A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing ... For centuries, they have herded reindeer and used every part of the animal: meat for food, bones and antlers ...

03/15/2025 March 15, 2025 What's life like for young people living in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region? Niko Tervo, a reindeer herder, gives us a peek at his daily routine.

Finland, where his family has been herding reindeer for over 400 years. This is the homeland of the Sámi, Europe’s only Indigenous people. For centuries, they have herded reindeer and used every part ...

In this setting they look entirely natural, a Finnish version of mule deer or elk. And yet these are semidomesticated reindeer, sources of meat and pelts that wear ear tags and collars ...