Khanti Woman with Child in Yamal Peninsula

Indigenous Khanti woman with her child inside a chum in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia.

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 at the region to investigate the impact of climate change on the environment and indigenous life.