E14 | Ways to School | Stas, Siberia

Stas is 7 years old and lives in his family's tent in Siberia. He is a Nenets, a nomadic people of reindeer herders. For the first time, Stas will be leaving his life with his family in the deserted vastness of the Tundra to attend a boarding school for the 9 months of the school year. The boarding school is located in the city, several hundred kilometers from the camp. To cross this immense distance, it would take several days by sled or off-road truck. The children are now picked up every autumn by helicopter... weather permitting. This year, the family will have to move the camp and herd into the valley to allow the helicopter to spot them, otherwise Stas and his sisters will miss the start of the school year.