Nenets vs Gas

In the heart of the Arctic, the Yamal peninsula is the world’s largest gas exploitation zone – a symbol of Russia’s energy hyperpower. The discovery of massive gas deposits has whetted the appetite of oil corporations like Novatek, TOTAL and the Chinese National Petroleum Corp. But the Yamal peninsula is also the ancestral home of the nenets, who have been pasturing here for over 200 generations. Every year, Vassily and his brigade undertake this 1500 kilometre journey. But for how much longer? Can they survive this industrialisation?