Indigenous Nenets hold annual reindeer race in Russia More than fifty indigenous Nenets nomads took part in the reindeer sled races during the traditional Reindeer Herders Days in the city of Nadym on the Yamal Peninsula.Each of the contestant made his five deer race a distance of 1600 meters; the winners in men's and women's races were given snowmobiles.About 40,000 Nenets live in the Russian Arctic region and many work in traditional reindeer herding. IMAGES