Chukotka -
Western Beringia
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Chukotka and the Chukchi Peninsula:
an introduction with maps
Introduction to Chukotka: travel, weather, geography, history, ecology, ethnic groups - Chukchi and
Eskimo - and more
Chukotka:
its economy, culture, weather, more, and
a look at the environment of Chukotka
plus today's population of
Chukotka, not only the Chukchi, people "rich in reindeer," but many other groups
Eskimo Society of
Chukotka “Yupik” founded in 1990 to unite the peoples of Chukota, preserve
their culture and way of life, address economic difficulties
Chukchi Land & Sea:
photographs of Chukota,
wildlife, people
Chukchi
of Siberia: an in-depth guide to the martime and reindeer
Chukchi people of Chukotka
"Ice Curtain Thaws"
- story about the
resumption of Eskimo contacts across the Bering Strait, with map showing Big, Little
Diomede islands
Images of Chukotka: with an Even
woman riding a reindeer with two
dogs for company, Chukchi riding reindeer-drawn
sleds, dwarf
fireweed on the tundra, more
terrain, more reindeer
Images of Chukotka: including landscapes, people, towns
Map of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: with the Chukchi Peninsula like a nose at far right, the Anadyr Country
with Markovo at the center
Map of Chukotka: in relation to Siberia, Kamchatka, Alaska
Map of Northeast Siberia & Russian
Far East: with Lake Baikal, Amur River flowing east to Sakhalin
Island in Sea of Okhotsk, Lena River flowing north to Laptev Sea, other rivers such as
Indigirka and Kolyma, the town of Anadyr at mouth of Anadyr River in Chukotka
Map
of Siberia's Indigenous People: with Chukotka, home of the Chukchi, Chuvan and Eskimo, at upper right
Northeast Siberia topographical
map and a large version
Photo Gallery - Chukotka Terrain: from the coast at Plover Bay to a view of an Arctic sunset - in a series of photo
collections of villages, people including children of Novoe Chaplino,
sled dog race there, and more
Chukotka's Wildlife [ Top ]
Birds & Sea Mammals of the
Bering Sea: connecting Alaska, Siberia
Flora & Fauna of Chukotka: scroll down for vegetation and wild animals of
Chukotka, its rivers and bordering seas, including walrus, salmon
Polar Bears of Chukotka &
Alaska: with photo, map
Reindeer of Chukotka:
a variety established about 1000 A.D.,
although domestication of reindeer likely started 5,000 years ago in the Altai
Walrus & Whales of Chukotka: including Pacific walrus, bowhead and beluga whales, with sea mammals of
other areas of the North Pacific such as the Kuriles, Wrangel Island, more, also on this
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