The film “Arctic Region. At the End of the Earth" showed at the Presidential Library’s cinema club meeting

The cinema club meeting, showing the film "Arctic Region. At the End of the Earth", was held at the Presidential Library on February 26, 2021 within the framework of the "Arctic Day".

Director and cameraman of the film Anastasia Korableva (NSU LIFE video channel of Novosibirsk State University) in 2016, together with an expedition that included teachers, graduate students and students of the geological and geophysical faculty of the university, spent a month at the Samoilovsky Island research station beyond the Arctic Circle, in the Lena river delta.

The research station Samoilovsky Island has been used by scientists for research work for many years. Anastasia Korableva says: “Most of the filming took place in geological routes, which were reached by water. We have repeatedly been to Stolb Island, Kurungnakh-Sis Island, namely, Mount America-Khaya, on the continent, in the area of ​​Cape Boyarintsev, on the right bank of the Bykovskaya channel.

Of course, I was preparing for the Arctic climate, but I was in the Arctic for the first time, and there was no idea what it really was before my arrival. But it was not very difficult for me on the expedition, because geologists were nearby. In my opinion, they never lose heart. They are ready for anything, for any difficulties, for any weather conditions. In general, there were enough extreme moments; all of them are associated with the weather, with stormy winds and rain. Perhaps there are no epithets that would colorfully and fully describe what kind of wind is there. These are gusts of 30 meters per second, when you cannot stand and you are literally blown off your feet when the water flies. But these moments were extreme for me, not for geologists.

I wanted to cover many topics in the film. First, to focus on the paleomagnetic method, about the research carried out by students, graduate students and employees of NSU; about how exciting, difficult and at the same time simple it is. Secondly, to show the life of polar geologists. Thirdly, I wanted to reveal the beauty and meaning of the profession, to understand how it fascinates people, why they devote their lives to geology. And, of course, I wanted to show the viewer the uniqueness of the nature of the Russian Arctic”.