Okay, this time Brian started this domesticated animals in the field meme - on purpose - and so far Geotripper, Bryan, and Life-long Scholar have followed with some photos (sheep, cows, dogs, and birds and such).One afternoon, while I was driving from a core shed located way north of the Arctic Circle in northern Finland to a drill rig located way north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, I encountered this Laplander reindeer, who was obviously trying to find some outcrops in the snow. Well, actually, he was trying to get into the woods to get away from my vehicle, and there were no outcrops beneath the snow, for miles and miles. It's not clear to me whether the reindeer is domesticated or wild in the north country - I think it may be somewhere in between.
This photo was taken in northern Sweden, on the other side of the river from northern Finland, in early February, at about 10:00 am local (Swedish) time.
UPDATE: Several new sets of animals have been added to this animal meme.
