The roundup was fun, hectic and wild. It started with several herders (no dogs) combing an area of the island looking for a heard. Once found, they would herd the reindeer to a certain point not far from the corrals. By walkie-talkie the herders would alert the village of their position. The village bell was then peeled - the sign for all villagers to climb aboard waiting boats - and off we'd go to a small bay beyond the reindeer.

Everyone went ashore without so much as a whisper and formed a long line, side by side. At a signal given by the lead herder, we all (60 people--more or less) jumped up yelling and screaming and running toward the reindeer. In panic, they fled blindly toward a wide-funneled fence that ended in the corral. Two-thousand reindeer in the corral was quite an impressive sight.

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