Russian Gas and the Nenets

Russian Gas and the Nenets

9.0

Nov 14 2023

1h 15m

Documentary

In the heart of the Arctic, the Yamal peninsula is the world’s largest gas exploitation zone, a symbol of Russia’s energy hyperpower, which caused the appetite of oil corporations. But the Yamal peninsula is also the ancestral home of the Nenets, who have been pasturing here with their droves for over 200 generations. Every year the nomads undertake a journey of 1500 km. But for how much longer can they survive? Today in Yamal, pastures have given way to gas fields. Growing towns, a railway, an airport, the deep scars on the landscape caused by extraction of gas and oil, and the new nuclear-powered icebreakers, which will create busy shipping lanes in the Arctic, are all changing the local ecosystem. With the industry dramatically modifying the landscape, accelerating the effects of global warming, the Nenets way of life is under threat. The documentary gives a unique insight into a vanishing way of life, enhanced by stunning aerial footage, and rare access to an extraordinary people.

Florian Stammler

Florian Stammler

Self - Interviewee

Julienne Stroeve

Julienne Stroeve

Self - Interviewee

Alexandra Terekhina

Alexandra Terekhina

Self - Interviewee

Vassily Serotetto

Vassily Serotetto

Self - Interviewee