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Producer(s):
ARTE GEIE, MEDIENKONTOR Movie GMBH
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2020
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Language(s):
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
While commercial whaling is banned almost everywhere in the world, some peoples whose diets have historically been based on cetacean meat are allowed to hunt whales in limited quantities. The inhabitants of the far north of Russia, the Chukchi, are one of these people.
The Chukotka region opens directly onto the Bering Strait. It is situated a short distance from Alaska, in the extreme north-east of Siberia. Its coastal waters are rich in fish, walruses and whales. For local populations, the capture of a large cetacean is always a major event. To them, the marine mammals are both a source of food and a cultural marker. Here, whaling is an ancestral tradition. The Chukchi have lived on this coast for several millennia because of the many whales that pass through these waters.