March 25. By 14.00 the team is ready. 13 people on 12 snowmobiles leave from the Tazovsky settlement in the direction of Antipayuta.
Tazovsky, is located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The population of the Tazovsky region is 16.3 thousand people. Representatives of 36 nationalities live, the most numerous of which are the Nenets. A significant part of the indigenous people roam all year round with their numerous deer within the Gydan Peninsula. On the territory of the district there are 11 settlements, 5 administrative-territorial units. The vast expanses of the area contribute to reindeer herding. The livestock of deer is more than 120 thousand heads.
The subsoil of the Tazovsky region is rich in hydrocarbon reserves. Over 10 fields and promising areas have been discovered on the territory of the region: Tazovskoye – gas, the Arctic – oil and gas condensate, Russian – oil and gas, Yamburg, Severo-Solenin, South-Solenin – gas condensate and others. The extraction of gas is being developed. Unique in its natural wealth Tazovsky region, of course, is waiting for its “star hour”.
