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percent overnight seven russian legions. of russian pilots face is not in the u.s. jail for the new york jury found him guilty of a drug smuggling conspiracy assaulting our shanker insists he's innocent parties say the trial was riddled with errors. but next door to heads north for a russian expedition deep into the arctic circle. brushes north in winter nearly every road there is called with the snow. musher mush. anyone venturing of course the prospects pines has to make their way through snowy forests of icy rivers and lakes in the old days local people used gold sleds and was the only reliable means of transportation. people

managing dope seems a cool. they had both the owners and the drivers of the dogs together with the tourists they were about to set out on an expedition full with many extreme challenges. the goal is to call the way untamed snow to a designated point in the arctic circle. will they cope with the rigors of the journey to reach their destination. the small village of color valor is the starting point to the arduous expedition it stretches along the bank of lake quito in the north of the republic of korea. early in the morning twenty people driving five dog teams a nine snowmobiles are ready to set off seasoned travelers and thirty sled dog huskies are joined by journalists and extreme tourism enthusiastic the snowmobiles

will take the lead. their task is to look for a convenient track and pave the way over deep snow dog teams then follow in their wake. today we have a difficult day today is the first day of the expedition so we need to learn to work together temperatures will drop to thirty below so will be difficult this is the team's lead dog cheyenne and this is on the day as these two dogs are also experienced this is chinook and this is to measure. the ground cross on the shore of lake quito symbolizes the start of the expeditions first stage it serves as a good omen for those who have safely returned to color velour from a journey across the lake and for those who are about to set off across is there for a reason as the lake has an ill reputation begin to show that legend has it that the

lake takes sacrifices if it doesn't in any particular here then it takes two or three people in the following directions. the trail winds through remote parts of korea's north the long history of this land is it a mystical or. the expeditions destination is a point in the arctic circle sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty nine seconds north of the equator it is situate. in the thick forests of the ancient land of popular ruled by a witch by the name. of the a temporary today is quite extreme but we have a lot of difficulties to deal with too much snow and pools of water on the ice and with the low temperatures today our job won't be easy and all.

the great job guys nicely done. color viola was deliberately chosen as the expedition starting point. this village has special significance for both karelians and friends. it was here more than a hundred years ago but finland's famous for a lot of just elyas learn root collected numerous ancient finnish poems known as rooms. of folk and called color valor is based on them. most of the rooms reflected the everyday life of koreans and finns their joys and sorrows they also sang songs about their native land.

drivers let their dogs have a rest each time they cover ten to fifteen kilometers of huskies or two boisterous to stand still for long quite often they kick up a fuss urging the driver to get a move on. slow dogs were bred by the indigenous troop chief of the northeastern siberia and the eskimos of alaska the word husky is a distortion of s.q. which is the word americans use to describe eskimos but huskies are distant relations of the wolf from time immemorial they have lived side by side with humans in the north. distinguishing features of the husky speed exceptional insurance the ability to cut a long distances without much effort and their devotion to humans their desire to always be on the move is in their blood. you have a good voice game going. the expedition makes its first long stop over in his

salmi house the drilling and several out houses are in the midst of a forest. nicholai to hala the hermit lives here alone without the perks of modern life. the good thing about life here is that you don't have to worry about electricity or heating again cut out i take water from a nice hole in chop far wood to keep me warm. is a fender nationality and a russian citizen he is also a man of the forest as he calls himself he became a legendary figure in karelia in finland a long time ago. nikolai turned his life around when he was a young man a farewell to friends and family left his village home and settled down in the woods. were not so quiet here everything is clean and calm the forest is so beautiful especially now during sunset. in the summer there are

a lot of people oh how slow and bustle i have already begun to forget all that. i had been here for twenty years already. nicolo relies on subsistence farming like many others before him he hunts and fishes dogs are his best friends nikolai likes being a hermit but he has not been completely alone throughout the twenty years of his life outside civilization. that's why has a philosophical view his lifestyle tourists come here to visit him and says no they can always count on help here. lol well hello. many make a point of going to his house to spend the night there rather than in a tent pitched on the snow. field i brought you something to keep you connected i didn't want to lose it so i kept it in my pocket but it's

a battery that's right and a charger oh very good but dusk only the snowmobiles have reached his sell me the sled dog teams arrive later well into the night. early in the morning of the dog driver begins preparing his dog team for the next passage he had been training his huskies for quite a long time before the expedition had shown the best performance during the initial stages. this is a special organ and for joints we use it on the dogs before and after racing to prevent their limbs from aching and to make running easier. these dog boots are designed to protect their paws from the ice. they look ridiculous but

the dogs can't do without them shouldn't replace them i took them off for the night to let them dry. each dog has its own character physical strength alone is not enough for a long run the driver needs to motivate his team to do lead job as best they can the dogs need to feel his affection. because i love to panda and dog drivers they need to make sure they have full contact with their dogs is my right my beauty. thank. meanwhile the expedition is heading north towards the arctic circle. hundreds of thousands of years ago this land just outside the arctic circle was rocked by earthquakes love us beauty out of ruptures in the earth's crust later to rain created by fiery elements became submerged in the face of

a vast placid. they didn't melt since early onset of the stone age when humans first made their appearance here according to archaeologists an anthropologist to rigorous climate kept the number of people in each tribe down to approximately thirty members and those people lead reclusive lives there was little contact between tribes. the centuries that have passed since then of course about little change the climate is still as unforgiving as ever few people even the small villages there are a few ropes right here the root of the arctic circle expedition lies. we trade that way. life in villages in karelia as north is still almost the same as it was hundreds of years ago winter in these parts last long that brings in its wake lots of snow and freezing temperatures any true korean in needs a solid wooden house a fireplace and several objects made of bush tree bark and the old days it was used

to make all sorts of objects i kitchen utensils bags and shoes it was also used to make talismans to protect people from the witch low heat and the evil spirit servants did as they made all sorts of toys for children out of birch bark one of them was called a sure cannot kids would play with it and it was also thought to be a charm that would ward off evil spirits those park is the top most layer off of the tree the northern people spend all their lives surrounded by things made of bush bark the ancient karelians even buried people rolling them in layers of the bark. one of the oldest villages in karelia is called soft coral it is on the bank of the saw finger river the waterway links to lakes it is famous for the fact that it is constantly changing flow at the most softly and the river links to large lakes any this place is unique because the river changes direction when it

fills one of the lakes the water flows into the other when that one has failed capacity is flows back into the first lake. where. even in the twenty first century when many villages have tap water locals prefer to take it from rivers for their daily needs just as their fairy tale ancestors on the color of valor folk at it did when the rivers are covered with ice and when certain people make holes in it with an axe the water of creating lakes and rivers is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing to pry limb out of streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely overcrowding with trees. the region's highest point is over there beyond the horizon according to the caliber of folk epic that's where the old and vicious

which low he lived. a good go go go go mush mush great job guys nicely done. low he the which has given the expedition a frosty welcome it's a cold on a grey sky and developed in snow a shroud a recent snow fall delays the dog teams. failure to try and go. time table is now in tatters but. the slaves have to cover the distance to the next stopover overpacked snow. quickly lifted quickly we should all time.

this time expedition members set up camp in the forest they waste no time pitching tents and making a bonfire at night they hold an emergency meeting. and the docs cannot buy such a room or there will be a mass of snow on the way to the arctic circle it is ok for the snowmobiles but the ducks will go slowly any it will take a lot of time to cover the route. before they reach the arctic circle the expedition will spend two days going across the mountain or near the highest mountain in can really is north they will then pave their way across the ice of lake paniagua be the largest lake in the region the weather forecast is not looking good freezing temperatures unpleasant the way.

twenty years ago the largest country in the disintegration. of. what had been each. church began a journey. where did it take them. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothingness. thousands wounded. her loose sand dune to suffer to enter the land. that was the first but probably not the last unitary uses of this weapon. how many more will be come. children calm and get on in the future.

in the sky. and minimums look forward to be held don't say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of liberation. you're a spring of nineteen forty five on our. people riding in dog sleds and snowmobiles will cross the pony r.v. national park before they reach the arctic circle they will make a still photo on the shore of funny r.v. lake the expedition heading there is taking a shortcut. of the bad weather. expedition

members driving snowmobiles resolved to go across a mile of new war and really is highest mountain a demanding route by all accounts according to the folks at epic. this place is the gateway to the mysterious land of particular. areas covered with thick forests of the kind you find only in sub-arctic regions pine trees and spruce is fare better than other plants on ice covered ground here the wind bring snow and cold weather from the arctic moisture and warm air from the atlantic this is why the foothill trees are topped with big caps of packed snow. in the only slope is pretty small and snoring and it's more than a symbol lashon has if the person had a sense of its place feared it the mountain is

a mass of pure pain granite with droplets of course crystals a beautiful sight but when i started training the mountain turned blots rent locals were scared by the unusual sight they thought the guards who crime because people had done something wrong to and of them. local people. who use rooftops the expedition runs into a veil of snow in the street here people refer to it as the milk of low heat which . visibilities in the soft snow does not support the sermon deals nevertheless expeditions participants decide to scramble to the mountains talk. just by the priests placing on the expedition the evil forces of course still manage to claim a sacrifice one of the snowmobiles has broken down. hello

the steering wheel is broken near the base. that the connection is entirely broken. all right we fix it oh it all should be ok for now. another snowmobile toes the broken one back home the main convoy of snowmobiles heads for lake pannier. they call the most of the distance by going through the narrow strip that was once the old border between russia and finland. the own border divided the lake almost into directly opposite the famous musquito cali or cliffs. the lake was formed by one hundred twenty eight metre deep take tomic fischer in the earth and illions of years ago partly out of the is a word from the language that was spoken by lot commanders who lived here many years ago the word means road. for a long time the lake serves as

a link between the west and the east up there was a time when convoys of talk sleds would take goods from sweden and finland to korea and russia over the lakes from the ice. and you're in this is where smugglers used to store contraband they would make arrangements for smuggling them across the border and there was two way traffic in those days people bought it things money played almost no role here most of the trade was done by exchanging goods. one of the outposts of the national park is on the lake shore near the expedition will make its last stopover before a final thrust towards the arctic circle drivers rarely leave their dogs on attended during the stopovers huskies demonstrates a much higher degree of and durrance and people who. they're full of energy

even after a long haul the hyperactive behavior often results in scuffles between teammates. that that order. player sit. quiet house keys never attack people no matter whether they're people they know or strangers this is a remarkable distinguishing feature of the breed they show absolutely b.d.'s to the drivers they see the driver as the lead dog. yes sometimes they like behind but then this is not a race it's an expedition isn't a right sweetie but sometimes we have to discipline them sometimes we have to be caring for this one for example needs comforting. it is up to the driver to choose which one he wants to train for the role of lead dog a lead dog needs to be quick witted keen on hard work and have the ability to

inspire other dogs with its zeal. in the evening the expedition's dog drivers decide to hold a dog sled race special finish candles are used to mark out the route on the lake shore young women are entrusted with the job of driving miss legs. people use their voice to control dogs during the speed race they don't you stick so lashes a goodly dog has no difficulty carrying out orders by anyone commanding the sled. gather from grangeville guys. good go go girl girl. season sled dogs are unlikely to stray from a straight line even if they're urged to this is especially the case a short distance having passed the finish line they could keep running. good. here korean. another day of the arctic expedition is coming to an end.

early in the morning drivers gather together to discuss an important matter they need to decide whether the dog teams will strive on towards the arctic circle we won't make it on time we have to generate a signal from this point before monday so we have to look and see if it's possible to even take the dogs this way. we should go here then by the lake to get there on time. with seventy kilometers still ahead of them the expedition decided to use snowmobiles to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle can be crossed a different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees

thirty three minutes and fifty nine seconds north of the equator there is only one way to reach this geographical point any deviation from it will instantly change the figures. levels of when to receive the masses that we have been registered with. us tonight excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here now the gators pinpoint the right coordinates in a forest amidst asia all pine trees following a six hour marathon in snowmobiles the group checks their position within the arctic circle with a special satellite navigation device they're the first to come here but as to the coordinates of lotus it is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty seconds launch it is twenty nine degrees fifty three minutes and forty one seconds . were made at last. if others make the same

journey later all they need to do is simply retrace the route taken by the pioneers before them. finally done it it's great that we're here trying to argue that dogs are a match for hardware is pointless we must combine both dogs and emotion to the expeditions so the dogs have lots of advantages those warm shady creatures would be showing their joy if they were here now. of course they wouldn't understand the meaning of what has happened but they would simply be jumping in their joy. biotics the. way.

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