Allemann, L. The sami of the Kola Peninsula : about the life of an ethnic minority in the Soviet Union / Lukas Allemann ; [transl. by Michael Lomax]. - Rovaniemi : University of Lapland Printing Centre, 2013. - 151 p. : ill., map, portr. ; 25 см. - (Senter for samiske studier, Skriftserie ; 19).

Lukas Allemann and Norway, being at the far end of the Gulf Stream, never freezes throughout the year, whereas the White Sea (southern coast of the Kola Peninsula) ices up during the winter months. Illustration 1: Today's settlement area of the Sami fro m http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samen (Volk), m odified and supple­ mented by Lukas Allemann. Since the Sami, despite their relatively small number (around 50,000 people), live scattered over a vast area of several hundred thousand square kilometres, considera­ ble cultural and dialectal differences have developed between the different commu­ nities. In earlier times, the Sami also inhabited more southern areas, but they were later pushed back by other peoples (Russians, Karelians, Finns and Scandinavians) into their present settlement area .13T he Sami have inhabited their present homeland for a very long time, with the northernmost point of Europe inhabited continuously since the sixth century B.C. Archaeological finds from all periods testify that there 13Cf.: Luk'jancenko 1994, 310. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 6