Reindeer meat is also the most important part of the Nenets’ diet. It is eaten raw, frozen or boiled, together with the blood of a freshly slaughtered reindeer, which is rich in vitamins.
The Nenets also eat fish such as white salmon and muksun, a silvery-coloured whitefish and gather mountain cranberry during the summer months
Under a leaden grey sky, a Nenets family is on the move: women pack the sledges used to carry their belongings.
At night, the sledges are arranged in half-circles around the choom.