Taiga

“Happy People: A Year in the Taiga” is yet another example of the misconceptions that are held about a ‘romantic’ Arctic. Though some may argue that the documentary is used more as a teaching tool for those who don’t live in the Arctic, this is not the case because, there are various inaccuracies within the narration of the movie, the soundtrack that plays at various times throughout the documentary is inappropriate as it adds an exotic and romantic feeling towards the Arctic that is ultimately…

Taiga smiles, wide yet sad. Hands clenched into fists, Ryuuji stares at her face. It feels heavy, the tick of the clock marking each painful second that passes. Crimson red colors his face, love was something that never got easier for both of them. It's wrong in his mind but he fights a battle between his innocent love and his dirty body. He struggles to find the words to fill the empty apartment. Tick, tick, tick. "I love you Taiga," he whispers with hesitation. He knows her pain, her fear…

bridge between Alaska and Siberia. 3. Differentiate between tundra and taiga? Taiga is considered to be at a lower latitudes than tundra. Taiga thus gets more direct access to the sunlight. This in return makes Taiga to have a higher temperature. Taiga also have more plant life as compared to tundra. The temperature difference has a great impact on the plant life. On the other side, Tundra may be termed as a white plain but Taiga is conifer forest. 4. Why are amphibians and reptiles unable…

there were 5 cats, all of them were littermates, Sunset, was the oldest. next Came Taiga, and then there was Hazel. The second youngest was Hawk, and the runt was called Hearth. One day the cats ran away from their twolegs, and decided to create their OWN giant family of cats. Sunset and Hazel wanted the largest area, The two sisters began to shed each other's blood. Hearth saw what happened and went to tell Hawk, and Taiga. "Hawk! Sunset and Hazel are fighting! We NEED to stop them!" The…

HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN TAIGA Lastly, I also looked at Happy People: A Year in Taiga because this is a film by Herzog and Russian director Dmitry Vasyukov with a specifically ethnographic subject. Herzog and editor Joe Bini pull material from Vasyukov’s television documentary (Rapold) that brings the lives of a particular people group, the trappers and families of the Siberian taiga to a western audience by following their daily lives throughout the year, showing how they interact with their…

involved and ingrained in modern society. This is evident when on page 85 while picking up Omishto in her boyfriend’s car she is described as “getting out of the car like a queen” by Omishto. In addition, like their mother she isn’t very connected with Taiga culture and doesn’t have the same devotion to…

The Red Fox is known for its fur color and long, bushy tail. The population of the Red Fox for pre-breeding is estimated at around 240,000 individuals. A large number of foxes are killed per unit area by gamekeepers and has increased steadily since the early 1960s in Britain, although they are wildey hunted it does not affect their population status. Some of physical Characteristics of the Red Fox is they have a coat of long guard hairs and soft fine underfur that is typically a rich reddish…

The Canadian Shield is so large that the climate varies across it. Typical Canadian Shield: pines, lakes, bogs, and rock. In the southern parts, the climate is seasonal; the average temperature in the winter is -.4 degrees F (-18 degrees C), and in the summer it is 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). The growing season of about 120 days coincides with summer daylight averaging about 15 hours, while winter daylight averages about 8.5 hours. In the northern parts, the climate is very cold. The average…

that Ama will have to answer to a judge and also to the old Taiga people. Oshmito was reluctant as she was in a courtroom that she didn’t trust. However, she was sworn in to tell the truth although she “can’t say the real truth; [she] can only say the facts” (127). It’s interesting because at this point, Oshmito makes the decision to not tell the real truth however she’s not exactly lying. The most important trial however is with the old Taiga people. This is where things change for her and Ama.…

Systems, or networks of interdependent components, function in cycles, so each component or element of the cycle can influence another. Feedback loops are the increase (positive loops) or decrease (negative loops) in a process or component and the fluctuation of any element of the cycle with affect the whole. Different loops interact within ecosystems and create what is referred to as “dynamic equilibrium.” In an elk population, if there is an abundance of elk being born and continuing to…