There is one feature in the tundra: children aged from 6 to 7 are being taken by helicopter to learn in the township boarding. They are coming to their parents for their vacations, but the older they are, the less they are willing to return to the nomadic way of life. Many of them are staying after school in the villages. That is why there are many children in the families of reindeers. «To make it not boring», - that is the way that almost all the met families say.
Yamal
Photo by Vladimir Alekseev, the winner of the second photo contest of the Russian Geographical Society «The most beautiful country».