Relatively few of some 32,000 Lapps who live scattered across the arctic fringes of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, the rugged area known as Lapland, have ever followed the lonely life of the reindeer nomad.

• 相对而言，那些散居在挪威、瑞典、芬兰、俄罗斯等国北极圈以内那些气候恶劣地区拉普兰定居点的拉普兰人并不能算得上是真正遵循了他们祖先孤独的游牧民生活。