Climate change: The Arctic reindeer herder whose livelihood is threatened by warmer winters
Slava Kemlil, a member of the Chukchi indigenous people in Russia’s Far East, has lived a life bound to nature’s pulse — but the changing landscape of his tundra environment is posing fresh challenges.
Slava Kemlil is waiting for us on the dock in the Arctic town of Chersky.
He’s been there applying for government grants but it is not where he feels at home. Home is in the tundra with his reindeer. «You can relax there,» he says. «You can breathe the fresh air. In the settlement there are four walls and a lot of paperwork.»
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