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Running with Reindeer (Paperback, New edition)
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Running with Reindeer (Paperback, New edition)
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Loot Price R590
Discovery Miles 5 900
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Russian Lapland, a region of amazing contrasts. Here lies the last
true wilderness of Europe, a rich and pristine ecosystem teeming
with bird and animal life. But here too lie the dark, satanic mills
of the former Soviet Union and the rotting remnants of nuclear
submarines. "Running with Reindeer" is the first account in over a
century to describe life in this harsh but beautiful land. Living
among remote reindeer-herding and hunting families, Roger Took
spends a decade following the lives and traditions of the
indigenous Lapps, or Saami. He meets pioneering villagers descended
from medieval Novgorod fur-traders who are now learning to cope
with the new economy, and the men and women originally forced north
to mine Russian Lapland's fabulous mineral wealth but are now
unemployed and stranded. Avoiding the still vigilant security
services, he explores the naval bases where nuclear-powered
submarines are lying dangerously neglected. His encounters with the
land and its inhabitants are dramatic and comical as well as
emotionally disturbing and physically dangerous. Moving between the
lines of the official histories, coping with arduous Arctic
conditions, he writes compellingly, offering a vivid account of a
unique part of Europe.
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