Combining Data from Satellite Images and Reindeer Herders in Arctic Petroleum Development: the Case of Yamal, West Siberia

• Main Authors: Timo Kumpula, Bruce Forbes, Florian Stammler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Finnish
• Published: The Geographical Society of Northern Finland 2006
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; nenets; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0bc988e88cd040799979b3be356099fd

The aim of the study is to assess the capacity for satellite imagery in detecting different natural and anthropogenic land cover types in the vicinity of a modern petroleum extraction development in the Russian Arctic. The Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia contains some of the largest untapped de...