Chukchee Peninsula

The Chukchi Peninsula occupies the far northeastern edge of Asia, between the Arctic and Pacific. Tundra, uplands and river valleys form a landscape of pronounced seasonal change. Across the broader peninsula, inland reindeer herding and coastal marine hunting supported different but connected livelihoods.

Russian expansion into northeastern Siberia brought tribute demands and conflict during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Chukchi resistance limited outside control, even as trade and other contacts continued. Across the Bering Strait, the peninsula also formed part of a wider northern world of movement and exchange.