he says a. lot of the european population felt that it was important to be white and to stay going to fights to live. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence they call them the children. storage january 11th on d w. every year the extreme north of norway hosts an epic 1200 kilometer race in which competitors fight their way into icy wasteland and are celebrated as here. in rome races choir like my birthday and. receive all around one for 8 days the

competitors or moshe's and that can. be pushed to the absolute limit of how your form is something you chose to do and it's what it's like a journey into yourself. who will prevail in this grueling enjoins challenge lasting over a week with sleep a rare luxury dogs are starting to give up. and i'm getting a little bit. so if you were in. the hard work starts. in the fin month region of norway september 29th. here inside the arctic circle is preparing for the longest dog sled race thing your in october don you are

planted to fellow musher discussed how many dogs they have with them and which ones they'll have to leave behind to do you will. see. coming. i've been driving dogs and so i couldn't stand up straight and i've been around dogs for all my life so when i was younger dogs were like my best friend so i've always. always like seen the world with a dog or through a dog's eyes. new york of the new. parents thrives on tourism especially from the growing popularity of. the family has more than 80 dogs all of

them hybrid. they've been trained in social skills on a highly giora bill with a strong cardiovascular system and they love to run. we always start going short. term and then as mr get into shape we can always increase the distance and then the speed but these are long distance stones so they're never really run faster than 17 kilometers an hour. long ford bore 70 kilometers west of alta. bend folx lifting up with his family and 35 alaskan hoskings originally from germany he met his wife while studying geography and alsa in 2010 the couple bought this old family. home so yes of a good girl. but. oh

. what else we need to warn you. that we have me right on rahsaan water of all the should we go and fetch that to write it for us this isn't a breakfast we're not basically a mixture of me and dr order was important for that i'm going to taking care of the docks is a full time job for bed. his wife is a teacher at the finish school. you could say we're living our dream we have a great place to live for and have so much freedom i am so happy to have the children in our own dogs it's just beyond words. which i please i mean ben started ducks lead racing more than 10 years ago and has also won a number of awards for the way he handles his animals the one the one that's

nothing good 60 wired in all they're bred for this purpose and want to run but it's genetic and you can use the dogs but never should have used them you have to know them inside out from training and living with so you know what their limits are and you know you should never push them beyond know your kind support for a musher he was not even norwegian let alone local those distinctions are a fairy special honor. or is ruby basically the queen are most importantly dog is always i was i was i think so i thought they were pretty big patent wars and sometimes they had their disputes like in the school groups we could also went inside of. it. and as their leader you have to master the art of creating a positive bar so they work together as a team. and then tana still have another 5 months to prepare for the finn mark race. for one or

2 it is the ultimate challenge of course you can meet bad weather and you can get an injured dog and you get tired and exhausted so as there's all these things together for. like a week. people may only last a day. until the snow pack is firm enough for the sleds the ducks train with the court on solid ground and there has to repeatedly push on the brakes to stop the team going too fast over the entire season from august through late may they cover almost 10000 kilometers. in the evening have friends family and stuff gather for dinner the top subject of discussion is as ever well preparations for the race a going today joined by a high profile guest and named. who won the event 3 time.

training going ok. yeah i hope so. marble i don't think we did enough training. in terms of kilometers yes last year we had $650.00 and now we only have around $300.00 and it's already the 19th ruefully and it's not enough. and his performances have also attracted sponsons this season she's getting funding from a dog food manufacturer together with other successful mushes making hannah the youngest member of the world's 1st professional dog sled squad although other than sharing a sponsor the mush is a not really a team each competing faery much for themselves. part of the team is like the biggest mushers in the world and for me it's an opportunity to.

learn from the best so now i'm a part of that and i also have a few other sponsors and for me that i don't have a full term time job or i'm not fully educated i have to have sponsors and if not i won't be able to do what i love to do every single day. then has to make do without financial backus. being a non-native makes him less attractive for now we just companies. and only the very best mushes manage to secure lucrative sponsorship deals. stylish what you can see on this mushing is becoming increasingly sort of fired up here it's hugely popular now with a growing number of people going professional. we're now starting to see big money sponsors and sponsor teams is inside or as a family based colonel it's hard for us to keep up with the. mushing means

investing a lot of time and money the dogs need to be put through their paces for the entire season from august through the end of may the financial outlay for their food and equipment poses an additional challenge for the family but then also just wants to win he's worked out that the animals cost us $30.00 to $40000.00 euros a year when they're over there and i would love to keep them and also do the race 2 for it so we're taking the plunge by asking if guests might want to go on a tour with us mr in some circles on the tour itself and is able to recover some of the expenses by offering docs a tourist which also provides further training for the animals well though that venture is compromised by having to tailor the tours to the wishes of his guests. 6 months on march 20 twentieth's and f. in mark's looking is about to begin the toughest dog sled race in your up with 1200 icy kilometers awaiting the competitors. but ben has doubts as to whether

his team is in top shape. you would know they haven't done those long distances so far this year but have had to work really hard. to believe these not to be true he's on board in the spirit i hope she puts on another good showing this year oh sure sure as ranma york new york marcus the clown in the team he's been great in the preparation. the docs get a pretty race check up from veterinarians otherwise they're not allowed to compete . and ben is worried about the swelling on this one's leg. much as we will be our doctor says that if he has sound alternatives sheets suggest taking a different old. fortunately all the other docs are ok giving the green light for bed. and i take a photo of you next to each other pretty. well that's a good. plan or is accompanied by her mother from one checkpoint to the next

trina competed in the race herself a number of times you have so much work with the dogs and to be able to be top 5 top 7 in a race like this it's very very hard because so many are good they know what they're doing and you have to have some luck with you also have to be very good yourself. it's party time and. no ways maine public t.v. station has daily updates off the race. this huns hotfix and has been covering the event for more than a decade. mung among them it's getting bigger every year it's a multi-faceted sport and isn't throwing to watch. the starting positions are drawn by knots with ben in 14th in the fields comprises 30

teams from scandinavia plus a couple of contestants from germany and switzerland who all the warriors are desperate to get going i just hope we get off to a good start and then run our own. on a journey that will take 8 days and 8 nights ben sets out on the initial stage. of the 1st checkpoint is 12 hours away. among the last starters his local girl hannah. with no t.v. live on the scene. he won't. already won the 500 kilometer race and the 1200. they're true different worlds we just want to decent finish photo what's the best part of the race being out there alone with my dogs the one i want to enjoy and good luck to you know what. all that matters

now is the finish with no more interruptions. the rule is a simple once out in the wild they're not allowed to have any assistance. over the next 8 days the mushers the granted one extended break of 14 alice with short breezes always allowed to stage one is 132 kilometers and the longest. has little let up for the marshes as they literally dig deep and have to push their sled through the snow especially uphill. the checkpoints manned by more than $600.00 volunteers taking care of the dogs. almost 12 hours in hanna arrives at the lever your checkpoint and now every 2nd counts she's solely responsible for feeding the ducks the pack up emitted to take on nourishment but outside the checkpoint the foster manages to feed the dogs and get

them wrapped up for the night the good to be able to get some shuteye has settled for an hour or 2. it's a routine hannah has practiced dozens of times we rested 2 hours. on the trail it's not. all snow but it was. almost 2 hours later ben also reaches the 1st checkpoint with some bad news. one of his best stall sprained his shoulder after stepping into a hole. if more than 8 of the 14 a strong team failed to finish the race it's game over and the early loss of you is a bit of a setback for ben. unfortunately you have all the other teams breaking which creates divots. and then you have

a dilemma. you want to help the dogs have lots of breaks but then give the floor a trail and happens whatever. i do it's now. 10 minutes later ben sets out again from the checkpoint he prefers to catch a couple of hours now in his sleeping bag out on the trail away from the hustle and bustle of the help as cam. takes more luck shuras option and is able to get to analyze sleep thanks to a family's camper van being parked at each check point. we're going on but she has no time to chat nothing can stand in the way of her hopefully finishing 1st boyfriend mathias knows only too well. and she goes in life in the bubble thing. going for the race. through the checkpoints or to just thinking about what you are going to do. ban on

hand i now have 2 long stages ahead of them totaling 200. 23 kilometers the route takes them along a river by the finnish border daytime temperatures are already below 0 celsius as the dogs plow their way through the soft snow. it's now been 48 hours since the start and. at 330 in the afternoon ben reaches the checkpoint in left. over the past 48 hours histones have each burned up $24000.00 calories now they have to eat as much as possible before they get tired. and barely has time to sneak. a little over 3 hours on the slide you come close to falling off. but it's ok so

you're constantly focused on the dogs it's something you chose to do and it's fun it's like a journey into yourself. and ben is not the only one showing signs of wear from the past 48 hours ruby his lead dog has picked up an injury this is how you can cool the area and you try to massage upwards towards the heart argue i would argue i sure don't know but when you remove the ice don't spend too much time massaging you need to get some rest and sleep and the dogs to head off. the fin mark races a monumental test and beast alike. thank you. once every 61 this is the most important dog the brain of the team this team's it will be interesting to see if it works at this from. while ben get

some much needed if brief bit of rest hannah gets ready to get back on the trail. but surely racing at night is even more demanding for the musher team the difference between driving the night. is a bit easier to stay awake. not long at a time. try to stay awake. running to. you it's a bit colder and there are more away. today they enjoy. the snow full stop.

i haven't slept a wink. i lay down in my bed seeing these wild images all i could think about was her. and now we have this weather coming up there so it's going to be a pretty tough stage over the mountain. the old lady is a bit. yeah i think that's it. for.

tonight heading up into the mountains. no mercy then there's the deep snow slowing down the sleds 2 teams have already had to give up. but the talks certainly need no pushing the martians wouldn't need to use whips and rankings even if they were allowed the animals tend to dictate the pace because one can testify but now it's time for her 14 hour break over dogs are stormed. and i'm getting tired. slowly through from the warmth of the hard work starts. and then they embark on a 20 hour trek north east during which connor is able to overtake some granny folds she's already moved up from 20th on the starting grid to 8 less than 2 hours behind the race leader bennis struggling some way behind a further 5 hours down. 4 days into the race hannah

speeds indicate close to the russian border. she's already covered 600 kilometers but this is only around the hof waypoint. as always there's no talking to daughter while also having to keep an eye on all the dogs that. were. reported over. the one. leaving as well ok her mouth about for a trick or 3 a little but he's not even that well. he. eats but not well ok which one. it's because i'm going to ask one of the and. it will be ok. the veterinarians receive and a token payment for their assistance but for such a trout's money making the trip from the us it's worth it is very aware of the has

to be unlike the race and this is a marathon not a one or 2 day issue so she's very much on top of it and i think are timeless incredibly good. for the burger or caesar salad both are you know. she needs meat and fat so. up until now i've given my dogs a lot of rest. and i see that my team is is moving faster down the trail from the me we have more dogs or i have one dogs on my team then the people in front of me and it's still a long way to the finish line. to go ahead no wonder you're quicker and you're a lot lighter just your team is faster up building their home. was a very windy oh yes a lot of headwind from the side i couldn't keep despite steady it's guess it's not

easy but you only took 4 hours and 58 minutes i was shown to. have boyfriends mathias also wants to hear her updates. i thought morning after the last mountain i even had to slow them down but i'm tired of them. and i had to put on the brakes. yes they don't look too bad it's going really well. not so the case with bet he's way off the pace and now stuck with his dark side the night in check point he has now covered almost 2 thirds of the race distance but of his 14 dogs only 6 are fit to continue the absolute minimum. with a heavy heart he makes a heart breaking decision. we wanted to set out

1st thing this morning they were not here but it turned out that 3 of the dogs had swollen like this one of them. had one of the basically we reached the limit for the number of dogs required. and when the. we didn't achieve the goal that we've been working for all year. because with animals involved you never know and you just have to accept things and try better next time the president's new found both of you as a serious one is often at once you've got the bug you have to carry on. they have to be better prepared in the future and maybe get a bit of good luck to. be the jury heard on google. it's that way. ben was one of 10 competitors who had to drop out. ahead of hannah and her team is one of the longest and most challenging but also

most prestigious stages of the finn mark race from here they only have 250 kilometers to the finish hanna has overtaken another 2 teams and is now in 6th place it's close to half a meter of snow so we have to go through and my dogs have been. running in that deep snow for around 9 hours 10 hours and i've been working and running in kicking and. coming down from the mountain i call my mom and. my guy and they're maybe half an hour to a checkpoint and they can get ready. really really bad news and my 1st thought was ok maybe with a dog has died or something like that. on march the 12th everything changed in no

way even here in the isolated north of the country due to the spread of the corona virus the fed mark grace has had to be called off immediately. a shock for all involved you know we have the wars going on. now. and the prime minister and. said everything has to go to the quick. it's dreadful news for tina a little hectic to her daughter has got just a few hours' sleep over the last few days trina is worried that a weakened hannah will be devastated by the development. and i just cried all the way into the checkpoint and once we got into a checkpoint everybody was there and it was just less. weird atmosphere.

for up and cool and stream of a place on the way. i feel really bad for she was looking forward to this race of course she's been using a whole year training for this race it's obviously a lot of fun and. i know we would have a good finish. and i wanted to prove myself that i could do. this and i wanted to prove to everyone else that i could do well in a race like this and even though i know i did a good race i don't feel like i've proved it because you know i'm really finished.

hannah is back home and. i don't really think it's has sunk and i think my body is like still in shock a little bit because we've been carrying and thinking about this race for 2 years and then we're finally doing it and it. is going very well. and it's just like it's just taking you know taken away from you and that is very hard for. for me and my body and my brain to process. reckons the race could have continued due to the remoteness of the roots but by late summer. a hoax by a cop and raring to go again and hopefully in 2021 hannah and her team look at another chance to get off a kill rate. the

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