Meet the North wrote this story for National Geographic Russia. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive. Read about how they survive through Jenny’s words and Eric’s photos. This story appeared both on-line and in the printed magazine in Russia in February,…
We were eating more than I thought possible, including jellied whale casserole and fresh apricot buns, while Elizaveta Dobrieva’s family explained that their ancestors descended from the polar bear and the killer whale. Then Elizaveta disappeared into the back room of her apartment in Lavrentiya, Chukotka, and came back cradling a dark wooden carving. Its…
Here is Meet the North’s next National Geographic story. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive. Read about how they survive through Jenny’s words and Eric’s photos.
Since early 2015, I’ve been traveling to communities all over the Arctic with photographer Eric Guth. Our mission is to learn about the north from the people who live here. Across Iceland, Greenland, Nunavut, and Alaska, we ask the people we meet for recommendations about whom to meet next. Our job is to listen and to follow their lead, relying on chance…
After a 14 hour drive on non-roads across the tundra, we found them. The animals and the people who look after them. Our home for the next little while. Fall 2017. Chukotka, Russia. Photo Eric Guth.
Once upon a time in Antarctica, Jamie Coleman took this photograph. It reminds me of the calm days, when you can hear each drop of meltwater hitting the surface of the ocean. . It feels like blue sky forever … or at least for the next 20 minutes.
Whose lead would you follow? Photo by Eric Guth.
Let the world surprise you. This is Beringia National Park in Russia’s Far East. A spit of land between a quiet lagoon and the Bering Sea. We are standing at an ancient village site. With such beautiful weather, the world seems to be at peace.
It’s a good time to feast together, whether it’s Easter or Passover or Spring (or Fall!). Here we are sharing tea, fresh bread, salmon roe, marinated salmon, wild mushrooms, fresh lingonberry and pine nut cake (my fave), and plenty of butter. . This is Novoye Chaplino, a Yupik village in Russia’s Far East. We are…
There is something so beautiful about the unexpected, plus these are Easter colours, perfect for this weekend. Welcome to Greenland! Photo by Eric Guth.