Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Page #3

and just left us there.

We didn't have a radio.

We didn't have anything.

They promised to bring some food

by New Year's Eve...

a stove and some other stuff.

We didn't have anything.

My partner somehow

didn't prove equal to the challenge.

Was left alone.

They didn't bring anything

at the promised time.

Well, things happen.

It's aviation after all.

It's a long story, but survived-

interestingly enough.

It was not like that island on TV

where they're all heroes...

and catch and share crabs or scorpions.

Me, was really struggling

for dear life...

because snow fell

and had no winter clothes.

There was no stove in the hut.

Just bread rusk to eat.

Was lucky to have a good dog.

She really fed me.

Thought was a hell

of a seasoned trapper.

But when it really came down to it,

it turned out was a complete novice.

That was my initial season.

Was flown in on August 5

and brought back on February 20-

some season.

Well, matter of fact,

I don't think I blew it.

The hunters return to the village.

Here, the kids enjoy a last chance

at Ice-skating before the thaw

May 1 marks a big day for Russia.

It is their traditional Labor Day

and marks the end of the winter.

Winter is burnt In effigy;.

The appearance

of the first geese flying north...

is a sure sign of spring.

This is followed quickly

by May 9, Victory Day -

the day the German army surrendered..

bringing an end

to the Second World' Wan

This marks an event of epochal

proportians In Russian history...

as more than 20 million Russians

lost' their lives In this wan

Every family lost' someone.

This sign marks a residence

of a veteran, a war hero.

Everyone yelled and shouted.

We screamed, "Hurrah!"

asked, "What happened?"

They said, "Yell hurrah. it's victory!"

Then Stalin spoke on the radio.

His Russian wasn't too good.

We came out into the street

in the morning-

overwhelmed by memories of the war,

he can no longer speak

As if responding to the shots

fired In celebration...

the fee of the Yenisey River

begins to break

An entire landscape

starts to move north...

towards the Arctic Ocean.

Spring is the time to

build' dugout canoes.

This man, Gennady Tiganov...

belongs to the get native population

of this part of Siberia.

He is their last' remaining

expert' boat builder

Tools and techniques being used

are all traditional

It' is essential to hollow out

the precise amount and no more.

Markings point out

the positions of dowels

which will be driven

into the hull.

From the inside, this tells the

boat maker how deep he can carve.

One of the last steps

is the widening of the canoe.

Exposing the body to heat

makes the shape of the canoe permanent

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