BBC ALBA

Soillse

Documentaries

Factual

Documentaries in Gaelic from around the world.

Soillse: Series 4

Soillse: Series 4: Episode 17: Air Tòir nan Ailbhean Molach/Mammoth Hunters

Siberia

Episode 17

Episode 17: Air Tòir nan Ailbhean Molach/Mammoth Hunters

Series 4

Air Tòir nan Ailbhean Molach/Mammoth Hunters

BBC ALBA - Soillse, Series 4, Air Tòir nan Ailbhean Molach/Mammoth Hunters

A film about the ivory market of Siberia, estimated to be worth 2.5 million dollars.

Ever since the international ban on elephant hunting, Russia has cornered the market in ivory using ivory from mammoth skeletons.

Bho thàinig casg eadar nàiseanta air sealg ailbhean tha An Rus air riaghladh an margaid eabor. Ach tha an eabor seo a tighinn bho nan ailbhean molach, tha na cnàimheach aca air an lorg gu tric anns an talamh reòite ann an Siberia. Margaid luach $2.5 million a tha ag obair a mach a Hong Kong gu h-araid. 

Ever since the international ban on elephant hunting, Russia has cornered the market in ivory. But this ivory comes from mammoths; whose skeletons are constantly being discovered in the frozen earth of Siberia. A market estimated at 2.5 million dollars and whose central point is Hong Kong.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Soillse

Series 4

Episode 17: Air Tòir nan Ailbhean Molach/Mammoth Hunters

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC ALBA

About BBC ALBA