Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
2015 · 60m · Documentary
When she was a child, Kate Humble wanted to be a nomad. Living in some of the world's most remote wildernesses, cheek by jowl with nature, seemed like such a wildly romantic existence.
Episodes
1. Nepal60m · Kate Humble makes her way to Nepal looking for the country’s last community of nomads, the Raute people. These hunter-gatherers move camp every couple of weeks through the steeply wooded hills and mountains but they are now feeling pressured to settle is one place from Nepal’s government.
2. Siberia60m · Kate continues her travels with the Nenets reindeer herder in the Siberian tundra. When the temperature drops to a shocking-54C, her journey looks in jeopardy.▶3. Mongolia60m · Kate makes her way deep into the southern Gobi Desert in Mongolia to live with an extended family of Cashmere goat and yak herders.More Like This
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