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In the middle of winter, at temperature of -40 F, a horse run on the snow covered ice expanse of Lake Chakmaktin (meaning Flint Stone), one of the source of the legendary Oxus river...In and around Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Winter 2011

In the middle of winter, at temperature of -40 F, a horse run on the snow covered ice expanse of Lake Chakmaktin (meaning Flint Stone), one of the source of the legendary Oxus river...In and around Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.