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As Nenets migrate, they encounter many pipelines and drilling towers. The Arctic is changing fast too with permafrost melt. The rising temperatures also affect the tundra’s vegetation. As the sea ice around the peninsula also melts, the ocean opens to maritime traffic. The Nenets have endured the challenges of colonial intrusions, civil war, revolution and forced collectivization. Today, their herding way of life is again seriously threatened.