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looking through iceland's second largest glass here. and decadence and of those skiing in one of my plans most exclusive result. if you want snow and ice there is no better place to guarantee it's then spitzbergen this is the longest of a group of no wage an island up in the arctic ocean the winter that lasts for nine months of the year and it's so high up that they don't see daylight free over two months of the year still it is increasingly popular with tourists who want a winter wonderland experience yes if you want to spot a polar bear go want to dog sled and trek inside the glassy or in one day and spitzbergen is the place to. martin hopper takes the brakes off his dog sled. who's danish runs the largest husky fall on spitsbergen island off way between norway's north cape and the north pole sled

tools are very popular have. started his farm six years ago in two thousand and eleven with sixty dogs today he has over two hundred fifty they're a cross between the alaskan hasi and the greenland. countrified more with what you're and they also like to think. less aggressive. is already. known aggression towards humans is important considering the large number of tourists who visit the farm every day him want to pack the animals. the husky farm is located at the end of the island's main road which is a good ten kilometers long haul in oley archipelago that spitzbergen is part of has only forty kilometers of roads even though its surface area is one half times as

large as denmark. fewer than three thousand people live on spits back and most of them in the capital long year b.n. named after an american who founded a mining company here in one thousand nine hundred six coal mining used to be spits baggins major source of income now it's tourism science and research are also becoming increasingly important. more than seven hundred students have been rolled sciences at the nor the most university in the world and more and more young people are getting interested. the number of tourists is also rising in twenty sixteen there were one hundred forty thousand. and overnight stays eight percent more than the previous year along with dog sled chose the most popular activities all snowmobile excursions.

vacationers can also go out on miniature expeditions on boats small and large. it's not all that unusual to see the king of young take the polar bear spotting one of them is the dream of many spitzbergen tourists. there are an estimated three thousand pota bass on this group of islands. back to the hospital this is also a good example of how spitzbergen is being transformed more and more people are working in the tourism sector the farm has seventy guides including greg pac-man a biologist from germany. i've always lived somewhere where

it's cold i like cold weather and snow the thing is that the longer it lasts the better so it's great that the winter season is so long here that if you're lucky you can go dog sledding from october to late june it's perfect. one of the most beautiful dog sled tours goes to the sky tom a glacier. after three hours they arrive at their destination a small home in the middle of a glacier. the hole goes down thirty metres leading to a labyrinth of bizarre ice tunnels that snow walls a dog into the glacier last summer. they provide a look at the inside of the glacier ventures like this are attracting creasing numbers of people to be arctic.

spitzbergen the gateway to the north pole and the landscape straight out of a fairytale. just had some people prefer the cold weather to the wall of the sun and many people choose to live in colder climates whereas a couple who search for twenty years to find the perfect spot to build their dream home they found it on a peninsula in northern norway their shell like home is now that perfect little sanctuary where they can go to hibernate whenever they so desire. in an insular lies north of the arctic circle this holiday home is perfectly suited to the cold climate in northern norway where snow covers the ground for roughly half the year it was built by hobart kramer tova felt

hello welcome to my cabin cum inside. the heart of the building is the living area with its floor to ceiling windows which afford a stunning view of the water this two hundred square metre bungalow is hot board kramer's until the felts we can for treat the retirees spend as much time here is possible i am. most. looking at the sea. we are relaxing more become weary that book we can. be a more outside. during the winter months the sun doesn't rise for two long months to compensate for the lack of daylight that has decorated the house and

vibrant colors and footage with cozy carpets and blankets a geothermal heat pump and a wood fire ensure cozy temperatures. i can stand. feel the warmth from the fireplace it's very giving me i love that and it's. the house also boasts a sauna that can be used all year round. i go in this home that every saturday when we are here we take. the family to it i would go. out and they also. they have a we all of us here. have a coffee the bedroom space the heath behind the cabin till the fells and her husband searched for twenty years until they found this spot to build their cabin construction began in two thousand and seven their idea was to build

a cabin that harmonizes with its environment yet also provides a warm haven amid these harsh climbs. i like the structure that feeling the warmth feeling it gives they wanted to. be like i said. oh. all there. on the outside. the cabinets wooden structure was neatly fitted into the few words rock formation its walls are lined with local wind current. architects norris jenison designed the cabin and shows materials like wood which will withstand the harsh arctic climate for many years. it's untreated so it has a great look but still it's a warm work on the outside cedar which of course in this climate also is.

very well suited. to us you know silvery gray in time. patrick of the fountain hobart kramer's spent plenty of time outside if the weather permits it sometimes they can observe reindeer or whales at sea and in the winter they sometimes see the northern lights this is why they love being so far north. it's the better. not the temperature. yeah their surroundings we have here that i haven't seen. as a threat. for too over felt in hobart kramer spending time in their cosy cabin north of the arctic circle is bliss no matter what the season. now of course we all know that global warming is affecting our sea levels and

causing a lot of ice surrounding the poles to meant iceland is europe's northernmost country and we can't do a show on ice without going there but they are seeing the effects of climate change fast hand the long yoko glass it is shrinking this is the country's second largest class and in a bid to try and raise awareness of the issue a tunnel has been built to take tourists into the heart of the ice a magical experience but one that won't last forever. the journey to europe's longest ice total passes through a snow covered wilderness. long your code is iceland second biggest glacier measures fifty kilometers long and up to twenty kilometers wide. global warming means it's shrinking fast until recently it was only possible to view the glacier from above. going inside was a perfectly true reserve for scientists. but last year the glacier opened to the

public. again this going and what exactly are you good because on your feet so you don't. target so few of your odin's daughter is taking twenty visitors from the u.s. and china into the glacier. seismic activity and glacier movement monitored regularly to make sure it's safe to enter the project is the first of its kind many people were skeptical at first but it's proved the real hit with tourist we always believed in the projects. we thought it was a good idea it was a bold idea but the a good idea in a way it was exciting and we had full faith in the project all along. planning and preparation for the tunnel took four years while the actual building phase lasted fourteen months the project team was made up of glacier experts engineers

geologists and architects. the tunnel lies about thirty meters beneath the surface. for sophia showing visitors to beauty of the glacier is a labor of love. it's. just like lots of things going on all the time i'm not the kind that you know is used to want to sit at a desk and work there. eight hours a day because i get bored he said. if you would take this entire case and melted down. melted down and put it over manhattan island we would have water that was three feet on the street. and also look at the lines in the walls. just like if you would cut open a tree you can read the years of the book well. it's not

crying the same with the glacier but you know you can read the weather. whatever brotherhood has been you know from the was. fairly dark unless maybe there was a pricey since summer time or a computer. length of time. you know. so that is because. the jury is just over half a kilometer long. every now and then i think huge crafts opens up that allows visitors to peer deep into the heart of the glacier. iceland's lasers have shrunk by ten percent over the last two decades if that trend continues there won't be much left of longer code by the end of the century. organizers hope that opening up the glacier will serve to raise the alarm showing

visitors from around the world the precious beauty and fragility of this ice clad natural wonder. well the ever changing weather patterns have brought less no to the german hotz mountains than in past years too but that doesn't stop the views from being spectacular we hopped on a train to the highest peak in the region to discover this magical landscape. days of flight like this are rare in the hearts mountains in winter the sun is rising over northern germany's highest peak the puck. the weather is putting on quite a show for the meteorologist at the park in weather station in the morning slows

way below freezing for record breaking. it was like a dream the skies were really clear this morning in the trees where i stop when the sun came up everything was bathed in pink light it was minus seventeen degrees celsius and with the snow minus twenty two it crunched under my feet a beautiful winter morning. and on top of that there was a spectacular view. published one of the visibility is fantastic when i can see for around one hundred seventy kilometers so old way to the fogel's back in has. to the run in the us a cup i couldn't be more beautiful look on says i. when the weather's this nice business owners want to take the proper narrow gauge railway to the summit.

during the winter nine trains a day check through the hearts national park on their way to the top of one thousand one hundred forty two meters above sea level many tourists enjoy wandering around on the patents plateau. and other visitors like benno schmidt. she's too wrapped up known as pop and ben no he's hyped up here on the every day since german reunification. good morning mr smash good morning or are you already coming back down oh yes notion of a cold when the weather is nice and i have to go up the hill it's just ideal or is optimistic about winter in spite of climate change every bit of begin to windows just drop it comes later in february and march out then with a lot snow drifts that are up to five meters deep but let's last year there weren't

many but i hope this winter will be a better one. for my eight thousand hike it is pouring rain it was still an experience nevertheless. for died and after doing it a thousand times i thought about going every other day but no i've got to go up there. on the worm back opposite the block it's just as pleasant here most of the ski slopes open in january. now more and more operators have had to use snow making machines to keep things running. just attrition it's really hard work and we do it through the night you know it's a lot to keep such began area covered in snow with mcchrystal and off the ball in. the most beautiful of winter days has come to an end in the hearts mountains but with some luck being more like it before spring. i want to know more

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davos is a swiss winter sports resort nestled in the alps it attracts snowboarders and skiers on around three hundred twenty kilometers of peace that's. home to a population of about thirteen thousand is a blend of traditional and modern one of its newer landmarks is the luxury hotel intercontinental which opened in two thousand and thirteen also affectionately called the golden egg. but it was the congress center built in one nine hundred sixty nine that put davos on the map as a location for international business and medical conferences the best known is the annual world economic forum. professor talk to the group founder of the world economic forum with professor dr klaus schwab and he decided it should take place in davos before it's very few want it

spirit it's climate to help shape the. whole it was a well known holiday resort and he hoped its atmosphere would help participants discuss matters in an open minded way but it is to get in and that's the background to the spirit of course to this day when the president of the small mountain village of davos first became known internationally in the late one nine hundred century as a health resort. sixteen hundred meters above sea level it's dry pollen and might free climate made it ideal for asthmatic and tuberculosis patients. shatter been at that time in europe one in seven people died of tb they were just sick they actually died of it it was a terrible place by one and forced by. wealthy patients would stay in a luxury wellness clinic such as the shots out which opened in one thousand nine hundred and is now a hotel. many spent months if not years here following

a strict health regime five meals a day cold showers and hours of rest and recuperation in the fresh air german writer thomas munda scribe the experience in his one nine hundred twenty four masterpiece the magic mountain he was inspired by his wife caucus day in davos. the vices corina but so when the u.s. wife would tell him about characters who are often very eccentric. and he actually met some of them himself in the form did involve yes i mean originally set out to write a novella fisheye but it turned into a thousand page novel one thousand a magic my mom gave all of them even that's what about. beyond the shots out is this trailer back the first slow skiing trail in switzerland no snow cannons are used here it's one hundred percent natural if there's no snow the trails remain closed. at the local winter sports museum visitors can explore the history of davos

as a ski resort which came about mainly due to its popularity as a health resort. in that the down there but the enough that it was mainly the british helped establish the winter sports industry and of course specifically ski the father it's the with all how we were very fortunate that surround her conan doyle came here off the air was the man who wrote the column and value of audio other chiefs day the film fain that our. three and it was thanks to him that the sport became so popular that hot gets than i could. folks thermally him off of. not only famous writers but artists too were drawn to the mountain in the center of davos is the and strewed big kitchen a museum the german expressionist painter lived in davos from one thousand nine hundred eighty. until his death in one nine hundred thirty eight and he created

some of his best known paintings here the museum houses some twelve thousand artworks by kitchener about half his entire body of work doubles also has come a merry delights on offer local restaurants serve up traditional swiss fare cheese and fruit bread as well as specialties such as one their flush or air dried meat. so it's a lot for all of the back bone. but no flies she told because bill it was originally had no way of refrigerating the food. had to preserve it so they tried it if men think have plenty of meat to eat throughout the winter i said with the flies in that. voice has come a long way since then the last one hundred fifty years have seen the small town in the swiss alps evolve into a center for sport major congresses and culture. on

that last glimpse of ice and when to show for today well we've got with the highlights of the week tomorrow featuring a taste of winter from all of our special shapes and if you did miss any of them this week and want to catch up then you can find them on our website d.w. dot com forward slash lifestyle is just below that many of them will be on our facebook page as well happy weekend to all of you on and off the road and mark the bike. coming up in europe max hard on the dane and what contributions to that positive outlook on life. plus the man who just can't get enough speed in his life. enjoying dessert omaha.

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