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Norway : the great reindeer migration
Photographic reportage by Christophe BOISVIEUX / hemis.fr
More numerous in Norway than in the other Scandinavian countries, the Samis, or Lapps, live mainly around the municipalities of Kautokeino and Karasjok where the economy is built on the raising of reindeer. Today semi-nomads, many of them still live to the rhythm of the great transhumances. The migration north takes place at the end of April, early May, before the spring thaw that transforms the Finnmark plateau into an immense swamp infested with mosquitoes... Text : Christophe BOISVIEUX / hemis.fr
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, Sami breeders looking for their reindeer
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Norway, Finnmark County, Alta, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Hjemmeluft prehistoric carvings (7000-3000 BC), Men and reindeer
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Sami breeders riding snow scooters
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Sami breeder watching his herd
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, putting up the lavvu, the lappish tent
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, putting up the lavvu, the lappish tent
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, under the lavvu, the lappish tent
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, putting up the lavvu, the lappish tent
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, campsite on the Finnmark plateau
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HEMIS_381592 : Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Ice fishing during a break Page 7 / 18
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, young Sami holding proudly his char catch
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, young fawn too weak to continue the migration attached to a sleigh.
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, young fawn too weak to continue the migration attached to a sleigh.
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, reindeers feeding on lichen
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, our camp in the wild
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, short briefing under the storm
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, snow storm
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, snow storm
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, snow storm
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, snow storm
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Sami shepherd
Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Sami breeder making an appointment with the captain of the boat that will transport the reindeer
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, Quick lunch under the lavvu, the lappish tent
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration
Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, descent towards the Burfjord where a big barge converted for the transport of animals, awaits the herd
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, descent towards the Burfjord through a forest of birches
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, descent towards the Burfjord through a forest of birches
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, Burfjord, spring reindeer migration, a big barge from the Norwegian navy, especially converted for the transport of animals, awaits the herd
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Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, spring reindeer migration, descent towards the Burfjord through a forest of birches
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Norway, Finnmark County, Alta, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Hjemmeluft prehistoric carvings (7000-3000 BC)
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HEMIS_381628 : Norway, Lapland, Finnmark County, Burfjord, spring reindeer migration, shepherds leading the reindeer herd inside a big barge especially converted for the transport of animals
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