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  • Dead livestock due to the extreme cold. In the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park. Road trip with a Jeep.
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  • Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheecks are due to cold weather.<br />
Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A young niece of the Khan brings a young lamb inside the house so it doesn't dir overnight because of the cold temperature.
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheeks are due to cold weather.
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Young Yak herder with nose peeled by cold. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Atom Bo..Lambs are kept inside house because of the bitter cold. Evening and morning they are brought outside to their mum for milk. House of Abdul Rashid Khan,.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sardar Khan, protecting himslef from the cold..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Atom Bo.<br />
Lambs are kept inside house because of the bitter cold. Evening and morning they are brought outside to their mum for milk. House of Abdul Rashid Khan,<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sardar Khan, protecting himself from the cold..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja.
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  • Hired Wakhi shepherd..Lambs are kept inside house because of the bitter cold. Evening and morning they are brought outside to their mum for milk. House of Abdul Rashid Khan,.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The graveyard from Isortoq. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • After a successful hunt, a bearded seal is brought to land and prepared for eating by hunter Tobias Ignatiussen. Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • Bent. At the house of Bent and Dina Ignatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Nothing can grow in the arctic - a barren land of rock and ice. The 64 residents of the remote east Greenland village of Isortoq still hunt and fish but combine traditional Inuit foods with some market market.
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  • Wakhi family. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" arriving at their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Maland and our donkey on the way our of to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Girl learning to read Koran at Haji Osman:Bibi Hawa (11 yrs old) and Marbet (6) . They start learning at 6 years old. They are taught only in winter 3 months/year..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • One of the sheep herd of the richest man in the Pamir, Afendi Boi, is taken out early morning by Mirzo, hired Wakhi shepherd. Afendi Boi has 2000 goats (before, had 5000!), 500 yaks, 3 horses and gold..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Looking for the lamb in the evening. Wolf attack on livestock is common..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • 10 days old Gul Ash is being fed boiled yak milk by her mum (Kelt Baig's Wife), whose nipples are too painful to breast feed. Gul Ash died 4 days later, as infant can not digest rich yak milk. The mum has had 10 pregancy in her life. Only 1 son lived (Mohammed Achim), she lost 9 children, 5 daughters, 4 sons. This is found quite commonly in the Little Pamir. The Afghan Kyrgyz community has the highest infant mortality in the world (estimated at 30%). .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Kelt Baig, whose wife lost 9 child out of 10 pregnancy..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Woman and her child at the campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
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  • Checking the accuracy of the rifle with a target. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Diner at the house of hunters Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Returning after a successful seal hunt, with hunters Bent and Dina Igniatiussen.  The seal is pepared right away: its guts are emptied (only the liver will be eaten raw) and its skin taken out. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Bent Igniatiussen feeding his sled dog with killer whale meat. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Leaving Isortoq. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • The son of hunter Salomon sips his drink while the head of a Polar Bear is set out to defrost on the kitchen table. Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • After feeding his sled dogs, Bent Igniatiussen is stashing seal meat in his basement, for his family. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Detail of yak hair from the Afghan Pamir.
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  • Sardar Khan and Khan Jon (Mookie)..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja.
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  • Petroglyphs..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ata Mhd (brother). One family..Many Wakhis are blue eyed. Some say descendant of Alexander the Great..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Dildor Shah (older brother). One family..Many Wakhis are blue eyed. Some say descendant of Alexander the Great..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in the winter months.
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  • Rice dish names Pilaf or Pulau. Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in teh winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Relatives of the groom, at the bride's house in Khandut. Wedding celebration of Dodé Khuda..Wakhi wedding ceremonies usually takes place in the winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Niaz Ali, secretary of Abdul Rashid Khan, in the Pamir since 22 years. Doing thread with yak hair..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Women fetching water..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir.
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  • Ice with the running river below..Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Poor Badakhshi man, opium dealer, met on the frozen river, on his way to selling drugs and other trinkets to the Kyrgyz..Trekking with Wakhi companion Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Bibi Hawa picks up a stray lamb..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Susaï (6 years old), Sultan's daughter..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sheep body heat creates this fog in the early morning, as temperature are close to -30..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Maland and our donkey on the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Maland and our donkey on the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Passing Kyrgyz tumbs. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan in front of his winter tent at Qyzyl Qorum camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Opium pipe burning..Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • An opium user inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mussadiq's brother..Campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Woman washing her hair. .Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Bactrian Camel running away..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Malang (R), meet a horse rider. Arriving campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Old Kyrgyz tumb..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim's young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Ustad Ghulam..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim packs his yurt. His young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim packs his yurt. His young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Many animals, such as this donkey, die towards late winter, when they are weak. .Campment of second Sary Tash. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Leaflet promoting vote for a Democratic afghanistan, on the wall of a mud house of an Afghan Kyrgyz in the Afghan Pamir.
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  • Naeem Man's mum (Nassim's brother's wife) looking outside in the early morning..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Left, Naeem Man's mum (Nassim's brother's wife) milking yaks in the morning. .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Naeem Man, young Boy, leaving early morning to herd the yaks for the day..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Naeem Man, young boy, running back to his house to fetch a milk bucket. In the heart ofteh Little Pamir..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Aqjal and son Mussadiq..Campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Girls looking by at the campment of Tash Seri. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Husband and wife that lost their 9 sons. Past Tchelab campment..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The wife of the Afghan Kyrgyz Khan.
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  • Every evening, Kyrgyz men and women gather their yak herds back to their camp..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Mujaheed, one of the Khan's younger son, who will get married in summer 2008. He is 15 years old. Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A sick Khan walks back to his winter house. Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). ..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Momo, who will marry one of Abdul Rashid Khan's daughter. .Inside house of Abdul Rashid Khan.
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  • A narrow canyon. Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang up the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up to the Little Pamir mountains, the extreme North-East of Afghanistan.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis. Afghanistan
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  • Border guards at the Tajik/Afghan border, where most of the opium and heroin found in Western countries goes through. On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Pegich, young wife of Er Ali Boi (married 2 years), the richest  "sane" man in Pamir, bakes bread. Er Ali Boi is one of the rare Kyrgyz to spend winter in a yurt.<br />
Campment of Esh Keli.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Jaw of a mink whale. Bent Igniatiussen is getting food for his family as well as for his sled dogs, in a wodden box placed at the edge of the settlement. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Using a knife called a Tsakker, for flensing. Victoria is preparing (skinning and gutting etc) a seal killed by Rasmus Igniatiussen, one of the oldest hunter in Isortoq. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Diner of seal meat at the house of Bent and Dina Ignatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • Aerial views of icebergs. Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • View over icebergs, on the east coast of Greenland.
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