put a dampener home, the mood here, particularly palestinians who don't feel very hopeful about the political situation . but despite that, people have come out to celebrate to get into the christmas spirit in one of the holy places in the christian religion. as a wrecker writers reporting from bethlehem, coming up next to is sports life. the arctic adventure shows how animals and humans are pushed to their limits during a sled dog race on the eternal ice. and that's all for me. for now. i'm fair richardson in berlin for me in the whole team here. thank you so much for watching nico, he's in germany to learn german lunch pinnacle. why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free? just see w e learning course eco speak. mm

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under as bart is living the dream in his winter wonderland in sweden's lapland. he owns a husky farm with 50 dogs. ah, the sled dog handler. better known as a marcia has lived here for 5 years. he's made lapland is home. along with his partner kirsten pillar, that love of dogs brought them here. and then the other modem, shit, and when, when you 1st get the sled dog bug, it's very hard to stop country. i'm working with sled dogs is a bit more than just owning dogs on the trip. no. and i tried the dogs and me and the dog trusts me, nor when palm. you see this cooperation best in difficult situations and moment. all right. how's you don't forget it. i'm or when feelings adored susan's or moment when you've been in a snowstorm a few times or been pushed to the limit it was,

and your dogs bring you home in the house because they trust you and you give the responsibility to the dog, sanford own business gift there isn't so much potentials and it is also fun, ireland, and as motto as much boston. ah, andreas and kirsten have been together since 1996. 2 years ago their relationship was put to the test. ah. in late summer 2017, they decided to take on an epic challenge. norway's beg your beloved at sled dog, race, the northernmost race in the world. it meant lots of work for the pair who come from northern germany. tree i reached us when i used to do this for the children,

caring things and sewing. now i do it for the dogs. i would have never dreamt of doing that before. ah . 10 weeks before the race. the 1st snow has fallen for andreas. that means the start of the tourist season forge a month for her visit. it will feel a little weird at 1st. you think it's stable, but it moves a bit, alice, but it's okay. you get used to it. i live on. oh. address owns a living by offering tourists rides. that means training for the race is not always possible. bermonte ombudsman had sent for when you want to race. there is a clash between training for such a big event and offering tours goes on as we want to do both which and in we want

our guests to be happy like, well, not to the author, suggested safin, hulu. sometimes he has to train in darkness while also doing tours. andreas wants to do 3500 kilometers of training before the race. every one counts. training is going well until 5 weeks before the race when cast and decides she is too stressed and busy at home to take part. yeah. hm. oh and gonzalez passion. we have a young couple who can help in stat and philosophy. we have a 1000 present faith and then ever said, but the guy doesn't know if he's free to come. if the girl francie comes alone and then i think it is easier if she goes with andrea's person, i would love to but it's fine if it works out with trans. see. and except and tom would and then we'll still have a vet. so that's okay. look, i think it is something you would never forget. god to my hosting is

irreplaceable. acting as mister jackson, what can i say? ah, a few days before the race francy arrives alone. her partner couldn't come here, you cast him, wants to stay home to help the workers on the farm. francie will support andreas in the race or will make the best of it. and i think that francy is tough enough of going. okay. and it glow. i reckon she can keep her cool better than me. i'm always a bit too of a excited murphy when the time comes. andreas and kirsten of train for over half a year and have sacrificed a lot. now andreea's will have to face the challenge without cast him his wealth

hafun. ah, $45.00 participants from 5 countries, or at the start of the burg, a beloved. andrea's face is a 350 kilometer trick. over the next few days, the marcia and his dogs will head into norway's arctic circle for the 1st leg. ice cold winds and temperatures as low as 40 degrees below celsius will push them to that limits. regular breaks will be necessary. the physical strain is enormous and the dogs need

to recover. okay, mental concentration is also crucial for both man and dog. after 5 and a half hours and joyous and his dogs reached the 1st checkpoint invite so they've managed around 70 kilometers. okay. for english and spanish, it was quite a relaxed 1st leg. one of the dogs found their rhythm after about 20 kilometers, but of course it wasn't easy on the quick of a lie down now and have a rest, the quicker we can recover the last and then we'll see amok knew the brakes are just as important in the race as the long runs to little sleep for the dogs and the marcia can have dramatic consequences. ah,

while andrea sets off again after 4 hours, rest of the sled dog races, taking the 1st injured dogs out of the event, andreas has no such problems. on the 2nd leg, he makes some real progress. piecing on checkpoint always and on the dos, flew out of the checkpoint and have pushed themselves more than before and gotten the we had 70 tough kilometers before. at the moment things are clicking into place, but we're not even in the halfway point. so my flight ah, on the next leg, things continue to go smoothly. ah . the partnership with francy is working well. when he rests, she takes care of the dogs. ah.

but the race has left its mark on undress. it is now the 1st day, and he is only really slept for 3 hours in total. the journey through the darkness has become a real test to someone's cuz now we've got another 105 kilometers. when a man my friend would, we can go higher. if the house i the finish line is drawing ever nearer. but they're stay at a checkpoint, is far longer than expected. mm . blue didn't was off. shouldn't happen. but it's one of those things a nucleus fuel. i got a feeling that a nuke was just too tired,

and i went to speak to the vet and they confirmed it, and the dog must be pulled out of the race. you have to give the dog to your specific handler. then only then can you leave the checkpoint, put us for lawson government to shaw in brooklyn law fantasy ah, because less she had a phone off of what else? and we've been standing around here for 6 hours. that is 6 hours in the darkness. andrea's had been trying to contact francy without success. the rules say only francy can take the exhausted dog. lou says i shut and i've made a big mistake and i'm paying for it and i was asleep and i put my phone on silent just out of habit. i thought it was really bad. that hadn't also had a missed due to the last time the torch batteries are running low,

as well as the phone battery. after all those calls. carrying on now is not possible. 100 kilometers from the end and andreas, his dream of completing the race is over the face, the set up. and i know he was extremely unhappy. he put so much work and money into it. i mean, we could have had tourists here for those 2 weeks. he's well aware of that himself, timothy said, but i know, and he knows that i will totally back him again in the future. i think it was clear the very next day that he wanted to try it again from 1st i said that's not my mom . 1 1 2 years later and andreas, his planning to race again with a new team, he is hopeful thanks to his to li dogs, and reyes has a special relationship with clara and didn't ari good, i tuned him good lead dogs are often very sensitive, very intelligent women are they have to find the trail in all weathers and deal

with the pressure and have solid endurance in. does your household and turn if there are 8 to 10 dogs behind her rushing too much, then it is mentally tiring for the dogs. unfeigned. but not every dog does that. dogs like in ari or clara, or a pleasure to work with a view, the in ari he ought to be. club auditors are shown in reason to st. mcclinton who nodded to do li dogs like clara and in ari of the extended arm of the moisture and the most important animals on the team. he helped you mason of a gun road. so i had the experience in the past that the girls are really tough when they get in difficult situations and she'll harm a guy's work hard to buy. there is nothing to complain about hours, but when it comes to the real thing, then it's often these seemingly normal female dogs who put their heads down and go through a blizzard. and you stand back and think, how is that possible? but they just do it on a part. good garry. so a lot of demands are ah andreas,

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