From Reuters.com
Most popular videos of 2010
From the iPad to a bus siege in Manila to top model gaffes and bejeweled bras, 2010 was an eventful year. Reuters videographers were on the scene at many of these major stories to bring viewers the latest news, often at great risk to themselves as seen by the tragic death of a Reuters cameraman in Thailand. Their work, sometimes daring, sometimes fun, prompted our audience to click and share. Here’s a look at the most popular video from each month.
JANUARY: Apple ready for big device debut
The launch of Apple’s iPad was a highly anticipated event and it propelled this preview video to the most popular for January.
FEBRUARY: Luge crash death overshadows Games
The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games began with tragedy after Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed while on a training run. The horrific circumstances of the crash and what this meant for the upcoming Games kept viewers clicking on this video.
MARCH: A monorail that gets you pedaling
Weird and wonderful technological advancements are guaranteed to peak reader attention and this pedal-powered vehicle was no exception.
Mining gold in Russia’s remote Chukotka region
Chukotka, a region revived in the last eight years by the $2.5 billion investment of Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich, produced a fifth of Russia’s gold in the first half of this year. Gold is the region’s passport to growth after Abramovich quit as governor last July.
Only South Africa holds more gold than Russia, but Moscow’s fragmented industry has struggled to access vast reserves in its inhospitable Far East. The region was first mined in the 1930s by prisoners of the Gulags set up by Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
Senior Commodities Correspondent Robin Paxton and Moscow-based video journalist Heleen van Geest return from the Chukchi Peninsula with a series on the revival of gold mining in the Gulag region.
Informative article. Calling Alaska home the remote mines fierce weather conditions are no big thing. You work inside mostly, and learn to deal with the weather. I think that Russia should get the gold out and allow their people to share in the wealth. In the US we have a lot of people who want no progress, no mining, no fishing, and no oil production. I call them the Know Nothing people.
