dogs, the [Serotetta family's chum, or tent,] stays warm in subzero weather with the aid of an iron stove vented through a smoke hole above. Space and social life are highly regulated within the chum, and the sewing materials will be stored in a special area reserved for women."

—From "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine

National Geographic magazine: Remote Russia
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