THE REINDEER PEOPLE
Long before Santa Claus, the Eveny of Siberia knew that reindeer could fly. Elders still tell of deer-borne flights, while young people smile in disbelief.

The Eveny, whose lives have revolved around reindeer for thousands of years, inhabit one of the most inhospitable places on earth. In the long winter, ice freezes six feet thick and the temperature drops to ninety-six below zero; in the brief summer it rises to ninety above, and the clouds of mosquitoes are as dark as thunderheads. Yet the Eveny love their nomadic way of life and quietly resisted Soviet efforts to destroy it.

For two decades now, Piers Vitebsky, often joined by his wife and children, has lived among the Eveny for a good part of every year. He tells their amazing story of survival against all odds.

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