Merit: Children of Reindeer —
Merit: Children of Reindeer
Photo and caption by Michelle Schantz/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
Michelle Schantz says: "Mikael Ánde, a child of Sámi reindeer herders, takes a break indoors after a long, cold day of rounding up the animals for vaccinations and slaughter. Children of reindeer herders learn to handle these animals and the land they thrive in from infancy - young Mikael here knew far more about the ways of nature than I could ever hope to learn."