Reindeer

Finland crowned its reindeer racing king on April 9 when 14 reindeer and jockeys competed for the title in the season's final match of the increasingly popular Arctic sport.

Wearing skis, helmets and ski goggles and pulled by harnesses attached to the reindeer, Finland's top 14 competitors raced one kilometer around an oval against the clock in the northern town of Inari.

A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught on film for the first time.

With sea ice melting, the king of the Arctic may be changing its diet.

Representatives of the Sami indigenous population in Sweden are worried that climate change could put an end to their traditional livelihoods because reindeer are starving, the AP reported.

The village of Santa Claus is just one of the reasons

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has given 19 reindeer as a New Year’s present to the Dukha Turks, who live in the northern-most part of Mongolia.

The Dukha Turks, who live in the province of Khövsgöl in Mongolia, which is about 700 kilometers from the country’s capital Ulan Bator, received 19 reindeer as a New Year’s present from TİKA.