Beth Shapiro

And they're living in these tiny little things that they cut in half during the winter so that half of it is used for heating and half of it is used for the family to live in.

Everything that they own is on these things, on skids, that the reindeer drag across the tundra, across the permafrost in the snow or in the summer, trying to find the land for the animals to graze.

And this is how they live.

And that was the only time in that experience where I could take off the head net and

Because the mosquitoes didn't care about me around those animals.

Really?

It was really impressive.

They were after the animals.

And they really left us alone.

Yeah, more natural than – there's more of them there.

I mean, I don't know.

Maybe they're larger, but it was – They're probably accustomed to it, right?

Yeah, I think about that, though.

But I think about that poor moose from Alaska who was also clearly bothered by the mosquitoes.

I imagine the reindeer were as well.

And it was pretty cool.

They did ride them.

In fact, I got to – they put me up there and showed me how I could ride the reindeer.

Yes, yes.

Wow.