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joined us for metals last august. breathtakingly beautiful. brutal. over the generations the people who live here have flown talk to some find this an inhospitable landscape. we travel through the arctic. from smile back to

eastern siberia. we want to learn how people's lives change and in this remote part of the world's. cruising through the arctic ocean at 20 knots an hour. we're aboard the sapphire princess one of the big cruise ships now to ring the arctic with increasing frequency and acting could venture has never been all more comfortable provided you are willing to share the experience with many others. just before 7 am we crossed into the optic circle and see its rugged nature without being exposed to it as

a finches go it's arctic light that will soon change why did you get up so early in the morning to go to the gym. where you come from the gym but i didn't realize it was going to mark like this and it's fantastic being out here it's inspirational it really helps you to get closer in nature and that's a good thing i think of people thought more about that they wouldn't be tossing their garbage around and driving big s.u.v.s or my wife or see that all the lights go out the. hope we don't disappoint but that. doesn't mean to say up all night i will shake up. the arctic landscape is harsh and forbidding yet it's one of the most french ecosystems on the planet.

the weather in the far north is temperamental the ship with its 18 decks starts to rock from side to side. the swimming pool is transformed into wave pool. below deck and there's still cooking up a storm due to the rough weather we've lost our appetites that we still mate with stephen reynolds he shows just around his domain with a twinkle in his eyes he says a few guests who likely leave the ship heavier than when they pulled it is what we need to make you know love the presentation. of the reality which i said that. yes. they were that the arctic cuisines not what the passengers want general. the british market that we do is feeling they still want to cover their roast beef yorkshire pudding. they say

when they're trying to get a student bag the dances like to travel in style we make a couple from sure all for teens have taken cruises speaking is this is the 23rd doesn't bother them that this kind of holiday is increasingly paint as environmentally unfriendly. life is a compromise on the one hand you want to see places on the other there are environmental problems but this makes the region more popular so people see how it's changing it's important the region becomes a better knowledge base but that's only possible with lots of people can visit it on. the cruise ship industry is entice him people to come to the arctic while it's still intact. it ships are bringing guests to remote locations to ensure that this booming business doesn't fall victim to environmental misgivings companies are trying to go green on board trash is separated for recycling and

some ships are now running on liquefied petroleum gas instead of heavy crude. the oil for marine diesel fuel. traveling through these icy waters poses particular dangers captain paolo rivera tells us so he and his crew have gone through special navigational training. full of water of navigation icy water. they are here yet not that we don't have a lot of really nice but they are places where there is a very thin ice so we have to be careful because ice is like all i told it float ice small ice we have a girl or a girl that they can actually damage the propellers. and if we go into why the house i call the solution of concentration of the city itself we can actually damage the house unless it's

a ship which is built i see what that which is not this is for the north i think on the front but not very thick and. this evening we catch a glimpse of one of the arctic's most pleasing attractions. the northern lights. the rural borealis once inspired belief in the supernatural now it's something to wrists film and post on social media. we leave the ships warm comfort zone from out so we continue on to the spa

archipelago. in some a huge cruise ships come here carrying thousands of passengers. in the off season smallish ships docked here not far off from the north pole. it's no longer just well equipped explorers who are venturing this close to the north pole. the number of tourists has doubled over the last decade each year 70000 visitors descend on long gamble and a town of some 3000 residents. for the locals to reason has become a reliable source of revenue now that mining is in decline still it has its challenges. style bad search and rescue team said the number of distress calls has increased

along with people's expectations we accompany the a rescue team on a training mission. wearing a protective suit is mandatory should be fooled into the icy cold water it would keep us from getting hypothermia at least for a few minutes. slower haagen is in charge of the 2 pew may helicopters stationed on . each of them can transport as many as 20 people in emergency. style body is an arctic desert yet it's growing ever where there's more rain and less small. boat with quite a few are such. a small sample but all the measures are getting more retreating.

all the charm. there's. a rich. the captain of this expedition vessel has agreed to take caught in the rescue exercise. as has our camera man who's now being lowered on a rug. the ship's crew also takes part in the it's a size they know the importance of such maneuvers in a match and sinker. after a little refreshment it's back to work.

if she gets in trouble snorts crew disputes the passengers one by one by helicopter . once there will be evacuated there's still another problem to deal with a ship break full of diesel stranded in an extremely fragile ecosystem. to give guests an unforgettable experience snorer says some captains take big risks in this dangerous region the rescuers must cover vast distances he finds the future cruise ships most problematic the thing is that we should always be able to help but it might take a lot longer time than we want to so it's all a matter of it's a bit harsh to say but it's a matter of getting the rescue done before people die so if we start to say that we're going to rescue

a ship with 7000 people on board it might take weeks. that people here say that tourism needs to be steered in the right direction to ensure that spell bad spectacular nature is protected. and the visitors return home safely. that. was. what has sovereignty of a spiral barge but the archipelago is a visa free zone russia has an arctic outpost here in balance book to reach it we must take about. there's not a single road leading to. parents broke. this sign in cyrillic is a reminder of by gone times how cold communism the soviet spirit with geopolitics

has long spoken another language. valarie comes from eastern ukraine a region plagued by divisions in a war backed by progress forces he works inspire bought for state owned russian coal company. than. my wife stayed at home. i'm here alone there aren't any jobs for women here they can't earn much money here. mining coal is hardly profitable anymore but prospectors a drawn by other natural resources. it's believed there are huge oil and gas reserves us while bouts coasts norway and russia disagree on who they belong to.

russia's consul general on style bad service team surrogate lucia kin says his country has a good neighborly relationship with nato member norway such conciliar tree times are rare in russian diplomacy these days pushkin says the arctic climate is too harsh for conflicts that the friendship creates short lived when it comes to oil rich kids i'm with but he would do you have any idea what he just office that would generate in the billions that he's getting everything here will turn to gold if the russian interpretation is applied astutely that's why we haven't been able to come to an agreement with all widgets about this is which once an oil or gas field is found here legal disputes will certainly start a huge his border. a few notable miles away in the barents sea russia's. stages military maneuvers that fuels worries fear that worse things than legal action could happen. even if here on the hillside they invoke world

peace. to find out what happens to a remote northern town when fossil fuel deposits are found just off shore we pay a visit to hammerfest. in winter at norway's far north is plunged into darkness for 2 long months. so for a long time people were leaving in droves. but then along came star white that's what they call the natural gas field off the coast from one of fest since 2007 snow white has been a fairy tale train come true for the town's finances and the high wages paid have attracted many skilled workers. this is a good morning for. her little daughter afa doesn't make

a fuss when she's dropped off at daycare afterwards and a head straight to the office her partner is currently working off shore as always in 2 week long stints. sometimes you have a meeting that you can't miss them. you really have a challenge. balancing motherhood with a career of ethanol norway state and energy company is no easy feat and it's not just a question of time but of ideology too she drives a hybrid car avoids plastic and recycles her waste protecting the environment is important to her as it is to most norwegians yet she works for a company that makes its money from extracting fossil fuels. the 21 year old shows us there's no contradiction there. at this plant ecuador liquefied natural gas and puts it into tanks it also operates

a pilot project. the film separates the c o 2 from the natural gas and pumps it back into the ocean floor this process reduces the amount of harmful greenhouse gases making their way into the earth's atmosphere norway site such projects as proof of its green credentials yet it continues to award exploration drilling licenses in the arctic ocean and its finances count on petrol dollars environmental activists call back at hypocritical . and it considers their criticism unfounded yet she's used to having to justify working for the industry people might think that you would be a hypocrite if you think about the climate crisis and things still work in the industry but. i think that my company is

a place very grow. better faster. and then g.e. home banning norway's profitable fossil fuel extraction wouldn't change anything alice's customers would just buy their gas elsewhere and that wouldn't benefit the climate at all her mother has always supported her choice. she has always been a tough. c.e.o. she was. pointing out that. i want to work in that company this is my dream. norwegians a series about protecting the environment however there unwilling to give up selling oil and gas any time soon because that's what's made norway into one of the richest countries worldwide.

we continue our journey eastwards from hammerfest above an income on the amount peninsula in the language of the indigenous nets people means the end of the world but now the peninsula is the size of one of russia's largest economic projects. we're just in time to witness them tapping and new gas source russian energy giant gazprom has developed above a new gas field in record time. so guess a lunch if one guest comes best weld a title in 2015 is accustomed to middle high and heat but here he must deal with other elements to get better wind and crossed sometimes it's minus 15 degrees celsius among those temperatures you try not to work outside work but

sometimes there's an accident and you have to go out and work whether you want to or not it was the. last promise created a small town for $3000.00 workers in this depleted part of siberia we're only allowed to visit after receiving special permission from the state of international company it took weeks. emails and phone calls to get it the workers are made to feel like heroes they're serving their countries aim to make the uptick lucrative. the surrogate tells us the main reason they're all here. an average workers in northern siberia in roughly double the amount compared to the rest of russia. here they work for 30 days straight then they have 30 days off so his family lives a day's journey away from above an ink of all. i know but

sometimes it's hard especially at the end of your stand your morale sinks and the monotony it gets to hear but you pay a price for everything in this life or so this is quite ok pls. the warming of the arctic is a boon for russia's economic ambitions the section of the northeast passage along russia's coast is now i spray more often making it easier to export siberian gas goods coming from china by boat could also reach europe quicker and russia plans to profit from this. the port of sabet is pivotal to this strategy.

but that doesn't leave much room for these nomadic reindeer herders in the shadow of the drilling rigs they feel the loss of their homeland. roland emmerich we visiting the van a week her family they belong to the indigenous people known as the minutes they've lived here for centuries in a perfectly adapted to the inhospitable conditions in the arctic. retreat but now these nomadic people must contend with industrial science train tracks and streets that what you just wanted to. avoid drilling is underway for oil and gas on the minutes grazing land endangering the traditions and culture. there was about how do you call this a bridge i call it a paria it stands on layers like this so we can stack the meat fish and so forth up there then they stay fresh for

a long time now go go to. the gas companies now have a nimitz commissioner who acts as a mediator between heavy industry and the indigenous people it's good p.r. . hello nice to see oh. is she yours. how many do you have. and sometimes the companies donate firewood or generated to the nets. grigory tells us this hardly compensates for what they've lost really expansion. you which it's not good. but you. know why shouldn't they know. almost that's what they should help but we've surrendered so much of our land to the gas workers there's no longer enough grazing land not here

nor in the south. a source of food clothing and transportation reading tea are everything to the next event waiters $200.00 of them. but times are changing the winters are getting warmer and the animals are growing thin as they have a hard time finding food which of course necessary without snow it's harder to keep the reindeer together they go off in all directions and the groups break off from the herd which could be. the ventilators will soon set off to their winter grazing lands like every year but their route will be different determined more and more by the economic interests of the distant capital. we continue on out to convention

from subash we travel to the settlement to share ski in the middle of the arctic summer. in the tundra it can reach 40 degrees celsius in the summertime yet with every step we take it gets cooler. and it smells of fish because despite its beauty this serves as a freezer for the local people. in subzero temperatures the remains of plants and dead animals from past eras don't decompose. the permafrost functions like an icy safe keeping it store of carbon locked up double the amount of carbon dioxide contained in the entire earth's atmosphere. it's a particular climatic timebomb. surrogate seam of things he knows how to keep it from going off. first and the russian

scientist most of. the problem. he takes is for a ride on the column a river which is frozen over most of the year. we had a sand bank and the stock. said a seam of a highly regarded member of the russian academy of sciences has to get out and push out cameramen steers while i feel the after more than 4 hours we reach ice cliffs but the sound of running water soon makes it clear siberia's permafrost is melting. just my crops reap we've just lost a few few sergeant years now's a wake up at the here's a start. and produce a smile. but once the organism start eating right away i should add in doing

so they transform carbon into carbon dioxide and our area there is so much of it that europe's climate will become unbearable if it all falls out. the speed at which the ground is releasing greenhouse gases is exceeding scientists most dire predictions. back to say gays plan. large creatures once rode the mammoth step. we collect evidence of that within minutes surrounded by schools of mosquitoes for. the remains of by some horses and bully mammoths. egypt to prevail where ever people appear unspoiled nature disappears. in russia there's still a lot of open spaces if it's our duty to restore the natural variety that our forefathers witnessed of egypt in there to. see more of it is

a scientist who wants to put his theories into practice so over 2 decades ago he began resurrecting the ice age with his pleistocene park together with his son nikita he chopped down trees implanted ancient grasses then they introduced yanks and bison the head before a tussle with a huge responsibility slowing the pace of climate change. you go what is it that we do have this week in december it's a culture that we blanket of snow insulates the ground from the cold so i'm going to go up with the horses on the hunt for grass dig around in the snow and tramp it down. when you're out with this allows the permafrost is going to freeze more thoroughly which protects it from falling out and the summer you use the shirts up by. the animals down the earth which is then able to store the cold better at least that's the

russians basic hypothesis. so great scene of puts it more bluntly he calls his park a battlefield the fight between an eco system that's ill equipped to combat climate change and the ice age when he aims to resurrect. his experiment has drawn scientists from around the world including a german team that's examining the grasses the cmos have introduced they're trying to measure the levels of environmentally harmful gases here enough analysis that we assume the whole thing has a much more active circulatory system or exchange with the atmosphere at that ultimately the ground absorbs more carbon due to more potent synthesis and the more active grasses that grow here. the scene will say the ground there plasticine park is already pertaining to coal better. the russian republic of

south that is sparsely populated in summer most of the people here live from fishing in winter they have muskrats and. if you need and said they share a lifelong friendship you. know more than. one well lou good. little shit. but they have different views on climate change. you know i don't believe it harriet nothing's changed everything's the same as our dogs with the bees. yet just months before the banks of the permafrost behind leonids house melted causing an entire lake to slide into the column a river but. there are billions of lakes like that where the water flows in or out

that's normal. it is just it doesn't have any effect on nature. on my life yes but not on nature you. seem of says that long ago some people refused to believe the earth was round today some refused to believe climate change is happening or it simply doesn't both of them. russians don't fear global warming they'll say we're looking forward to it and preparing for war the europeans americans north africans and asians must sound the alarm among those already feeling the negative effects of global warming. the cmos and is to recreate the step landscape that existed in the arctic 12000 years ago i've returned to the ice age. they want to creation ecosystem that can regulate itself with its live or die eat or be

eaten. i'm. going. to. conduct here to do ultimately by that a lion or a tiger in here and say now this is your park. then i turn around and leave it there with. that's a joke but i do want the system to become balanced resister yes but no more go and expand on its own beyond our current borders. so i could even imagine that one day woolly mammoths will be grazing here alongside the bison. i don't want to leave my grandchildren and great grandchildren this sad northern landscape in which only mosquitoes feel at home. but i want to leave them the species rich nature of our forefathers really not. the kind of nature that stabilizes the climate and feeds millions of people you know. so

gay has often been accused of playing god but he argues it's just the opposite he's simply trying to restore what humanity began destroying centuries ago. the last stage of our journey takes us to chukotka in russian spy east. from the town of the niger we travel to van qur'an with a stop in egg peeking out. according to syrian superstition you shouldn't photograph a helicopter just before takeoff but we can't resist taking a shot when no one's looking people here tell us the m.i.a. is russia's most reliable helicopter as passengers we can't help but feeling that it's rather reluctant to remain airborne still the view out the window quickly makes up for that.

after an hour and a half we land in beacon not another storm is brewing so we change modes of transport from helicopter to triple axel jeep. will need the 6 wheel drive. north of the arctic circle the roads come to an end. we're traveling 200 kilometers as the crow flies our average speed is just 11 kilometers an hour. as the uppermost layer of the permafrost has thawed driving is like taking i'm not bad

sometimes the riverbed isn't as bumpy as the road running alongside it. at some point we stopped counting the number of flat tires. there's just one settlement along the route at the winter quarters of these no magic reindeer herd as our team attracts a fair bit of attention from all the good editors are. they really receive visitors music is a universal language. i learned that if you. read an article or a d.v.d. about god where it hurts you know it is all of you that. were in the chukotka autonomous home to the indigenous people double the size of

germany it has just 50000 residents. joining the night our drivers get hungry. in the early morning hours we reach our destination. than carry him. only 190 people live here but every year you know and date his with visitors several for. 1000 will recess. spend the next few days with surrogate caffrey a member of the indigenous people he belongs to a family of marine hunters he wants to pass on his knowledge to his nephew yuri as

soon as the weather improves they plan to go hunting together the. surrogate tells us that the chook to live from was says he takes this to see their colony so gay has noticed changes in the marine mammals rhythm of life. he says the walrus is which can weigh several tons and spending long periods on land lounging around on the ice is no longer an option. on the hoarded belak or the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating. at the walruses need to have somewhere to rest. they take a holiday with us in iraq or ram from august to october. but panic keeps

breaking out among the walrus as they often trample one another to death to document the fatalities so again must free their bodies which are frozen to the ground so it is out of iraq to the extensive spread of civilization in the arctic or the use of the northeast passage or the increase in military technology and even tourism are possible causes more. we need our rules and regulations that help the wall recess and to reduce their panic what is on his reach. in the museo if you bring nick in another reason why the walrus is get spooks can be seen up on the cliff so he says he's counted some 200 polar bears around bankcard him. the truth have always lived alongside polar bears are so so gay knows when it's best to just leave the polar bear is suddenly looking too interested in this massive it is

great and our religion isn't that we believe that your descended from an animal was my brother for example descends from a polar bear. they told me to my great disappointment that i am the descendant of awards not a real. want to long ago a polar bear centered something edible right in front of circus kitchen window the more they have a tat melts away the closer these predators get to humans. that's why even the smallest children here learn how to use a flare gun once a year so get pays a visit to the primary school inventor him here he teaches children how to avoid a confrontation with a band. they are bare. bear right and who can tell me which direction the bear went north. children can

go to school in vancouver m. until the 5th grade after that they must attend boarding school. far from home people here say that during that time they often forget their own culture and language. or. bank or ems only general store office everything from changes to shoes. bought no alcohol at least not officially. they fear that in these harsh climate people who try to drown their sorrows in drink there's a saying in chicago here the weather is bad one month of the year very bad for 2 months and for 9 months it's awful. usually it's in the town most of the time he works as a technician and has

a wife and child. which i don't know what it is but something keeps drawing me back here. here i forget my fear and my sorrow. the. the ury today is a special day he'll be leaving the hopkinton for the 1st time. people here go for months in winter without seeing the sun to these men tell me nothing compensates for that better than walrus meat. they say that it's safer to kill the animals in water than on land. as indigenous people should check up committed to hunt horses to meet their own

personal names even though they're faced with extinction. so gay says that his people are also threatened with extinction yes i'm like the walrus is the chimp don't have a lobby. group. let you get close to the prisoners whether in this region or any other. the few indigenous peoples on this earth have never inflicted great harm on nature but you know if you put it wrong and that's something you can't say of white people. i'm sure. our journey along the arctic circle ends here where only the bering strait separates russia from alaska we forced our way through thousands of kilometers of this bleak and inhospitable landscape people here have long braved the elements and

forces of nature but now they confronted with immense changes which will open their lives they harm land and our world for a. place. blame. to kill it indeed. they are a burden on women and the environment because they are made. and the real energy wasters traditional strokes. cultures reduce hazardous gases with this simple story will cook stove and say fine was.

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