The films that are shown here give an insight into the life of the Korjak reindeer herders of the Karaginski district during the summer grazing season. For the recordings for this documentary Erich Kasten and Aleksandra Urkachan traveled from Tymlat to the interior of Northern Kamchatka. The short film documentaries first give an impression of the usual transport conditions there. Then the reindeer herding team tells about their various activities with the herd, which is illustrated by film recordings of their activities. Thus, one learns about their grazing methods, the processing of a slaughtered reindeer and especially about the treatment of the dreaded hoof disease as well as about other aspects of the everyday life of a reindeer herding family.
Special thanks go to the Ninvit family and the reindeer herder brigade of the cooperative "Friendship" for their hospitality and collaboration: Vera Vasil'evna Kichchepina, Vladimir Alekseevich Nesterov, Liubov' Il'inichna Ninvit, Mikhail Yur'evich Ninvit, Yuri Mikhailovich Ninvit, Zinaida Sidorovna Volkova.
of the North
