Orosvoi – Semi pastoralist. descendent of Tsataan reindeer herders – still rides a horse using a light twig for a whip as is normal custom when riding reindeer. His characterful face and large-bowled pipe hewn from  juniper root made him a great subject for the interviews.

Nomin – six year old daughter of Tsataan reindeer herders she is  central to the  myth of the yeti story as it was told byt the elders to stop children from wandering too far from home. Nomin encapsulates the spirit of  a nomadic child. Even in the coldest weather she stands at the teepee door in a fine silk deel (coat) surveying the land in ernest as she contemplates the hard winter ahead.

Nomin’s family herd of reindeer, the most graceful of cattle.

Nomin’s brother, a real scamp,  looks for a lost horse through his father’s Soviet binoculars. The horse was later found by a lake in the woods, half a day’s reindeer ride from their camp.