come take a look at this tv highlights every week in your inbox, subscribe now to portrait into the unknown. to day this meas, flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant being a captain of setting sale to discover a route and adventure full of hardships, dangers and death. my jillions journey around the world starts january 19th on d, w. m . it's the end of may any naughty and the ice hasn't quite disappeared. the average annual temperature here isn't much about freezing point. in europe's far

north primeval forests still exist. the trees are small, gnarled, and supple. petri matos is on his way through this old growth forest. if it weren't for him, these trees would have been cleared many years ago. lumber companies had their eye on them back before the 1st big protest action. any naughty. this is what a healthy forest here looks like with reindeer calves roaming about. reindeer mothers spend their last 2 weeks in enclosed areas before giving birth or double it just for in the yesterday evening. i am, ugh, felt like there is one upgrade. so i got thought up with my air mark, and then i opened back there than they go. but the, the freedom ah, ah petri matters likes that his animals have an appetite for freedom.

they develop better and don't cost him much. and he's grateful to the forest that sustains his animals. ah, hell oh, he lou. bah, who yara? hello, lin, roof to ski, i thought rock, bah, hello lee, to us. oh, this is about 12 hours and hold them up. oh, very old. every family of reindeer herders has its own distinctive ear marker. the procedure doesn't appear entirely painless. my

mom is coming over there. it's really nice the old babies out. and he's met him when you're living dogs, everything i say, but they recognize or maybe along and i feel free days not coming. lot anger. wow. all in somebody may believe it if they does during like they said they didn't think it hurts them very much. no, oh, i don't think for because it's not like her ladies. they put the earring since i thought oh oh oh oh old growth forests or woodlands that have not been significantly disturbed by human activity and these could be left untouched. after all,

there is enough timber elsewhere in northern europe. the liken hanging on the branches, serves as special function. what's felt here takes a very long time to grow back. matthew, see? gold proved this is a big for 500 years old. first, this black like another trace will read the again, eat the in the winder. it's not the only bit 3 because this renee, reading the all at the snow on the threes a to see the slack flies and also on the line. and it's coming up of the snow and red your gun. it this if there's a lot of snow and a small is har. without this forest, the reindeer would struggle to get through the winter. luckily the herders have received international help. korean beef come here and her boss and they thought the biggest company hope by the finish fairburn,

the sama barebones on range to her to have a problem. this forest cutting because it's out for us is very important in finland authorities. we're ignoring petri matos and his fellow herders. then greenpeace raised the possibility of a boycott. that was back in 2003. a large cargo ship had been docking each week in the northern german city of lou. back with timber from finland's vast forests. it's cargo turned out to have come from some of europe's last remaining primeval forests . the supply chain could be traced back to me now re. this timber was destined to be turned into toilet paper or glossy magazines in germany. in inquiry, a small delegation of traditional reindeer herders was waiting to show evidence of fresh felling. they didn't need to go far. this tree was a few 100 years old as far as who to yes, who could tell from the rings without using

a magnifying glass. that's how close the rings were together about him or some of it, ram, be it. but a monk ox. if the will think of them of books will be a new note. the state forestry authority has promised to protect certain areas who would but they are felling trees elsewhere. as a result, the forest is disappearing in the blue mud, pursued the indigenous sammy, are known to be rather reserved and not just in front of the camera. but this was the last straw at 5 on friday, the sounds of logging no longer rang out in the ancient forest. getting hold of footage of loggers at work wasn't easy.

this is a duty, yes. crew, 20 years later in the same forest that was due to be cut down for many years now. she's been teaching young people how to look after reindeer, and she has 6 grand children of her own. the forest se was inherited from our ancestors. it is, it's our inheritance. even if the land his own fight is big and he yoga or your rock. well it's ho. oh on sale. oh, for money. as she talks, she slips into her role as grandmother out of coin to say that

one thing i would be doing in the 4th likely without something work to do would be to play with my grandchildren. so how look, there's a whole in that 3 there might be a burden it to them and look how big death that 3 can you read your hands, rowdy thorn who lives in that hold on to that 3 for the saw me. the forest is a door to the natural world and to look back into their past. you know, it was what your grand grand grandfather who cut these 3 in this archival footage, clevi powder shoes, the way to

a spot where the 1st snow had covered the signs of fresh felling. 10 years earlier, the state own forestry company had cut down a few trees here, but left many standing. oh god, they didn't even tell us beforehand they just sent in a forest harvester. go to get off. the remains will be cleared with buyers to them . let me go, there won't be anything left for reindeer here for dozens of years. ah, the winter, and lapland or sop me as it's called by the indigenous sammy, people starts at the end of september. that's when things start to get tough for the reindeer that roam free. here. finding food is a struggle. for 20 years later, there's been no further logging here and the european union is keeping a watchful eye that it stays that way. for sammy reindeer heard her calabi potter that remains a triumph,

but not one that he boasts about. this ami often faced defeat in their conflicts with the authorities. back then their cause was helped by the fact that major german publishers began refusing to buy timber from the ancient forests. here when clevi pod, our walks through the forest, he doesn't just see the trees. he always has his reindeer and there needs in mind spotting things many others might miss was the lucas with him with this small liken grows on birches that vital when there's nothing else to put that early and it takes time for new like in to grow back longer than a human life span, he says, more like a century. i go to

yoga, plugged in back, then they stopped clear cutting. and we didn't let up. without them, there were more campaign, skip the room with and that's why it's been quiet here for years. up with you can see it. we don't need to keep our animals and enclosures any more. they can roam freely through the woods and that is but even in winter and then he looks out over the land. he knows that a big mining company wants to look for or here. as soon as one threat is averted, the next appears on the horizon. but he refuses to give up. our journey continues in northern europe. from in ari in finland, we will head to the forests just across the border from whoa neo. and then on to ega yadi in swedish lapland. our journey will end in norway in count. okay, no ah,

at 1st glance sweden looks like one big forest. no other european country has so many trees. they cover close to 3 quarters of its landmass. but the gaps become more visible. the further north you go. in many places, it looks more like a lunar landscape, such as here, close to warn you. on the border between sweden and finland, nearly 200 kilometers above the arctic circle. environmental activist, kara, lina, cows on blame, swedish timber companies. greenpeace put signs up that red. do not cut and then all mano get info, sushi and when you drive around here, you see one clear cut area after another school go and ask for what they've re planted their ad. it bears no comparison bad of mafia about him on all the trees are the same age and are planted in long rows. this is

a very aggressive type of forestry management. these are tree plantations. not forests got dropped off. we can see what the environmental activist is talking about. 40 kilometers further south. in other countries, individual trees tend to be selected for felling in sweden. it's more industrial cal cutting is a very rigid system, so everything, and i mean everything is leveled and removed as 30 to 40 years later. they thin out what they find dead milan. this works in opposition to nature rather than in harmony with it. a single forestry worker in a harvester can clear as much forest as 2 dozen longer as could in the past. the machines enormous tires leave behind packed soil and deep ruts in the ground. it's no surprise that it takes many years for anything to grow back.

here too, there were plans to clear huge areas of forest belonging to sweden state own forest re company may ask oak. but as in in ari reindeer, herders and environmental activists joint forces to stop it from going ahead with patrols and months long demonstrations. the company with its upscale headquarters in downtown stockholm ultimately gave in to the pressure. and the man at the helm bowed out. we meet the new c, e o eric brand smile in our interview. he accepts that mistakes were made. we previously haven't managed that conflicts and in an optimal way. and there are have been situations where we have not advanced the possibilities for that, for, for to render hers to true practice their profession back to the forests,

owned by city escal, 4000 reindeer rome in the munoz. sammy hurting district on the border with finland in summer. there's enough food for them. and in the autumn, the semi wild animals like to eat mushrooms, we meet hands, homa the chairman of the local reindeer heard in co operative. does he believe the forestry companies knew promises? at the moment? he says no logging is taking place and he hopes it will stay that way. it's high time. he adds thought more than one hold up in may. of course we hope that things will improve any clue that there will be a new course. one thanks, eric ron's. mom has come to see us up here. new new not to be honest. it's 30 years too late. and the chances i'm available, most of the old growth forests have disappeared until they mark, and i stay out of court. winter in lapland is a tough time,

and the changing climate and erratic weather patterns are making conditions even tougher. hunts homa has prepared as best he can. he regularly gives his herds supplementary. food liking contains carbohydrates in march and april. that's often all the animals have to eat in the wild. we surpass a decrease to volumes that we take out if we want to have like consume place if we want to create corridors, create shelter and protection reindeer, all joined all year. this has of course, i mean at least for now there's piece, the do not cut signs are being taken down. oh, that's one of the ones of them. we've saved about $150.00 trees or so in 13 forest areas that a lot of these are trees that space cook was going to cut down last

rows of all we'll the trees now have to do without your protection. yes, so now it's up to stay as coke or colleagues from greenpeace, and seem to sort of have enough trust at the moment that they left the area and focus on other issues. and i think that's a good song. spent the evening somewhere else. the swedish forestry company is also taking concrete steps. 3, our school has announced a 20 percent cut in future annual felling. oh lake yadda is in a forest near. are you in swedish lapland? the lou uptown, my vice reindeer cooperative, takes its animals here to grazing winter. see us go was going to log here too, but so far hasn't reindeer heard her? bree testing us jago leads us into her forest,

but it's not actually hers. it's owned by others who can do pretty much what they want. he said, yes, a full my, you're all inside and you can cut down everything except to what's around the stone age encampments of our ancestors. that dan, that almost you are asked on the forest harvest is, aren't allowed to directly encroach on them. that book left them men of all that god sad, then release the king. since time immemorial, the forests around ega, youdie have served as winter pasture for the reindeer. archaeologists can confirm that dorm i and then this was probably the size of a fire pit. and a traditional saw me tent dakota. when the must board and the soup teela, the traces we've left behind our subtle walk. omaha today with a trained eye. all you can see is the stone read a school. you could say stanford. the forestry industry has changed all that within

just one generation then. but alon scott, the intervention has changed the entire landscape, the trees have been felled and everything's turned upside down. as far as that has grown of a 1000 years just disappears, all bus been the mother of the longer you spend with the sammy, the more you come to see the world and the forest through their eyes. at 1st glance, this lodgepole pine plantation is just a dry canoe for us forest that's been very densely planted. but for bleat osteen us jago. it's deeply troubling that the hot a there vash doesn't. this is the was kind of 3 when it comes to reindeer heard ada mclaughlin. paul, it's an invasive species from north america. it's been whitey planted here on i went to paul's chainsaw also ma plan p i. c. valley stores. these trees have lots of needles, like which thickly carpet a forest flowing and b that after

a month and possibly it's an alien body or for it. it acts like a barrier through little saw the reindeer avoid these plantation either my plant off and rascal has now stopped planting pine as contort her. it's latin name. while it grows 40 percent faster than other pine species. it's a lot more vulnerable to high winds and all it also blocks out a lot of light. you can see how it stuns other forest growth just by looking at this little tree. well, can she sexual your? it's 2627 years old and the quarter, but it still says small because the contorted pine has taken away. its light went off. alanna, it brita steen us jago could wish for any house. perhaps it would be this one here with its panoramic views. but it has a drawback, the entire land around the house belongs to the state and see us coke is responsible for managing this land. there may be a truce for now,

but if you tend to think in centuries like this, army, people, just the thought of clear cutting is hard to bear. and how long will the piece last? may be swear, scope hasn't changed. it's weighs that much that on road that the ag outlook, the hash and model that is ag, out at the late high school in the home school of our classes. rascal, resize, co calamity to log the whole area around the lake. things summer league ruined their higher value. seth and old saw me woman used to live here. avoid that if you do gotta. and she was almost 90 and she sold her house because she couldn't cope with clearing the snow and the, the watering dorcas got the snare langer. they're often a german i. t expert bought it till, and he lives here full part of the year. some board i knew dealer laura, i told him last year. what might happen if you would that say as you could clear cut the land rice around the house since it didn't get he was very disappointed and outraging or humbly subject. yet the lesson yet to receive him right now,

it's still possible to walk through the woodland to get to the water. and what would a lunch break in the forest beat without a camp fire? started with the help of birch bark and it has the advantage of burning when it's damp it falls. do you think? and then there's spring water cache drunk out of a cup made from the thicker part of a tree where there was a not hole and a battered coffee pot that has obviously seen many a camp fire. the hot over or this on the, at a new way and an old pine forest that isn't too dense. palms school get some better from school. these lie can on the forest floor and hanging from the trees and all those magnets rad them. the sammy would like to see this kind of forest everywhere, but for decades. so he has coke has been felling all trees that reach

a certain age. what's left is a patchwork of primeval forest. nestled alt will, gaited on all by god, only 15 percent as left of the entire old forest home of his for some in that home . the rest has been cut down all back on the wall. they owe you out to them, hide what's left, our little islands, lease oases that aren't connected. yeah. the landscape but on and these small areas of ancient forest are of course, especially precious to with it the other domes, more or more than i at the moment there aren't any animals grazing in the lakeside forest. they're still in the highlands. the swedish, yet the reindeer eat with they can find their grasses, bushes, mushrooms in late spring. but he justin us. ja goes reindeer intuitively find their way to the higher ground and back to the valley where they were born. in late

autumn, their sense of orientation takes them back to their winter grazing pastors to ega youdie. it would be ideal if the animals could actually find food here. and the co operative didn't have to buy commercial fodder to get them through the winter. but there's just not enough in these desolate woods. after hearing all that, you might think that's fair, skulked c, e. o. eric brown's mom would be well advised to come here to. she really wants to restore faith in his company. we're headed now to cow to k no one day. it could look like this across lapland. if the forest can no longer provide enough food due to unpredictable weather

patterns and invasive species, these are scenes from norway and the ancestral home of the indigenous sammy, people. reindeer actually don't like getting too close to humans. especially pregnant animals. ah, we've reached northern norway. reindeer have been living here from time immemorial, more or less independently. doing so. but now more and more of them need to be fed with the old old people say the reindeers, i'd wanna beat me. i'm not gonna be the rapier, but now it's the opposite. now we have to feed the radio.

well, there's a frenzy when father and daughter opened the sacks of food. the father is made from local grass and compressed in the factory. ah, this is a climate change with already here you can see the fate that might be awaiting other regions. the arctic is warming 4 times faster than the rest of the world. because you can see the range behind here. 90 percent of those are pregnant female. in spring may maybe get one called peach. if we are lucky. mm. meanwhile,

word has gotten out about the free lunch reindeer from a neighboring cooperative has snuck in. ah, property is sacred here. giving back a stray animal is a matter of honor. the reindeer gets tied up like a parcel for the journey back to its own heard then the reindeer herder explains how you would look at the reindeers right here. yeah. well, how did it has a different pattern than our reindeer of it on the tube, but mud so that that

ah, if the old growth forests could be saved, then these reindeer would have a chance of continued freedom and of surviving in the wilderness. surely it's worth a try. ah honest ad moved toward the entire forest gone, his answer so cut down against our will, least for you. what are it feels unjust or so sound sky, easier than them else. and what will become of the wood off the present? the 80 percent of it will be used up very quickly and most of it will be turned in to paper in the blue book better. ah

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