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Reindeer and the Northern Lights in Whisper of the Stars: Traditional Life in Arctic Siberia
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It is largely inhabited by indigenous Chukchi and Siberian Yupik people and has a population according to the most recent census results of , [3] of whom 98 were male and 86 female, a reduction on an estimate made in of people. The origins of the name of the settlement are disputed. Other sources think that the name means "Temporarily Abandoned Bone Dwellings", a thought which has arisen due to puzzlement over the precise history of the settlement. The inhabitants of the village played a key role in the rescue of the passengers and crew aboard the SS Chelyuskin , when it was crushed by ices near Kolyuchin Island in In , participants of the World Wildlife Fund Bear Patrol project reported that the village was as besieged by polar bears, with up to thirty polar bears visiting the village every night. There is an airfield in the village however, Vankarem is not connected to any other part of the world by road.
Yanranay was founded in [3] or [3] [11] when several formerly nomadic enterprises were grouped together to form kolkhozes collective farms. The Chukchi who live here originally came from Cape Shelag , to the north. As an inhabited locality, however, the status of Yanranay remains unchanged.
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