Those that roam the Arctic wastes

TinNiE
" Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness "

Yamal
Greetings Edward. This surprising travel! As always, the Great story! All your blog has read on one breath. I look forward new stories. Thank you very much!

17th January 2011

anonymous
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An amazing journey
Beauty is the barren Artic.

17th January 2011

Nenets toddler inside a chum, Yamal Peninsula

nice read as usual
i can't live in that temperature - the people are so white! please try and stay warm :S

17th January 2011

scottandanny
Scott Tyrrell

Staggering, beautiful, informative, brave and honest. As always your writing is of a caliber rarely seen on this site. You've probably heard this platitude before, but your writing is easily good enough to be published. Ever considered it? You are always travelling, in so many disparate places in Asia, how te hell do you find the time and the money!? The conviction?

17th January 2011

Thanks for the comments everyone. Scott and Anny: money - private tutoring English language in Moscow (and this trip wasnt that expensive anyway); time: the 10 day Russian New Years holiday; conviction: obsession! re publishing - am trying to amalgamate a few blogs together into a book at the moment.

17th January 2011

Lucinda - yes it's worrying and sadly may make the Nenets way of life impossible in the future :(

17th January 2011

Tinnie - actually they are dark-skinned like Asians; this is just a crap photo indoors with a strong flash!

17th January 2011

His Dudeness
Ralf Kreuze

Informative as always
Yep, you are probably the most interesting writer on travel blog, and the places and adventures you go through are on par with some of the great explorers of yore. I shall definately buy that book of yours if ever you finish it and get it published.

17th January 2011

Graciela
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amazing
I just saw the pictures. I don´t have time to read the whole blog. At least I am honest... I follow your itineraries. Very interesting. Congratulations. Love from Argentina.

17th January 2011

dingdong
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awesome
Ed., this is excellent... you rock.... keep this going...

18th January 2011

liliram
liliram

Need time
I need lots of time to go over your blog. I breezed through it now, then decided I'd read it more leisurely the next time. Need time to digest all these. Tough life, indeed. What adventures you make, Ed. Been waiting for this blog , and I intend to read them slowwwwly. It's an altogether different world, really. Thanks for sharing.

18th January 2011

love it
fresh blood? thats so hardcore! you should audition for the next twilight movie! but seriously, this is very enlightening. i love the photos. i thought cameras get damaged in that temperature. love the clothes. i would have loved to see what you look like with all those reindeer hide juxtaposed with a native.

18th January 2011

Nenets children inside a chum, Yamal Peninsula

aww
they look like asian porcelain dolls!

18th January 2011

Nenets children climbing onto a reindeer sledge, Yamal Peninsula

so adorable
this is unbelievably cute

18th January 2011

this reminds me of something
Ewoks! theyre so cute

18th January 2011

Thanks for the comments again people. Yes, cameras do get damaged in those temperatures. I had to keep it hanging around my neck and under my reindeer fur clothing. I would take it out and use it for fifteen minutes, by which time my hands and eyes would need covering up again anyway, then put it back under to warm up for a while.

18th January 2011

JessIsRockinLife
Jessica B.

All I can say is wow. This is incredibly well-written, and it's so brave and honest sounding, but all I can think about is how great of an adventure this had to of been. Just reading it filled me with this sense of complete disbelief. How wonderful! I live in the desert though, I can't even imagine living in a clime so cold! Thank you for putting this on here, it opened my eyes to something I'd never even thought about before.

18th January 2011

There is a hope
Yes, preservation of traditional style of life of the people of the Far North Russia (along with Nenets even more 30) causes fear. Excesses basically have been admitted at Soviet Union when the industry inconsiderately interfered in life of these people and nobody took into consideration their interests. But, now, in modern Russia programs on the restoration, the damaged sites of tundra and to preservation of traditions are accepted. Only here the question, whether it will work? The legal base is created, now it is necessary to achieve law execution. For example, it is known that in places of migration of reindeers have obliged to lift gas pipelines over the earth what not to disturb, etc. I give the reference if it is pertinent: http://www.gosrf.ru/journal/article/185 Эдвард, excuse for a long post.

18th January 2011

Anything surprising
It doesn't need to be surprised. Reindeers need some salts, acids and other organic substances which in tundra them doesn't suffice, but is in urine carnivorous which people are. On farms to cows too give additives of salt and other minerals. And you, Ed, absolutely were fresh, therefore there was such fight round your urine. It is strange that Nenets it don't know.

18th January 2011

denidax
Deni, Dax and Ella

Amazing blog and pictures!

18th January 2011

There is an idea!
On the Russian TV recently there was very interesting channel of travel "My planet" (type of world Nejshnal Dzhiogrefik). I always with pleasure look it. And you, Ed, look this channel? It is good if you began to remove the travel for TV, as Ponkratov. With your abilities so brightly and colourfully tell event you could to be a success. Think. Your blog should be thrown on a channel site, can it will turn out. To us, your fans, very much it would would be desirable it!

20th January 2011

Bob Carlsen
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Wow!
I have been following your blogs since your life threatening bout with malaria in Mongolia. You are certainly the premier adventure blogger. I look forward to your book. In the meantime have you considered submitting articles to the National Geographic Society or the Royal Geographical Society?

20th January 2011