Harpoons made some 12,000 years ago! #Harpoons made from #reindeer antlers are an invention of the late #Paleolithic period, they were used to hunt fish and water-dwelling animals such as otters. The harpoons were not attached firmly to a wooden shaft. After a successful throw or thrust, they separated from the shaft, but remained linked to the hunter by an attached line.
Found in the Brillenhöle near Blaubeuren-Seißen, Swabian Jura

Landesmuseum Württemberg

#Siberia: Residents stunned after strange new formations appear across remote landscape: 'The landscape has become pockmarked'

by Zachary Ehrmann
Fri, May 16, 2025

"Thawing ground in Siberia's remote #YamalPeninsula is warping the landscape — and residents say the changes are becoming impossible to ignore. Strange mounds, sudden sinkholes, and even explosive craters are reshaping the #tundra, alarming locals and researchers alike, per the Malay Mail.

"These changes are tied to a disturbing trend beneath the surface: the rapid thaw of once-frozen ground, known as #permafrost.

What's happening?

"As Siberia warms at nearly four times the global average, vast stretches of permafrost are thawing. When this frozen ground melts, it releases methane gas from ancient organic material once safely locked beneath the surface.

"In the Yamal region, that gas is pushing the earth upward into large mounds that sometimes explode, tearing open the landscape and leaving behind deep craters.

"Innokenty Poselsky, who bought land in Churapcha, noted that he had about 20 mounds pop up but that it wasn't always like that. 'About 40 years ago, there was an airstrip here and the land used to be quite flat. Over the last four decades, the landscape has become pockmarked. It's like that everywhere here,' he told the Malay Mail.

"Local villagers, many of whom rely on the tundra for #reindeer herding, say their homeland has become nearly unrecognizable. One herder told researchers that familiar flatlands have been replaced by unpredictable swells and holes.

Why is the thawing of Siberia's permafrost important?

"Beyond changing the physical landscape, permafrost melt poses major threats to communities and the planet. Thawing ground can damage roads, #pipelines, and homes. #Methane, the gas being released, is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term. That means this process isn't just a local hazard — it's a global #climate risk.

"Thawing permafrost can also accelerate other problems. Warmer, wetter conditions can spread disease, disrupt food systems, and increase the severity of #ExtremeWeather events by adding more heat-trapping polluting gases to the atmosphere.

"While extreme events such as #wildfires and #floods aren't new, scientists agree that a hotter planet — caused by human activity, mainly the burning of #FossilFuels — makes them both more destructive and more frequent."

Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/residents-stunned-strange-formations-appear-111505716.html

Kala peasant dress!
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A growing military presence in the Arctic is challenging the ability of reindeer herders in Finland to exercise their livelihood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/26/world/arctic-military-finland-reindeer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #arctic #nato #defense #reindeer #finland #sweden #norway #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #indigenouspeople

https://www.europesays.com/2109079/ Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herders #Arctic #défense #finland #IndigenousPeople #nato #norway #reindeer #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Suomi #sweden #Ukraine #uutiset

Europe wants Sweden’s minerals. That’s more bad news for the Sami.

Sweden’s constitution recognises the Sami’s right to use land for reindeer herding. However, these rights exist alongside competing property claims.

Lacking a clear legal framework, communities are forced to fight industrial expansion in courts or corporate boardrooms.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250424-europe-wants-swedens-minerals-thats-more-bad-news-for-the-sami?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Good news from #Norway – you can't buy everything, it seems.

»Mikael #Kuhmunen, spokesperson for the Sirges Samiby (#reindeer herding community), confirmed to Norway’s NRK that they had been offered payment. “We were contacted by a helicopter company who wondered how we would approach #heliskiing. I raised the issue with the board, and there was a unanimous no,” Kuhmunen said. “We are fundamentally against everything heliskiing entails.”«

https://luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/swedish-villagers-turn-down-mark-zuckerberg-04222025.php

a part of #spring ; transporting #reindeer from winter- to summer-graze #Trollheimen #Norway #BakkliAtNerskogen

'Ghost' #reindeer coming south to #Karelia to scout out the restored peatlands. #Oral traditions are 3000 years old (I might just have some Karelian ancestry)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/finland-ecology-reindeer-deep-mapping-folklore-entwined-rewilding-karelia-peatland-forest

Reindeers
#snow #mountain #animals #reindeer #caribou #tromso #norway #nature #naturephotography #photography #schnee #berge #tiere #natur #naturfotografie #fotografie #rentier #ho #hegyek #allatok #rénszarvas #termeszet #darktable #linux #debian

A gentle video to help ease you into 2025 – sit back for a minute and enjoy watching the reindeer coming in for their breakfast!

Sound on for the clicking!

The Cairngorm Reindeer Centre
@ReindeerHerd #reindeer

Out and about before Christmas in Milford PA to take in the wonderful holiday decorations all over town. The wind was terrific blowing the flag like crazy and creating some lovely rays of light...

https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/up-on-the-roof-reindeer-and-sleigh-renata-natale.html

I'm can't tell if I'm too corrupted. Is this a sweet and cute comic or is this lewd?

At this time of the year the amount of reindeer furry porn I see is at it's peak.

Artist :@pop2hottzz
Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEAyOpTzKb6/?img_index=4&igsh=eWNyeHJncWdjM2Fx
#reindeer #Fury #@pop2hotzz

#pets and #holidays
A prideful magnificent #cat on a #xmas ornament, a huge #reindeer (sighted yesterday on the street) ….

May all your impossible dreams come true #Boynton

Is Climate Change Icing Out Rudolph?

by @GrrlScientist via Substack

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #winter #Svalbard #Reindeer #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/is-climate-change-icing-out-rudolph

Today's the 6th birthday of my #Christmas #book MIDWINTER MAGIC. If you like #JaneYolen or #UrsulaVernon 's #folk #fantasy work, you'll love these 3 fairy tales that reimagine the story of Santa Claus.

Buy from me: https://shop.pixelvaniapublishing.com/b/2GvVw

Buy everywhere else (paperback on Amazon): http://books2read.com/midwintermagic

Boosts appreciated!
And in case I don't see ya, Merry Christmas!