Climate Change Impact Assessment in Yamal Peninsula - Web Video (English Version)

Soaring Arctic temperatures have led to an outbreak of anthrax in the Yamal peninsula, Russia, triggered by unusually warm weather and the thawing of permafrost that once covered contaminated cemeteries and animal burial grounds. A Greenpeace Russia team arrived to the region to investigate the impact of climate change on the environment and indigenous life, but the expedition came to an abrupt end as Russian authorities made access to the affected areas impossible.