Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a region with extremely severe climate: strong winds, strong frosts in winter and swampy soil in summer. But despite the difficult conditions, this region has always been a supplier of some resource: furs, fish, venison and minerals. Settlements were built and are being built at the points of intersection of trade routes or in the areas of extraction fields. Today there are schools and polyclinics, houses of culture and libraries in northern settlements. Some localities can only be reached by helicopter, while others are serviced by a regular bus. How do people live in northern settlements? How do they differ from settlements in other regions of Russia? What problems threaten settlements beyond the Arctic Circle? You will learn the answers to all these questions from our video.