Gas, environmentalism and native anxieties in the Soviet Arctic: the case of Yamal peninsula

ABSTRACT Exploitation of large gas deposits in Yamal peninsula, due to start in 1991, has been postponed until the late 1990s. Technical difficulties and rising costs are becoming apparent, while environmentalist and native-interest lobbies are becoming vociferous about the serious ecological and so...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Vitebsky, Piers
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400022725
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400022725