The Dolgan community is made up of nomadic groups that roam the northern Anabar republic of Yakutia (or Sakha) in the remote east of Russia. Yakutsk, the republic’s capital, is the coldest city on the planet, with temperatures dropping as low as -60 degrees Celsius. Dolgan means ‘people who live close to water’ – or ice in this case. They are reindeer herders who throughout the year travel across this polar landscape. Many Dolgan mothers stay in villages in winter so that their children can be educated in their own language, while men and the women without children roam the tundra.