A Nenets woman was captured driving reindeers in her camp, around 200 km from Salekhard, Russia on Sunday. The Nenets as indigenous people lives in north arctic Russia. According to the demographic statistics of 2010, there are around 45,000 indigenous people living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Orkug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug. /Xinhua Photo

During the winter, the temperature falls as low as -58 degrees Fahrenheit and the Nenets will live in 260 freeze days in each year. The freezing temperature makes an “ice road” for indigenous people, but it not obstructs the Nenets to live regularly. The Nenets’ lives were tied with reindeer. / Xinhua Photo

There are 13,5000 indigenous people are involved with reindeer husbandry. Reindeer can provide shelter, cloth, traditional handcraft production and can use for meat production and transportation. Reindeer can be the central to the social, cultural, spiritual and economic life for Nenets people. /Xinhua Photo