Jan 1, 2017
Climate change is taking its toll. They have a new word, dzud, that’s about 15 years old, for the harsh winter storms that now hit the region. They freeze herds solid: a herder can wake up and find his whole flock dead. There’s no recourse, no insurance. More and more nomads are moving to Ulaanbaatar: there are three million people in Mongolia, and half of them live in the capital. A ghetto of gers has grown up on the outskirts of town, peopled with nomads who’ve been pushed off the land and are now looking for work as taxi drivers.
Otto Bell, film director, 'The Eagle Huntress'