Shooting the Viliui Sakha Expedition for the Documentary Moving Day

国际移民组织2008年《移民与气候变化报告》指出，目前的估计预测，到本世纪中叶，气候变化将迫使“2 500万至10亿”人离开家园。美国全球变化研究小组2009年6月发布的一份报告描述了阿拉斯加的情况：“几个土著社区下面的地面实际上正在坍塌到海里，迫使居民在搬迁和工程战略之间面临困难和昂贵的选择。“生活在地球上一些受影响最严重地区的土著人民正处于危机的边缘。人类学家苏珊·克拉特和环境科学家亚历山大·费多罗夫将返回维柳伊萨哈村庄，与西伯利亚土著民族萨哈人交流三年来对气候变化和适应战略的研究成果。萨哈人的环境变化如此之快，这样的探险必须现在就进行，而且不会再发生。NSF的资金将使Ironbound Films能够为“Moving Day”拍摄维柳伊萨哈探险队，这是一部用于影院发行、电视和互联网广播的纪录片。“搬迁日”教育普通受众，特别是高中和大学年龄的受众、科学家和土著社区了解全球气候变化对人类造成的最大后果：环境移民。除了构成“移动日”纪录片的关键部分外，维柳伊萨哈探险队的镜头还将用于制作一个简短的独立视频，该视频将用于：-推进该领域。这段视频将提供给科学家们教学、培训，并作为类似探险的指南。 - 通知土著社区。它将有助于解释科学家如何和为什么与社区合作;其他社区如何适应;以及如何利用这些工作的结果来教育公众了解气候变化。 - 提高知名度。该视频将发布在流行的在线视频平台和“移动日”网站上，以提高对纪录片和主题的认识。

The International Organization Migration (IOM)2008 Report on Migration and Climate Change notes that current estimates predict that by mid-century climate change will force between "25 million to 1 billion" people from their homes. A report released in June 2009 by the US Global Change Research Group describes the situation at home in Alaska: "The ground beneath several native communities is literally crumbling into the sea, forcing residents to confront difficult and expensive choices between relocation and engineering strategies." Indigenous people who live in some of the planet's most affected regions are on the precipice of the crisis.The Viliui Sakha expedition in Northeast Siberia occurs July 2010. Anthropologist Susan Crate and environmental scientist Alexander Fedorov are returning to Viliui Sakha villages to exchange with the Sakhas, an indigenous people of Siberia, the results of three years of research on climate change and adaptation strategies. The Sakhas' environment is transforming so quickly that such an expedition must happen now and will not happen again.NSF funds will enable Ironbound Films to shoot the Viliui Sakha expedition for "Moving Day," a documentary for theatrical release and television and internet broadcast. "Moving Day" educates general audiences, particularly of high school and college age; scientists; and indigenous communities about the greatest human consequence of global climate change: environmental migration. In addition to forming a critical part of the "Moving Day" documentary, footage from the Viliui Sakha expedition will be used to create a short standalone video, which will be used to: - Advance the field. The video will be made available for scientists to teach, train, and use as a guide on similar expeditions. - Inform indigenous communities. It will help explain how and why scientists work with communities; how other communities are adapting; and how the results of such work are being used to educate general audiences about climate change. - Raise visibility. The video will be posted on both popular online video platforms and the "Moving Day" website to raise awareness for the documentary and subject matter.