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A hunting campsite in Nuup Kangerlua fjord. Reindeer hunting in Greenland is of great importance to the Greenlandic Inuit and sports hunters, both residents and tourists. [1] Reindeer (caribou) [2] are an important source of meat, and harvesting them has always played an important role in the history, culture, and traditions of the Greenlandic ...
Using reindeer as a draft animal throughout the year enables them to cover great distances. Large-scale reindeer herding emerged in the 18th century. They bred the Samoyed dog to help herd their reindeer and pull their sleds, and European explorers later used these dogs for polar expeditions, because they were well adapted to the arctic conditions.
The Svalbard reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) is a small subspecies or species of reindeer found on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. Males average 65–90 kg (143–198 lb) in weight, females 53–70 kg (117–154 lb), [ 2] while for other reindeer generally body mass is 159–182 kg (351–401 lb) for males and 80–120 kg (180 ...
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Hunter carrying reindeer meat. Hunting has always been an important aspect of the Greenland Inuit culture: "The Inuit culture is the most pure hunting culture in existence. Having adapted to the extreme living conditions in the High Arctic of the North American continent for at least four thousand years, Inuit are not even hunter-gatherers ...
Cladonia rangiferina, also known as reindeer cup lichen, [2] reindeer lichen (cf. Sw. renlav) or grey reindeer lichen, is a light-coloured fruticose, cup lichen species in the family Cladoniaceae. It grows in both hot and cold climates in well-drained, open environments. Found primarily in areas of alpine tundra, it is extremely cold-hardy.
The Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer fennicus fennicus (Finnish: metsäpeura, Russian: лесной северный олень ), also known as Eurasian or European forest reindeer[ 1] is a rare subspecies of the reindeer native to Finland and northwestern Russia. They are found primarily in Russian Karelia and the provinces of North Karelia ...
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