We’re down to about 3,000 reindeer now, half of our usual herd.” The Nenets have undertaken this annual migration for centuries, and at 800 miles round-trip, it’s one of the longest in the ...

Early ice melting means river crossings are not covered by sufficiently solid ice or are flooded, making herding and reindeer migration perilous or even impossible.

Early ice melting means river crossings are not covered by sufficiently solid ice or are flooded, making herding and reindeer migration perilous or even impossible.