few traces there remain of their existence. of and on d w. this is deja vu news a live from berlin and a defeat for donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democratic senators unite and vote to override the president's veto of a major bill on defense spending the 1st time congress has overturned a trump veto also coming up countries around the world rollout coronavirus vaccination programs but with supplies limited some experts are rethinking the way

the doses are delivered. europeans welcomed the new year with a splash taking a dip in the freezing cold water is an old tradition on the 1st day of the year in many countries it's. the unwanted this week a record that stood for more than 5 decades but could tell as money a girl in 31 gain winless streak soon be beaten one doing this with a team is on the verge of doing just that. a michael ok welcome to the program the republican controlled the u.s. senate has voted to override president donald trump's veto of a major defense bill with just weeks before he leaves office it's the 1st time congress has rejected a trump veto the vote unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending

. this year's holiday season was cut short for u.s. senators as the body convened for a rare new year's day session of the world the final push to pass a coronavirus aid bill fell through and senators voted to override president trump's veto of a sweeping defense bill majority leader we passed this legislation 59 years and a row and one way or another we're going to complete the 60 years annual n.d.a. and passionate under law before this congress concludes on sunday. president trump opposed the bill because it includes provisions allowing military bases named after confederate military commanders to be renamed. he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany to be reconsidered. in a rare show of bipartisan unity the u.s. senate delivered the president a stinging rebuke just weeks before his due to leave office 81 republican and

democrat votes were far more than the 2 thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto the objections of the president in response trump turned to twitter saying the senate had missed an opportunity he said not passing the coronavirus aid bill was unfair and not smart. correspondent oliver shallots centers this update from washington d.c. a humiliating blow for donald trump on the last days off his presidency and it's also a 1st because never before has congress overridden a veto all tromped since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in the senate that has been extremely partisan throughout all times presidency just think of the impeachment proceedings about a year ago where a lot of damaging material was produced against all still the republicans and

senate back to him eventually exonerated donald trump and now it looks like the tides have changed the republicans in senate approved a defense bill against the will of the all trump and that also challenges donald trump's plans to pull out some $1236000.00 u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany that plan is effectively put on hold no meaning another blow for donald trump and all the big question the big overarching question is what is happening with the republican party right now and how we seeing the republican support for donald trump beginning to crumble. within 50 countries around the world are now willing outrun a virus vaccination programs but many have fallen well behind their distribution targets prompting a search for new ways to deliver dos it's a familiar sight from coronavirus testing but in this florida drive-by people are now receiving something much more hopeful vaccine shots. and yet the race to

inoculate millions of people across the world against covert $1000.00 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are backing down the process many countries including the us and germany are falling far behind projected rolled out speeds the main issue is that the biotech pfizer vaccine the 1st one to be widely approved requires cumbersome refrigeration at extreme temperatures and 2 shots within 3 weeks to be the most effective. this has sparked a debate among experts about whether the time between doses should be stretched to 3 months some argue that it is better to give many people some resistance to the virus and to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for rapid and high levels of vaccine uptake j.c.b.

are there for recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 facts in should be prioritise for both pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its buy and take pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th. but what may turn out to be the most

promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process. taking a look now at some other international stories india is testing its nationwide covert 19 vaccine distribution systems as it prepares a rollout of an inoculation program the trial includes the entry of data into an online platform that will monitor vaccine delivery the dry run comes a day after regulators approved the vaccine developed by astra zeneca and oxford university for emergency use. french police have been recording the details of leaving an illegal new year's eve party in the western region of brittany some 2

and a half 1000 people from france and abroad attended the grave it was held in violation of a nationwide curfew and ban on gatherings and continued until saturday morning. iran says it plans to start enriching uranium to 20 percent. or facilities the move would exceed the threshold set by the iran nuclear deal tensions between tehran and washington have mounted since u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the international deal in 2018. in bosnia herzegovina has been setting up tents to house hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions the new camp replaces one that burned down the un's migration agency says appropriate permanent accommodation is still needed. after nearly half century partnership britain has finalize it split with the

european union the channel tunnel linking britain with france is seen by many as a symbol of european corporation hours after the separation on the 1st day of 2021 the your start train pulled service pulled from london and into the french capital pair. at 1st glance it could have been any other day for the eurostar train service that connects the u.k. with mainland europe on closer inspection at paris is god no station some new red tape was already apparent. but how was the mood among the 1st travelers from the u.k. to arrive in paris on this historic occasion. it was it was fine i mean it was a we knew that there'd be checks to do with. why we're coming here and that we had a covert test but other than that it was kind of like normal i think most of that

most of the checks were due to the coronavirus restrictions rather than the regs it necessarily i thought i guess the way to get is that day is not what we buy it for yeah just got this happen everyday. as ed said is a democracy so you have to kind of respect the rules now just go with it got it got to be dividing and already divided out. in here what can you do hear. many e.u. citizens at the station expressed similar reservations. or falsity still frankly it's sad to see the united kingdom leaving europe like this. to do you know britain was a pillar of europe. it's unfortunate that we needed a country like great britain in europe. not as good at deception as deception on the english side in the sense that i think we all need other people. i think the

europeans have a lot of work in london the english here not so much as we said not. anticipating potential chaos as the new regime kicks in france has recruited over $700.00 additional customs officers to worth at its borders with the u.k. there g.t.s. could include patrolling heroes star trains to make sure travelers have the right paperwork for whatever they're carrying. some football news now germany shako will be hoping to end a run of $29.00 games without a win when they face or later today they're on target to set an unwanted. record the longest willis streak in the bundesliga the current holders of that title are burling team called taz manya who set the record back in the 1960 s. and despite the negative connotations ties manya are not keen to relinquish their place in history. as money of bellina known throughout germany for $1.00 thing the

disastrous $96566.00 season the cup win $31.00 matches without a win in the campaign a bonus league or record they also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season and the most goals conceded i thought form a player that's a becca's says the small club is still proud to this day is competing for that one season in the bundesliga. cond i can say that we were of course proud to play at least one season in the bonus league sometimes just to meet the expectations of you and also to never disappoint and to eventually realise when the opponent was simply better than us. and in doing the best of our. but now their winless record is in danger of falling current bundesliga side shall come doing their best to use up. they haven't won in 21 matches for the 7 time german champions it's an embarrassing predicaments. it's

a threat to their identity they've become surprisingly attached to this undesirable record and don't want shellcode taking take laurie. maybe it would be possible that's like a breakthrough this record but i can't imagine that we did it once season and shaka did it over to season so there's a throw me a competitor for us through the. shell to have just 2 games to save their reputation with a victory bizarrely their biggest cheerleader will be. they want their record as the bundesliga is worst ever tain to stand i the coronavirus pandemic changed the way people across the world celebrated the new year but here in europe one ice cold tradition lives on have a look. taking the plunge into rooms chilly tiber river for decades italians have dived 15 metres down as the year kicks off this time around coronavirus

restrictions kept the crowd small but one diver said their tradition sent a message people needed this year. got out you'll go to your her courage because we are doing this dive as a message of recovery as i hope to get everything back to normality. in portugal it's a damn into the cold planting. some swear by the health benefits of cold water swimming with or without protective gear. cameras it's a good way to start the new year by keeping all the viruses away. it's a bonus this way we don't get sick. i that may or may not be even further north this speech some more health obsessed people come out to take the waters the coronavirus kept many away but those who did

keep their tradition were confident they were doing the right thing it's proven scientifically proven to improve your communities are good for. besides the alleged health benefits what a way to beat those summer beach crowds. this is news live from berlin up next part 2 of our documentary film northern lights about life within the arctic circle don't forget you can always get the latest news on dot com. and i'm game did you know that 17 trillion are killed worldwide but it's not just the animals suffering it's the environment if you want to know when the priest. changed anything listen to our podcast on the green.

this is a world of incredible natural beauty raw and hostile. one that knows no mercy . and where mistakes can have fatal consequences.

life here has always been a fight for survival. in a world where in summer the sun never sets and in winter the nights are full of magic and color. we are exploring the most remote locations in this inhospitable terrain from greenland through the northwest passage to alaska. we meet people who sense that their world is changing. and those who are changing. this is a world in which the future of humanity will be decided. in the arctic.

while taking risky maneuvers at full speed or go barsa lines that feverish looks for a pass. sits through the ice. to go for free ride. it's a race against time. to go right. to the 3 point drop. the north easterly wind that's unusually powerful for early july drives a large amounts of drift ice from the arctic ocean into the fuehrer to the freezing headwind makes travel difficult and pushes the ice sheets closer and closer together creating pack ice after traveling almost 700 kilometers in the scoresby sound we find ourselves stranded in the arctic together with of are still lies and family and one of the most isolated and inhospitable places on earth.

a week before we departed iceland on a 2 hour flight over the arctic ocean our destination it took me. a village some 800 kilometers away from its closest neighbors. the descent itself is breathtaking. on the shoreline of one of the fjords branches woodland on a gravel runway. it was built by an american oil firm which withdrew from the development in 1990 but the runway remains. we have to continue our journey by boat as there are no roads. the trip takes close to 2 hours. on a peaceful and beautiful july afternoon like this could imagine that anything could go wrong. the colorful houses a veto court or a meat stand out like beacons between the rocks and the ice. are overwhelmed by the

incredible beauty of the arctic and its bassinets confounds our senses. icebergs often as tall as skyscrapers. it's more than 40 kilometers from here to the shoreline on the other side of the fjord. 350 people live in a talk or 2 i meet almost all are in a way it. most of the work they do is directly or indirectly subsidized by the danish government. which keeps the settlement alive there's a church hospital sports center and a primary school here along with what might be the world's most spectacular soccer pitch it's artificial turf is carefully manicured between the rubble and the snow. they've even just opened an outdoor pool for children. it's only the 2nd one in all

of greenland. the kids splash around to the sound of techno music. even though the water's a little chilly that still need something profound. all one was the water around to tend. to it too cold for the kids. that's what we were working on well more. at the small weather station they're releasing a weather balloon like they do every day at 11 each morning and night at the same time as hundreds of weather stations around the world tore undress and runs the station he's lived for 46 years but says things have changed dramatically here in recent years with the by the system. but you're. that's a bit. if. it's been

a lot more wind and not more humid and no more rain and. such i meant we had no was what they had. us well not. well it's quite a big change above the village there's a cemetery with a stunning view even if it's getting warmer here in the summer they still digging extra graves to be able to bury those who die in winter when the ground is frozen solid. suddenly there's excitement in the village. the men are loading their guns and everyone's on their feet people drop everything to go and watch the non walser here. who those who aren't in the boats watch from the shoreline and tell the hunters which way to go. time and again the whales submerge and the

boats chase after them the sound of large caliber weapons resonates throughout the day. the hunters fear the smell of the corpses could attract polar bears to keep them away from the shoreline and the settlement the dead whales or hold on to an ice sheet and carved up their. outside one of the cabins we meet met up boss elias. lowing the action with binoculars. her husband orca and her brother of god who are taking part in the hunt . order for 2 it we asked her why people here are so crazy about now walls what things. are important. for the warrior. you eat the meat you need more or. that.

you need. to do and be right here because you are. you know through. metal invites us to stay for lunch. is on the menu it's the children's favorite method tells us that much has changed here in recent years. and asks if we'd like to join them on a boat trip up the fuehrer in the coming days. we travel almost 400 kilometers with them up the scoresby sound at 50 or 60 kilometers an hour navigating our way through the ice.

after 4 hours of a very cold and for us often a nerve racking journey we take a break in stunning surroundings. the silence is only broken by the sound of melting glaciers. while her youngest son bryant keeps an eye out for polar bears which can appear out of nowhere at any time we ask about the biggest changes she's observed here in recent years. it takes years the last years have been smelting roughly like like 10 years ago. to now it's can smell up to one kilometer. then suddenly 2 polar bears appear a mother and her cub

a potentially extremely dangerous encounter for both parties. so it's lucky for us we're sitting safely in our boat. and lucky for the polar bears this years back order has already been. the one to go kenia by because they have very few things close but i like the meat as. you know you make small pieces of meat and make it out of the food price $3.00 to $5.00 polar bear goulash. and. our journey up the pure continues we've been travelling through this magical world of ice for 2 days. but this isn't a family holiday even if it sometimes looks like an. 8 year old brian drives us to

our camp for the night at full speed. isn't metalwork. is great when he was right. because he still sorely do but his father one theme tutor how to drive early as possible and did you really should you know how to shoot when he was 4 why. as often as they can they bring their children to the field to teach them how to survive here in the arctic how to feed themselves how to hunt and fish how to creep up on polar bears seals and musk ox and how to adapt to the ever changing world around them. right now before we can get the water here. so now we don't have more snow and. white

because. we have. earlier so. the next morning we need to move fast a strong wind is coming up and that could prove dangerous so we need to leave we still have a 350 kilometer return trip ahead of us. and then we find ourselves stranded in the arctic. rather argyll who has gone on ahead costing the ice floes on foot looking for a passage through the ice. our biggest worry now is that something could happen to the boat they risk being destroyed by drift ice and without the boats there's no way to get back we have to

turn around in an ice free bay we meet some hunters who are also stuck we launch our drone to get a better overview of the situation a guy who in the other hunters examine our images it really doesn't look good there's their pack eyes all the way to the horizon. we're not going to get out of here so quickly for. the or we set up camp and post guards to watch out for polar bears. the all the hunters share their food with us metta cuts the know all skin and blubber into small strips to make them easier to chew. i'm always good to. get. coffee. tastes like joint go yeah. he performed all.

hours. after being stuck here for 2 days things suddenly move very quickly the family has made a decision to reach out a little or get tells us a call that will bring us back the 3 of us the children and one hunter in one boat . mehta and although i want the children to get back to the village it's growing too cold out here and the polar bears pose an ever present danger. they plan to follow us as soon as there's a clear path through the ice. their boat is too big to haul over the ice. it's a tiring and perilous journey back. anyone

who falls into the water here is unlikely to survive. the cold but every. one though. it's hard for us to judge exactly how thick the ice really is. we drag our boat over the pack ice all the time we're afraid that the ice could crack or that someone could slip into the icy water. we make our way from ice floe to ice floe taking advantage of every little ice free passage to use the boat. we drag push and pull getting in and out of the boat for hours on end.

this isn't normal for the middle of july. the new weather patterns are making life difficult for the you know with the knowledge they've acquired over many generations which helps them predict weather conditions is becoming unreliable. before you know. that for some reason. late that evening after hours crossing the ice we're finally in the clear. a helicopter arrives to pick us up eric the local policeman has come to say good

bye and make sure we're ok the no walls are back in the day and after 2 nights on the ice mehta has also made it home. we leave ito for tony meets deeply moved by its people and its natural beauty. thanks the path to the landing strip is still blocked by ice thank. you. this is yellow knife canada at the military section of its airport. we're traveling with the 2nd battalion of quebec's royal 22nd regiment a unit which supports canada's john. task force north. it's been a long trip from the top were told to meet almost

a 1000 kilometers with stops in quebec and yellowknife before we reach cambridge bay in the canadian arctic. we're taking part in operation a knock knock put its mission to patrol the northwest passage canadian territory that could hardly be more isolated. the 2 griffin military helicopters fly low taking advantage of the element of surprise. one. of. the helicopters head out over the water they have their sights set on a cargo ship and radio the freighter to identify itself the captain is surprised. he asks why the helicopter is there he never imagined that 2 military helicopters

would suddenly appear in the middle of the night this amuses the pilots. the. then. the freighter was properly registered but the message is clear anyone traveling through the northwest passage should expect to face questions. back at command central briefings are taking place reconnaissance patrols are to be transferred to observation posts in the northwest passage to monitor an area approximately the size of germany or. during this time of year. worst crisis so this is one more people traffic or major. people on the ground and in the air here for us air support to monitor i think. it's also from

a ship that didn't say to come up i read yeah yeah there's difference between seeing a submarine or. fishing boat right so one of the 2 require different if they require different it's. the base of their operations is known as cam main located at cambridge bay it's part of the joint canadian american north warning system going roughly 2000 people live in cambridge bay it's a kind of rough and tumble arctic front here town in the middle of nowhere that's kept alive with generous support from the canadian government. most of the people here live from hunting and fishing and government subsidies. fishing for arctic char is one of the few good paying jobs here. people can are in around 4000 euros for 2 weeks work. but the fishing grounds are spread all over the

northwest passage and are often only reachable by float plane. at the dock in cambridge bay we meet some fishermen i'm loading their catch we ask if they've encountered vessels in the northwest passage that have no business being there. they're heard stories of elders out on boats and some out in the distance thinking it's an island and also not just submerged. yes. not copper mining area. oh we know based on some cite from other people that they said that russian. come in canadian. arctic. but that's all we know when that it's been in the new basically you know i know that. the government. is trying to keep it low somehow not make a big deal out of it but. but i'm sure that they know

a lot more than what they say i think i had an observation post we meet the commander of joint task force north brigadier general patrick carpentier way. he's inspecting his troops who are conducting surveillance and this isolated region he explains how hard it is to maintain a presence throughout canada's north if you take that area of land it's about the size of the continental u.s. so in that area there's only 150000 people that are separated in about 72 different units so so the challenges are communication transportation infrastructure. everything is a challenge in the north and that's not counting climate. his troops are always accompanied by a group. arctic rangers local you know it the work with the military. they play an important role. critical because if you look at the art of.

the rangers. boys i think it's a situation where. the canadian armed forces only have around $400.00 soldiers permanently stationed here in the north. so they couldn't do without the help of the arctic rangers and the local population. along with 2 arctic rangers and a reconnaissance patrol were being transferred to an outpost on a small uninhabited island and. the pilots ask us if we get airsick we're told to be honest because lots of people start to feel queasy when the helicopter picks up speed. they fly low and fast. for more than an hour we travel over a rocky terrain as well as countless lakes. sometimes

it feels like we could reach out and touch the ground. we have to disembark quickly the pilots need to return to base. this is to be our camp for the next few days a couple of tents on a small island in the middle of the arctic there are no trees or bushes for protection we are fully exposed to the wind and weather which often changes from one minute to the next. night has fallen on slightly higher ground the 1st guards have taken up position using infrared devices and powerful binoculars they search for hot spots on the icy waters. these can even be detected from great distances

away. from this what do you see a submarine would do if coming up if it's up if it's if it's up we're going to see it. you know we don't know but i know they're we have some fistulas for some reason with us not here but at the other place but they don't show us that. the next morning this reconnaissance patrol is searching the horizon they've just spotted a foreign invader that. there's a grizzly bear here you know that it's right there and we saw it just came back got come this way to there are. going to. start to see but this right there because you did lead to a. courtroom you. amy and allan load their guns

the canadian arctic is in a what territory the soldiers are guests here and an armed. they don't want to be viewed as an occupying force so they leave it up to the rangers to defend them. on their side are going to come true come smallpox. so what will you do that if you comes so far away of their computers to uproot. you want to. but for now the bear is nowhere in sight. suddenly a dense fog moves in from the sea now it's wet and cold around 3 degrees celsius alan says it could take a week for the fog to lift it looks like we're once again trapped in the arctic

this time on a small island with a grizzly bear. but when it's like they were completely fogged most of that. 'd they cannot really think of because they can barely see them still so they can look. right so they were. a few days later the skies have cleared and the helicopters can fly the brigadier general comes for an inspection he and his staff have one burning question mark their sighting of the window we have to see what it was like the right way to go there but of course it's not bears that pose the biggest challenge here they are merely a tactical problem. the strategic challenge is that the north is extremely rich in resources this new. little man city. so let's have a presence such a large territory. the arctic boasts

a wealth of natural resources diamonds copper iron oil gas and bish. and now the ice is melting faster and the ground is thawing it's getting easier to extract these treasures. they're in great demand and only those who maintain a presence here can protect their interests it's a huge undertaking in canada the 2nd largest country on earth and a herculean task up here in the far north at the end of the world. we continue our journey traveling almost 2000 kilometers westward to fairbanks alaska and from there another 800 kilometers to the dead horse by the beaufort sea. it's now early october and we're on the dalton highway. much of it is just a mix of mud and gravel it's been called one of the world's most dangerous roads.

crossing the yukon river we had northwards in the arctic following the route of the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range a 1000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. halfway along the route we had cold put a little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies. now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks it is beautiful as it is nice as it is it's not to me it's not worth it because it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come unprepared just think about it you might have to walk

you know 10 miles in this weather that's all people up here they got here and just they're not that you know you know they have light jackets they have you know tennis shoes or and it's just not very smart it's tourists yeah pretty much. 'd we drive further into the mountains there's been a lot of snow fall in the last few days unusual or early october. we stop off in wisemen a village that bloomed during the gold rush. everywhere you can see relics from the days when the dolphin highway and the trans alaska pipeline were being built and the arctic. just 14 people still live in weissman. where the freezers look like this and it's only october. here everything is pretty rustic. in his cabin jack recall is telling

a group of chinese tourists about life in the wilderness sled how he shoots moose and bears in order to survive it's a heavy caliber 8.6 millimeter does this is going to vomit looks like when it's not submitted to vote since they have a more open shot right through here right to vote long enough when the all that goes through the long heart continues to blow out of the law he rushes off. oh. but jack tells us the hunting's not as good as it used to be. but i just gave most i traveled several miles. a lot of us but i looked at a lot of country but hardly anything in it. makes it harder makes it harder jack came to wiseman in 1971 with his parents his father helped to build the don't own highway jackie explains why there are practically no more moose up here in the

woods now i have 3 deep snow here since 20041.4 major snow. it's the most especially when it melted on top and then froze their breaking snow to their chasse the outing themselves up on the on the edge of the snow the snow is like what's thick crust like that there's. and it looks like this might be another bad year there's already too much snow for early october the air is too warm and too humid. the most population doesn't have enough time to recover if deep snows occur every 4 or 5 years as they have in the last 2 decades. jack shows the chinese tourists some mighty most antlers of the popular photo motif. we ask these visitors what brought them here to the far north trying these people to come and return on their great her i know and that they want to see the whole side of his award. for us the best but i never seem to feel there is in so far i hope hopefully i can see

our us at night. as they attempt to drive away we hope they'll get to see the northern lights tonight. the conditions are favorable. the night sky is clear and full of stars. suddenly the heavenly light show commences gradually becoming more and more spectacular.

the next morning we continue our northward journey towards the arctic ocean following the trans alaska pipeline the road is icy for hours we find our way across the brooks range which separates central alaska from the north slope region . at the northern foot of the brooks range lies the 2 lick field station scientists from around the world come here to research the changes in the arctic jed tim manages the station he says they now have mosquitoes and snakes that conserve the winter here that's something new there's no denying climate change is real. it's hard to argue with. that i have i'm kind of in a weird spot because i you know i'm surrounded by science i grew up around science but i'm also a little bit of a redneck you know i like to like to play and snow machines but it's hard to argue with you know with the research that i see in the glaciers that i see these disappearing firsthand. and you know just how much warmer are seasons are

it's pretty obvious jeb says it's one thing that it's getting warmer but what will happen as a result of this will be the really big problem there's enough permafrost up here that if that thick surface later that layer that 2030 meter layer melts. the whole north slope is going to drop about 30 feet or 10 meters high for it he says it hasn't gotten to that yet but things are getting critical he also stresses that he's no expert he suggests we talk to vladimir romanov's key one of the world's foremost permafrost researchers from an oscar who advises governments and companies says the situation is quite clear. already have 35 years of measurements and during this period of time we started to as permafrost temperature about minus 8 mo it's minus 4 on the north slope of alaska. from

20132014 we have new really strong wave of warming where whole sites in interior laska show very substantial warming. should this continue it could also have serious consequences for energy supplies around the globe as more and more of the world's oil and gas supplies come from the arctic. in the many permafrost areas distributional prices vary on the under some big chunks of pure almost pure eyes there and when this chunks are melting then surface of size developing very very uneven surfaces and there's many occasions already exist where this subsidence already has its. oil structure infrastructure. heading north the trans alaska pipeline leads us out of the mountains and across the frozen arctic tundra

a region of stunning natural beauty. then we pull into a dead horse and the contrast couldn't be greater it's one big money mess and much warmer and further south. the dalton highway ends and dead horse at its only stop the general store terry underhill is one of the few women in deadhorse she runs the store and like everyone here comes from the south. she flies into work for 2 weeks and has 2 weeks off

that's the rhythm of life here she tells us she's a big fan of donald trump like everyone here we ask why obama made it so you can drill up sure which killed us and he out lot a lot of steps he put a lot of regulations on everything which made it to where they couldn't do anything and then when trump carolina lifted all the regulations and let us drill offshore again everything started opening up again so it was almost dead only it was like a ghost town. but now dead horse has been brought back to life and work has returned to. the workers camps are fully booked. the huge containers stand on stilts like everything here that's built on or in the permafrost. because the land here lies just above sea level and in summer the upper layers of permafrost keep melting more and more gravel is spread to stabilize the ground. the question is how long will all this hold.

all this infrastructure built to. extract what to. do it's a very warm. period of thawing of frost and we'll make more and more problems for the infrastructure and it's designed and built to extract because it's goods so that's kind of irony here. we board a private plane for supplies to get a better overview of the situation the oil companies won't let us film their operations even though we to produce them weeks ago over hundreds of kilometers huge plants come into view built into the slowly warming permafrost. all connected by the pipeline which runs through this swampy landscape. even offshore in the middle of the arctic ocean there are drilling platforms. our pilot tells us

normally there'd be ice here but he says this year things have changed. anyway for someone. like a government. that they might or. might. not have anything to eat in the way you. thought it would and that i've no doubt very unusual here that i haven't done anything like all over. bob says it keeps getting warmer here. we wonder if the instability of the ground isn't already causing problems. already on the infrastructure of your fields. yes but it's it's it's not official information. and they ask us not to talk. but yes

yes they have problems and that's why maybe they're selling they so it pays. because come from more so. oil giant b.p. is withdrawing from alaska entirely even though more and more oil fields are being discovered and opened up for drilling our journey around the arctic circle ends here in the alaskan oil fields for some there the promise of a brighter future for others they are part of the problem. we've traveled thousands of kilometers through this immense isolated region a world that's warming more quickly than any other on earth. a world that will determine the future of humanity. the huge demand for wrong materials and climate change are making life more unpredictable by the day. should

the permafrost an ice crust disappear our world will be a different one. and the knowledge acquired here over the generations is already losing its significance here in the arctic. a place. to play. 3 to. one. exploding cakes are just some of christiane s 3 boss creation. scroll back to. this parish shelf could some extravagant open bake masterpieces that are not only delicious

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