'The Tundra Book', footsteps and hooves through Siberia

Vukvukai, age 72, in those rare moments when his family and herd do not require his attention

I have recently watched the documentary 'The Tundra Book', a breathing document charting a season in the life of Vukvukai, the patriarch of a Chukchi family, through the Siberian tundra. The Chukchi are reindeer-herders, which means that their existence revolves…