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25 October 2010, 05:07 AM | #1 |
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Rolex trip to a Sápmi village in Sweden
Hope you all have had a great weekend! Today, I went up into the mountains in the North of Sweden together with my sister, my grandpa and his fiancé. My grandpa knew one of the Sápmis and she invited us to watch when they were going to sort all the village's raindeers. We arrived just before they were about to start sorting and I took several pictures of it . There were almost 2,000 raindeers in the inclosure
Please enjoy the little trip! It was a cloudy day, with some snow falling. This place is about 100 kilometers from the Norwegian border, and about 200 kilometers from where I live. A very old snowmobile. This is where they hang up killed raindeers. Didn't happen today though.. Instead, the choosen animals were shipped to a slaughterhouse elsewhere. An elderly man. Could this be his walker? It felt misplaced here! Here are all the raindeers. They were running around in circles and looked very stressed/freightened. The sound they did was very weird, too. The Sápmi woman said it was their "baby sound" or something.' Of course, I brought my GMT IIc with me They portioned out about 30-40 raindeers at a time into a smaller inclosure, were they sorted out each raindeer to its owner (and every owner had yet another inclosure with an exit from the sorting spot were his raindeers were). The raindeers had different necklaces or marks in the ears depending on who owned it. The grabbed the raindeers by the horns and then put them to the ground. Check this one out. He looked out of his mind! This is me! We stood outside the smaller inclosure. Trying to take a nice wristshot. Even young children were there watching. I think they find this very interesting! And so did older men and woman. Each owner had someone count every raindeer. Some of the raindeers didn't have an owner and had probably joined the big herd during summer pasture. In that case, these animals were auctioned out and three auctions occured while we were there. The cost for one animal was about 2,400 Swedish crowns (about $360). This one was one of the three: Hello there kiddo. The old man made sure everything went smooth. Raindeers which was due to transport had their horns removed to make sure that they didn't pierce eachother in the van. The last raindeer was removed. Then they sent in some more! Where the F*CK are we? Can you spot the house? On our way back to civilization! Home sweet home Nice wristshot to end the trip. Hope you enjoyed! //C |
25 October 2010, 05:10 AM | #2 |
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Oh boy....the sky,the snow,the cold,the watch.....perfect man,thanks for sharing !!!!
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Great shots!! thanks for sharing!!
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Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
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Great pics Carl.
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Wow!
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Great Carl
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Thanks for sharing Carl. Loved the pics!
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Great adventure. Thanks for sharing.
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Cool report! :-)
Where is it? Arjeplog or somewhere near? |
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Do they then eat the reindeer ?
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Carl, fab pics ...... great adventure!
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Thanks everyone
I believe they eat some of it, but a lot is sold to other "hands". Thank you! It is very close to Valsjöbyn if you know where that is |
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Never seen reindeers raised like cattle. Cant help but think of poor rudolf ...lol
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Am I the only one who finds this thread mildly disturbing?
Im not a Vegan or animal rights activist, but this photo essay had an ominous subtext. :-/ |
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Oh, and Bill and GreenTechGuy, sorry if I made you feel disturbed!
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I had read somewhere that the reindeer in northern Scandinavia were rendered inedible following the Chernobyl incident back in the 1980's?
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That is the reason why we export them.
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Excellent pictures, thanks for sharing.
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Kind of an every day sight for me.. Located in Finnish Lapland, just above the Arctic Circle :)
And yes, we also eat reindeer here. And it's damn good meat, quite similar to deer and elk. So it has been for centuries, and I bet it's closest to ecological farming you can get in these conditions. |
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Great pictures Carl, thanks for sharing!
PS Your grandfather has a fiancee? Good for him! |
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Really, really interesting images/story.
Thanks for sharing. |
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Great pics, but where's your face?!
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