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Trudging through the thick carpet of snow that covers Lapland at this time of year, herds of Reindeer are making their way down from the mountain tops where they spend the summer to the coastal plains where they over-winter. Reindeer have migrated throughout the Arctic region for many thousands of years, in a constant year round search for food in one of the toughest environments of earth.
Following them are the Reindeer herders - the indigenous Sami people, who live their lives in synchrony with the movement of Reindeer. The Sami people make their living by herding Reindeer and now some of them are using the latest satellite tracking technology to keep their herd in check.
Karin Baer is a Sami herdswoman who can track her herd of Reindeer on their 300 km migration from highland pastures to the coast using GPS collars around the necks of the Reindeer. New technological developments over the years have changed the way most of us live our lives and for the Sami people it is no different. Indeed, they have embraced these changes: as Karin says "we are very traditional, I would say, but we do like technology".