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a group of terror targets in the size of the country among those killed two high ranking militant warlords with links to al qaeda. and people across the world celebrate workers solidarity day trade unions as well as political parties in new feelings of taking the opportunity to express themselves. next artie's documentary from the arctic circle stay with us if you will and follow a team of explorers is their take on one of the most scenic and unforgiving environments known to man. brushes know a thing when nearly every road terrorist covered with snow. and lush lush. anyone venturing across this prospect spans has to make their way through snowy forests over icy rivers and lakes and the old days local people used dog sleds it was the only reliable means of transportation. people managing dog teams are

cool. they have both the owners and the drivers of the dogs together with the tourists they're about to set out on an expedition full with many extreme challenges. that goal is to carve a way to run tame snow birds as a major 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 of 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 and nine snowmobiles are ready to set off season travelers and thirty sled dog huskies are joined by

journalists and extreme tourism and easier the snowmobiles will take the lead. their task is to look for a convenient track and pave the way over deep snow dr james then followed 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 amadeus these two dogs are also experienced this is chinook and this is torture. graeme cross on the shore of lake quito symbolizes the start of the expeditions first stage it serves as a good omen for those from of safely returned from a journey across the lake and for those who are about to set off the cross is there for a reason as the lake has an ill reputation begin to shape that legend has it that

the lake takes sacrifices it doesn't in any particular here then it takes two or three people in the fall and here you. the trail winds through remote parts of korea's north the long history of this land is 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 itinerary 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 vala 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 that finland is famous for knowledge asst elyas learn root collected numerous ancient finnish poems known as rooms. a folk attic called color of allah is based on them. most of the rooms reflect 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 but huskies are too boisterous to stand still for long quite often they kick up a fuss urging the driver to get a move on. sled dogs are bred by the indigenous to chief of northeastern siberia and the eskimos of alaska the word husky is a distortion of s.q. which is the word americans used to describe eskimos but as he's a distant relations of the wolf from time immemorial they have lived side by side with humans in the north. the distinguishing features of the husky are speed exceptional insurance the ability to cover long distances without much effort and their devotion to humans their desire to always be on the move is in their blood. yeah that's a good voice game going. the expedition makes its first long stopover in here is

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 if you don't have to worry about electricity or heating again cut out i take water from a nice hole in chop forward to keep me warm. and if is a fin by 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 he bade farewell to friends and family left his village home and settled down in the woods. but 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 soon bustle i have already begun to forget all that. i have been here for twenty years already. nikolai relies on subsistence farming like many others before him he hunts and fishes dogs are his best friends because i likes being a hermit but he has not been completely alone throughout the twenty years of his life outside civilization. if i has a philosophical view his lifestyle tourists come here to visit him under snow they can always count on help here. below 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. i brought you something to keep you connected i didn't

want to lose it so i kept it in my pocket it's a battery that's right and a charger oh that's 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 some yarnell for the dog driver begins preparing his dog team for the next passage he had been training his first piece for quite a long time before the expedition had shown the best performance during the initial stages. of this is a special ordinance for joints we use it on the dogs before and after racing to prevent their limbs for making and to make running easier. these

dog routes are designed to protect their paws from the ice. they look ridiculous but the dogs can't do without them you shouldn't replace them i took them off for the night to let them dry. for. 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 their job as best they can. the dogs need to feel his affection. a lot depends on drivers they need to make sure they have full contact with their dogs is not right my duty. 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 lovers huge out of ruptures in the earth's crust later to

rain created by fiery elements became submerged in the thick of a vast glassy. they didn't melt and so the onset of the stone age when schumann's 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 those people lead reclusive lives there was little contact between tribes. a centuries that have passed since then of course about little change the climate is still as unforgiving as ever few people in a small villages or a few roads rise here the route of the arctic circle expedition lies. we trade that way. life in villages and karelians north is still almost the same as it was hundreds of years ago winter in these parts last long and brings in its wake and lots of snow and freezing temperatures any true careen in needs

a solid wooden house a fireplace and several objects made of birch tree bark. in the old days it was used to make all sorts of objects i kitchen utensils bags and shoes and was also used to make talismans to protect people from the witch low heat and the evil spirit servants. as they made all sorts of toys which children out of birch bark one of them was called a sure cannot play with it and it was also thought to be a charm that woodward of evil spirits those bark is the countless layer of a bitch tree the northern people spend all their lives surrounded by things made of bush bark the engine karelians even their weak people rolling them in layers of the bark. one of the oldest villages in karelia is called softball it is on the bank of the softening the river the waterway links to lakes it is famous for the fact that it is constantly changing flow. younger rivers links to

large lakes but this place is unique because the river changes direction when it fills one of the lakes the water flows into the other when 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 from the color of our folk are picked it when the rivers are covered with ice and winter people make holes in it with the next the water of karelian lakes and rivers is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing to bridle the mountain streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely overgrown with trees. the goodies the region's highest point is over there beyond the horizon according to the caliber of folk apic 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 bitter cold on a grey sky and developed in snow a shroud a recent snow fall delays the dog teams. failure and go. the time table is now in titus. the slopes have to cover the distance to the next stopover overpack. though it quickly lifted quickly we should all try.

this time expedition members set up camp in the forest they waste no time pitching tents and making a bonfire a night they hold an emergency meeting. and there's all this cannot do by such a route there will be a mass of snow on the way to the arctic circle it is ok for the snowmobiles about the ducks who go slowly any who take a lot of time to cover the route. before they reach the arctic circle the expedition will spend two days going across mountain or a 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.

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heard recently some people started receiving posts notices telling them to make up letters at this post office in previous to. the stories of the world's long gone it . does have to be chosen. meeting the diaries of those tests are today. people riding in dog sleds and snowmobiles will cross the pani of the national park before they reach the arctic circle they will make a stopover on the shore of punny on the lake the expedition heading that is taking a shortcut because of the band was an.

expedition members driving snowmobiles resolved to go across mt new warren karelians highest mountain a demanding route by all accounts according to the folk epic color voller this place is the gateway to the mysterious land of particular. areas covered with thick forest of the kind you find only in sub-arctic regions pine trees and spruce is fared better than other plants on the 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 packed snow. in the old days local is pretty small to warren and it's more than a symbol lashon has if the person habitants of this place feared it the mountain is a mass of european granite with droplets of quartz crystals and beautiful sight but whenever it started training the mountain turned last threat locals were scared by

that unusual sight they thought they got from a crime because people had done something wrong to anger them. and local people. were known cories rooftop the expedition runs into a bale of snow. here people refer to it as the milk of loki to which. visibilities in the soft snow does not support the some of eels nevertheless expeditions participants decide to scramble to the mountains tall. just like the free splicing on the expedition the evil forces of still managed to claim a sacrifice one of the snowmobiles has broken down. below the steering wheel is broken near the base. that the

connection is entirely broken. all right we fix it a little should be ok for now. another snowmobile toes the broken one back home the main convoy of snowmobiles heads full length panic. take over 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 loose skin color yellow cliffs. the lake was formed by one hundred twenty eight meters deep take tonics fish up in the earth millions of years ago. my out of a is a word from the language that was spoken by laplanders who lived him many years ago the word means road. for a long time the lake served as a link between the west and the east there was

a time when convoys of dog sleds would take goods from sweden and finland to korea and russia over the lakes mn with ice this year and this is a very small gloriously used to store contraband they would make arrangements for smuggling them across the border and there was two way traffic in those days people wanted 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 pier the expedition will make its last stop over before a final thrust towards the arctic circle drivers rarely leave their dogs on attended touring the stopovers huskies demonstrate a much higher degree of an juror and people do. they are full of energy even after a long haul the hyperactive behavior often results in scuffles between teammates.

that will get players it looks quiet huskies never attack people in the matter whether they are people they know or strangers this is a remarkable distinguishing feature of the brain they show absolutely deviance to their 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 there isn't a right sweetie but sometimes we have to discipline them sometimes we have to be carrying 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 wit is keen on hard work and have the ability to inspire other dogs with it zeal. in

the evening the expedition's dr ivers decided to hold a dog sled race special finish candles they used to mark out the route on the lake shore young women are entrusted with the job of driving the sleds. up 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 told us by anyone commanding the sled. grangeville guys. good go go go go. season sled dogs are unlikely to stray from a straight line even if they're two this is especially the case at a short distance having passed the finish line they could keep running. good boy killed during. 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 just side to use name of eels to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle come across to different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty 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 thank. you for wanting to receive a massive shift we have been registered. as the next excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here. now the gaiters 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 and the gist of the coordinates of leisure suit is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty seconds to launch it is twenty nine degrees fifty three minutes and forty one seconds. the raids were made at last. if all those 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 out of course they wouldn't understand the meaning of what has happened but they would simply be jumping and showing their joy . is the arctic circle.

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when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothingness. thousands wounded. and doomed to suffer to the end of the land. of miss the first what probably not the last image or uses of this weapon. or many more will be come.