The director Peter Nestler, who has been living in Sweden for many decades, has travelled four countries in the making of his documentary film: northern Sweden, northern Norway, near Narwik and Alta, northern Finland and the former USSR. He made the same discovery in all four countries: Nature is increasingly threatened by industrialization. The indigenous peoples are completely powerless as they face the consequences, and thus the impressive landscape of northern Europe, consisting of forests, tundra and glaciers, is systematically being destroyed. Lapland is in the firm hands of the industry as the four countries use it as a source of raw materials, most notably timber, nickel and ore. Their industrial axing and mining poses a major threat to the livelihood of the farming population. "Peter Nestler portrays a group of Lapps who are struggling to survive under particularly precarious conditions caused by the destruction of nature and the Chernobyl catastrophe. All the while Nestler avoids making bold accusations; the images, admittedly strikingly filmed and edited, speak for themselves." (Der Standard, Vienna, 1990)