PHOTO OF THE DAY December 22, 2005  

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Where Siberia, Russia
When 1996
Photographer Maria Stenzel

"A [Nenets] herder relies on the instincts of his lead reindeer. When lost in a blizzard with no hope of finding the camp, he'll look to the lead reindeer to show the way. If the animal hesitates, or perhaps sneezes, while attempting to cross a frozen river, the herder will turn back or look for a new crossing point."

(Text from "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

National Geographic magazine: "Remote Russia"
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