A travers la Russie boréale

The narrator, a seasoned naturalist fresh from the Arctic deserts of Greenland and the icy reaches of Lapland, feels a restless pull toward the untamed north. He sets his sights on the massive Pechora basin, a realm where endless tundra gives way to an unbroken forest that stretches as far as the eye can see. In his mind the landscape is both stark and poetic—a “Siberia of Europe” that promises endless horizons and hidden wonders.

Guided by the backing of Russian scientific societies and the imperial ministry, his expedition will follow three possible routes toward the river’s heart. Along the way he plans to meet the Finno‑Ugric peoples, the Zyrianes and the Ostiaks, studying their stone tools and ancient ways of life. Listeners will travel with him through frozen plains and mist‑clad rivers, sharing the first steps of a journey that blends rigorous observation with a deep, almost reverent curiosity about humanity’s most primal roots.