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The winter in Ladakh is almost a waiting game - waiting for spring to arrive. The people almost live in dormancy, with nothing to grow, and subsisting on the effort and cropping of the summer and autumn season. The landscape is a frozen mass of deep snow-pack, and the winds and low temperatures only add to the challenge. Poplar trees all mid-winter bare in the Leh valley. India tricolour flag flies in the Leh valley in Ladakh, with a backdrop of white snow peaks in winter. A Pied Magpie calls out in a chirruping cheery fashion. Hardy people of Ladakh have to tolerate deep sub-zero temperatures in winter, to get through to spring This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection compri
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