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Natural Histories: Reindeer

Reindeer

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Brett Westwood learns that there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.

Brett Westwood learns that there is a lot more to our relationship with reindeer than Rudolph.

Reindeer have been entwined with the lives of people living in the most northerly parts of the world for thousands of years, following the herds north as the Arctic ice retreated. Karen Anette Anti from a long line of Sami herds-people and Tilly Smith with her herd of reindeer in the Scottish Highlands, teach Brett Westwood that there's a lot more to reindeer than Rudolph. In a programme also featuring reindeer expert Dr. Nicholas Tyler, Palaeolithic archaeologists Dr. Felix Riede and Dr George Nash.

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