A nomadic herder tussles with a reindeer in Hovsgol, Mongolia. Hovsgol is the northernmost of Mongolia’s 21 provinces, shadowing Russia’s border and sharing the great Siberian taiga (subarctic coniferous forest). Lichens in bright greens and oranges color 10,000-foot passes, while sacred rivers, rumored to never freeze, feed lakes framed by snow-tipped mountains. Photograph by Hamid Sardar, National Geographic.
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