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161). Sea hunting off Uelen is considered to be more challenging than elsewhere.
Here, it is done not just on the shore ice belt (known locally as “tukvek” ), but
also on drifting ice (“rochgygelyk”), which involves the dangerous crossing
of the rift between the two (that gap is referred to in the local language as
“tylyagyrgyn”).
Golbtseva and her fellow villagers have also compiled an electronic dictionary of
Uelen sea hunters’ sea ice terminology. It contains more than 200 entries, with
words and phrases in the Chukchi language and their Russian equivalents.
Each type of ice is provided with a detailed description from the temporary
perspective, specifying the time of its formation and its seasonal changes. In
the dictionary, one can also find rules of conduct on drifting ice and the sea
hunters’ mutual aid code.
Similar e-dictionaries have also been compiled for ice landscapes of Sireniki’s
Eskimo inhabitants (A. Nutautie, N. Rodionova; 51 entries), Chaplino’s
Eskimo (L. Ainana, L. Bogoslovskaya; 34 entries); the Naukan Eskimo
(B. Alpyrgin, E. Dobriyeva; 52 terms); the Chukchi of the Yanrakynnot village
(A. Apalyu, E. Gottyrgyn, L. Kutylin, A. Kosyak; 49 entries), and a dictionary
of terms denoting various types of snow in the language of the Chukchi
inhabitants of the Vayegi village (N. Nuvano, V. Nuvano; 50 entries).
Also, a dictionary of the Chaplino Eskimo language for traditional practices
in the use of natural resources (compiled by L. Ainana, L. Bogoslovskaya,
P. Aleinikov) has been prepared for print. It contains 1,500 terms and
expressions, along with Russian and English equivalents and with the scientific
Latin names of animal and plant species.
Section 2. Cultural landscapes of sea hunters and reindeer breeders
(settlement layout, nomadic routes, toponymics, etc.)
This is one of the programme’s most challenging parts, requiring large-scale
expeditions. While quite a few publications are already available on sea
hunters’ cultural landscapes, a comprehensive analysis of cultural landscapes
of Chukchi reindeer breeders has only just begun. V. Nuvano is one of the few
explorers concerned with the role of landscape in the reindeer breeding culture
of Vayegi’s Chukchi inhabitants.
Section 3. Cooperating with public organizations in efforts to preserve
languages, folklore and traditional dance.
In the early 1930s, a writing system was created for most of the Chukchi
Peninsula’s indigenous groups, paving the way for the rise of print media in
community languages. The year 1930 saw the launch of a local newspaper,
which would carry one of its articles in the Chukchi and the Eskimo
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