In the remote mountains of north-western Mongolia ... from another teenage girl hunter, Aisholpan — star of the international hit documentary The Eagle Huntress. But Akbota has been training ...

A photographer seeking to document the next generation of Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia discovered a 13-year-old girl who has taken to the male-dominated tradition. Photographer Asher Svidensky ...

Ashol-Pan lives in the Altai mountains of western Mongolia. A member of the Kazakh ... Asher Svidensky captured Ashol-Pan—and her eagle—in action in a majestic series of photos you can see ...

In 'The Eagle Huntress,' A Mongolian Girl Sets Out To Prove Her Elders Wrong KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the mountains of Mongolia, men - well, mostly men - have hunted with golden eagles for centuries.

It’s easy to see why “The Eagle Huntress” was such a crowd ... Through a mixture of grit and optimism, the Mongolian girl becomes the rare female to train and hunt with eagles, chasing ...

The documentary "The Eagle Huntress" won hearts at the Sundance ... The huntress of the title is Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl from Mongolia who went against aeons of tradition by learning to ...

These incredible pictures show a 13-year-old Mongolian girl continuing with a centuries ... deemed to be strong enough to carry a full grown eagle on their arm. The photos were taken as part ...

The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. It is up for a Bafta award on Sunday night but missed out on an Oscar ...

A 13-year-old girl stands proud in the mountains of western Mongolia, cradling the eagle she has trained to hunt. She’s carrying on a legacy that has defined this region for centuries.

Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to ... shot five boys learning the skill as well as the girl, Ashol-Pan. "To see her with the eagle was amazing," he recalls.