The trick to surviving was in knowing something about the land and the animals, and in keeping on without certainty.
Bathsheba Demuth
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Reindeer at the End of the World; Exact wording and attribution checked. Demuth describes survival and local ecological knowledge in Chukotka after the Soviet collapse.
- Reindeer at the End of the World
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