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  • A Snow leopard track..Snow leopards are rare in the Pamir Plateau, but more present in the lower valleys...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A Bactrian Camel dusted with snow, chilling out after a 3 day snow storm.<br />
In and around Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir.<br />
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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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  • A Bactrian Camel dusted with snow, chilling out after a 3 day snow storm..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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  • A Bactrian Camel dusted with snow, chilling out after a 3 day snow storm.
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  • During a snow storm. Making sure "kerk", the sheep dung, is not getting snowed over and freezes. It needs to be clear of snow, it is the main heating fuel used over winter,.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 Kyrgyz man closes the shepherd pen after a snow storm..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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  • A lone Bactrian camel in a snow storm and extreme winds. ..Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A lone Bactrian camel in a snow storm and extreme winds. ..Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Our expedition team starting the way back down in a snow storm and extreme winds. Malang and Mir Ali with our donkey between Qyzyl Qorum and Ech Keli (Er Ali Boi's camp)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A caravan in a snow storm..From Kyzyl Qorum to Ech Keli...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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  • Ustad Ghulam, a Kyrgyz head of camp, on his way between 2 camps after a snow storm..From Kyzyl Qorum to Ech Keli...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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  • A white yak after a light snow fall. In Zan Kuk. .Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • A yak refuses to go on. Walking on the frozen Wakhan river, covered up in snow, a Kyrgyz caravan on its way to the lower valley.From Kher Metek to Langar...Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • Bactrian camels resting. The view towards China after a snow storm..In and around the camp of Ortobil, Manara (Sufi camp), near the borders with China and Tajikistan...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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  • Cleaning the airfield of snow so our plane can land..In Kret village waiting for a flight back to Kabul.
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  • Details of snow and earth. <br />
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The Flaming Cliffs site, a region of the Gobi Desert in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. The area is most famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs. <br />
Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • Blood drops on the snow, most likely from yak nostrils..Between Ech Keli and Burgut Yor...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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  • Young men waiting for the sheep herd to return after a snow storm..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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  • Young men waiting for the sheep herd to return after a snow storm..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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  • 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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  • 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 men waiting for the sheep herd to return after a snow storm..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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  • A Snow leopard track..Snow leopards are rare in the Pamir Plateau, but more present in the lower valleys...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • With the temperature far below freezing, furry gaiters are required wear. Riding on Lake Baikal is easier when it is covered with a layer of snow; but strong winds often clear the snow, and then horseshoes are equipped with crampons which mark the ice with white scars.
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  • Ustad Ghulam, a Kyrgyz head of camp, on his way between 2 camps after a snow storm..From Kyzyl Qorum to Ech Keli...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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  • A caravan leader looks for water under the thick sheets of ice covering the Wakhan river. No luck: he will have to melt snow for his tea...Shepherd place names Kher Metek...Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Yak after a snow storm. In Zardibar. .Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • Walking on the frozen Wakhan river, covered up in snow, a Kyrgyz caravan on its way to the lower valley.From Kher Metek to Langar...Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • A Wakhi man struggles while going through deep snow..Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0487_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Our expedition team starting the way back down in a snow storm and extreme winds. Malang and Mir Ali with our donkey between Qyzyl Qorum and Ech Keli (Er Ali Boi's camp)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0458_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Walking on the frozen Wakhan river, covered up in snow, a Kyrgyz caravan on its way to the lower valley.From Kher Metek to Langar...Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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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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  • A Shepherd takes a break, sitting in the snow in the extreme cold, on his way to bringing the yak herd back to camp..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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  • A young Bactrian camel, after a snow storm..In and around the camp of Ortobil, Manara (Sufi camp), near the borders with China and Tajikistan..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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  • Details of snow and earth. <br />
<br />
The Flaming Cliffs site, a region of the Gobi Desert in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. The area is most famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs. <br />
Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • The lower Ech Keli camp, in a snow storm...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Snow blowing to China. View from Aq Suu camp towards the end of the Little Pamir. The 'Roof of the World' was also dubbed the ?Third Pole? by early explorers..Camp of Ortobil, Manara (Sufi camp), near the borders with China and Tajikistan...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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  • 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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  • Malang, my Wakhi companion and our donkey stuck in snow. 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 Yurt after a snow storm..Campment of Tash Seri.
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  • A Kyrgyz woman melting snow to make water..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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  • Going over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Paul Salopek on his way over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Going over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Going over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
    MM8717_170922_10870.jpg
  • Going over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
    MM8717_170922_11010.jpg
  • Going over the challenging Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. It snowed for 36 hours straight. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Trekking in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park.
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  • A Yak is slipping on the frozen Wakhan river. Between Zang Kuk and  Zard-e Bar shepherd house..Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Two Wakhi traders are going down to the lower valleys with a yak caravan. .Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A Kyrgyz caravan progressing over the plain of Mirzo Murad, before reaching the Little Pamir plateau. They are coming down to Sarhad village to trade, a 5 days journey...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Matthieu Paley's tent in the morning. It is -30 C. Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A horse and yak caravan approaches the frozen Wakhan river, the only way up to the Little Pamir, the abode of the Afghan Kyrgyz, one of the remotest high altitude community in the world.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A buddhist temple in Dalanzadgab town.
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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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  • A young boy plays in a russian era playground near Bulgan town, Mongolia.<br />
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Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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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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  • 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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  • Kyrgyz girls slide large plastic jerry cans back to their family's camp after hacking a hole in the frozen river to fetch water. Men handle herding and trading; much of the hard labor of daily life falls to the women...
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  • A Kyrgyz caravan progressing over the plain of Mirzo Murad, before reaching the Little Pamir plateau. They are coming down to Sarhad village to trade, a 5 days journey...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0263_MM8120_120...jpg
  • A Kyrgyz caravan progressing over the plain of Mirzo Murad, before reaching the Little Pamir plateau. They are coming down to Sarhad village to trade, a 5 days journey...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Caravan of Shoh Wali, a Wakhi business man from Khadud, Wakhan. Going up to the Kyrgyz to sell his goods (cloth, candies, cigarettes, batteries etc). .Between Zan Kuk and Langar shepherd places...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Matthieu holding a small rope to secure Malang, a Wakhi man, on slippery ice above the river. Malang taking a short cut along a dangerous patch on the frozen river - yak caravan can not follow, it must make a long detour...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • The tomb of a child that recently died. The Afghan Pamir region has the world's highest child mortality rate (52% of kids before the age of 5 die). Kids born in winter have less chance of survival that those born in summer. Between Ortobil and Kyzyl Qorum...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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  • Two Kyrgyz women returning home after watching over the yak herd..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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  • Details of shore of frozen Chakmaktin (meaning Flint Stone) Lake..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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  • Roshan (foreground), 27 years old, is the son of the late Abdul Rashid Khan, the former tribal leader of the Afghan Pamir. Abdul Rashid Khan was the last khan, not just among the Afghan Kyrgyz, but among any group of Kyrgyz, or Turkic-speakers, anywhere in the world. Roshan is now the current contested "Khan" of the 1100 Afghan Kyrgyz living year round in total seclusion on the Roof of the World at 14.000 feet. Many of them would like to transit to a democratic system - like the rest of Afghanistan - and refuse his authority..His wife is returning from fetching water with the family donkey. Temperature is of -25 F that day...Unique among the Turkic-speaking people, the Afghan Kyrgyz were never collectivized under a colonial power or encapsulated by any state...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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  • Going to school, in Kret village, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan.
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  • Electric poles in Sarhad village..Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • Nassim's (Right) 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 (left) 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Every evening, Kyrgyz men and women must gather yaks, sometimes by chasing them and scaring them by throwing dry dung at them..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 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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  • Sultan's family is getting water in the morning..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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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