Tag: Reindeer

Global decline in reindeer population

Rosamaria Kubny

According to a new international scientific study, the global reindeer population will decline dramatically by the end of this century due to the climate crisis.

The anthropologist in the Arctic, between collaboration and exhibition

Mirjana Binggeli

With two articles published last month in the same review, anthropologists remind us of the importance of participative collaboration with Arctic Indigenous populations, as well as exchanges with the public.

The Nenets on social media - a self-portrait

Guest Author

More than any other Siberian ethnic group, the Nenets have preserved their culture and customs, which they actively share on social media.

Observation, rest and digestion: reindeer secrets to last

Camille Lin

Calories are needed to combat the cold, and the reindeer have to work so hard to store up energy for the winter that they have to sleep ruminating during the summer.

Award winner Sámi clothing start-up, between modernity and tradition

Mirjana Binggeli

A young Norwegian Sámi start-up has just won a prize at the last Arctic Futures Symposium for clothing that combines modernity and Sámi traditions.

Reindeer eyes seasonally adapt to arctic light

Dr. Michael Wenger

The eyes of reindeer can dynamically adapt physiologically and physically to the varying light conditions in the Arctic.

The fattest reindeer live on Svalbard

Julia Hager

Nowhere else are reindeer as well-fed as on the Spitsbergen archipelago.

Mygration - Exhibition follows Sami in Alaska and Canada

Dr. Michael Wenger

Starting next Friday, March 11, at the Museum Cerny in Bern (Switzerland), an exhibition by two Swedish artists will focus on the emigration of Sami people during the gold rush in Alaska and Canada.

Migrating is in the genes of reindeer - but not in all of them

Dr. Michael Wenger

Some reindeer populations have had the genes to undertake long migrations since the Ice Age, concludes a major study of caribou in North America.

Reindeer - the northernmost deer on the planet

Stefan Leimer

Reindeer are one of the farthest north living large mammals and inhabit circumpolar tundra areas in large numbers.