welcome back you with us here live from moscow. the headlines now nato says it plans to continue its presence in libya the alliance keeps bombing the town of sirte the main program stronghold of the now mostly rebel controlled country meanwhile people on the ground claim the latest threat to their safety comes from weapons falling into inexperienced town. multiple suicide bombings that rocked the capital over russia's chechen republic on an important muslim holiday leaving at least eight dead over twenty injured authorities say one terrorist has already been identified as the brother of a suicide bomber who carried out

a similar attack one year ago. and as israel reportedly trains and the west bank settlers ahead of a u.n. vote on a recognizing palestinian statehood in september but more it's the anticipation of violence that could actually stop the conflict in the settlements. are here with r.t. to stay with us now though it's time for our special report which uncovers the spectacular nature of the items that's right now iran out. although i've been around for forty years since i'm going to. still don't know what

kind of magnitude cracks people here. in the uk when a man comes here for three years. he will stay here much longer but if he leaves and never comes back he will miss the place. the boogie woogie perhaps just the vast expanses least read the elements of the land the pacific ocean the stars overhead the winds they purify. the premier's as little here people are more harder before. moving the city but i know that this place is better because here a piece of heaven belongs to the.

bearing on island russia's far east again hold still a ship has dropped anchor in a bank it a village of nickel square each year this ship bring scientists from all over russia to the island they come here to study the unique natural environment of the commando islands. is that books our survey should we grab a sure thing it's our generator. vixen. coolin has done a good deal of research into marine mammals he spends each summer on the island. new language without a doubt binoculars and a high powered telescope our research is most indispensable tools here we mostly used them to record the number of first seals we count them every five days. his base is only twenty five kilometers from the village of mccall square the best

way to get around is an all terrain vehicle with caterpillar tracks. the island's main road goes along the beach where traffic is possible between sides . of vehicles move along rocky paths along the tundra. these islands of the top of an underwater mountain range stretching across the pacific from russia to alaska the commando off the pele go includes two large islands bearing and near two smaller islands are called the clock and are a common. they were named after commander visitors bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seventeen fourteen one born in denmark unison bering served in the russian fleet he was in charge of

geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. belling ship ended up wrecked on this island. hardships they suffered during the winter define description of high winds and bitter cold blizzard and sludge ice. there was an agonizing wait or just terrible. pass a new look came to the commander rollins when he was seventeen years old. since then he's worked as a sailor a fisherman and a hunter. he singlehandedly crossed the pacific and not before reaching seattle. is now a permanent resident nicole story where he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. to get all their rings who was lucky to be stranded at this place there must have been

a guardian angel watching from above because the ship was thrown over a reef into this cozy bay. most of the bering crew managed to survive precisely because they had learned shore but the commander died unable to withstand the harsh winter for a long time nobody knew where he had been buried his grave was found only in ninety ninety one during an archeological expedition organized for the purpose local residents so gala sauce cake was on that expedition. with. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contains they found the greatest amount of phosphorus around bearings grave. burying was not put in a coffin he was buried on a plank survivors were too weak to dig dig graves all agree is for shallow this is the place.

the members of the bering expedition were made by the diversity of the islands foreigner particularly the huge amount of marine animals according to their records the first seals breeding grounds took up nearly the whole coastline now there are just four seal nurseries on barren island one of them is in the northwestern part of it the scientists space situated next to it. the lure of sea mammals can be heard many kilometers away from the beach the shore is divided by the high rocks into several sections and cannot be seen from one point in full. to count the sails scientists have to look at. every little day. with. the first seals

a playfully for licking on the beach seals of the largest animals here around looking forward to the arrival of females after they come here the place will be teeming with arabs the smaller seals will be driven away they will move to the edge of the beach. in winter the first seals headed for the sea of japan but they spend some of on the commander on it's nearly a quarter of a million slaves gather here each year this is almost one fifth of the world's total. there are only males on the beach now instead the seals of busy dividing the breeding ground into plots for their whole remains once they have moved into the territory they will stay there so late august. after the famous seals arrive the beach will be off limits to outsiders the males will kill anybody showing up there. these powerful animals quickly respond to any

sign of danger is so strong that a brief jerk of their neck can send a forty kilogram carol flying over several meters. because of the beauty and your ability that coats first seals quickly faced mass extermination much like the seals the other inhabitants of the island like arctic foxes and sea otters were not faithful of humans as a result then the easy prey the hunters came to the island by the end of the eighteenth century valuable fur bearing animals but found themselves on the brink of extinction. every now and then russian merchants pillage the islands arctic foxes to see authors where incredible numbers here and then they were killed by the thousands in the sea for hours. made extinct within twenty six years later commander islands where the only habitat oh that marine mammal.

in one thousand nine hundred three almost the entire territory commanded lions was declared a protected area hunting and other economic activity were banned as a result there was a gradual growth in the population of rare animals. thursdays i give bill murray is an employee of the reserve he moments as the population birds and animals and keeps a record. we are going to ari cameron and talk protocols we are in luck today the sea is calm and the weather is nice there is a big hurry there are lots of sea birds and there are also many animals sea lions harbor seals and sea otters we will try to take pictures of them. each year about a million birds nest them come on the islands there are real khorasan almost all of

the coastal cliffs the bird population on top of the cove island is one of the most impressive. up to one hundred thousand pairs of tufted popham gather in an area of some five hundred square meters they're called northern pirates because of the bright plumage. of each year we caption tag about a hundred birds it won't let me go now i'll have to open and speak it's ok it happens. i'm going to try and target now it's best to let them get back to their holes or else be taken far beyond the places where the other tufted puffins nest if one of these birds gets into a puffins nest on the island vita guess might well be killed by another puff and. we usually let them go by tossing him in to be air. which though it seems he doesn't want to fly today. these birds cannot take off from the ground which is why they look clumsy instead they use a steep slope as

a launch pad tufted pathans feet in the open sea they dive to depths of up to one hundred meters and the hunt a small fry. quite often siegel snatch fish from tufted puffins that can't fly fast enough they swoop down on puffins to make them drop the fish and then they snatch it up in mid-air. sure and for know from both you laser and america and have it the commander islands the glau course window is native to north america the commander run ins of the eastern most tip of it's hard . to park over island russia's biggest nest in colony of loudness when it goes scientists put the numbers which over one thousand five hundred pounds. with these eggs were laid by a bloke is willing to go such birds protect their nests by attacking intruders we've disturbance to from their nest should we stop here they will attack us from above sometimes they might even walk as it were the head with their wings i would

recommend that you should not hang around here too long. a soon as they feel safe and goes wastes no time getting to the nests otherwise neighbors may destroy touch. the harbor seals are only thirty metres away from us we are going to approach the big rock and try to get a close look at them. on top are caused by a rare subspecies of harbor seals have their breeding ground close to the water during low tide the animals usually don't loose on the shore they slide into the water the slightest sign of danger. if. the commander islands are a kingdom of rain falls and relentlessly cold winds winters here last for nearly

eight months and most of the year no clouds to the ground rare occasions some give sparing island a chance to reveal its true feats. the northern part of the island is flat with no shores. so than pot is covered with mountains and vertical cliffs sticking out into the sea. it one can see the two highest waterfalls on the island which are especially stunning when the snow melts in spring. and will even take a boat to see the rocks. the sun millions of birds and all looks like a pillow that has been torn into pieces. a magnificent view. looking at.

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more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images go karl has been seeing from the streets of canada. sheinkopf orations the world today. airplanes arriving at nicole scoria airports are a welcome event for the population of paranoia and in winter time flights are often

come see because of gale force winds and poor visibility. sometimes regular service does not resume full weeks at a time the islands a known for their rigorous climate. here cold on thick waters clash with the warm currents coming from the southern seeds creation humid climate. zimm witnesses winters here very long admission oh in may or in early june. in fact i'm sure you will see snow. and his paintings surrogate past the new york tries to recreate the beauty of the local nature over many years he's traveled around the commander islands. most of his

works were inspired by his trips. now surrogate permanently lives. and teaches up to children of the local stadia. here irena to somehow make the announcement of the wing look more prominent try again. and you won't want to have those dark spots in your picture the rocks the bird and the wing. the children usually draws sea birds which are the most common inhabitants of the command the nature of many of the nest a new book called alec common which is a fifty seven meets a high rock and sledge accommodate more than fifty thousand birds of seventeen different species reserve staff a very careful about taking stock of the island's alison's they have to avoid startling the birds such an incident collapse and then to make them not eggs down

the side of the. go mulch have a long grading period and guillemots female can lay up to seven eggs at a time if one of them goes missing she is ready to produce many more value which used to take advantage of this behavior before the nature reserve came into being they would come to our a common islands to move the eggs that had been late in order to get fresh ones a few days later. sea lions a fund of relaxing on the early common island this animal is closely related to the first seal but it is much bigger in the eighteenth century that allowed fowls signal danger to seafarers in that they should stay clear of the animals and the hazardous rocks in the area. the sea lion population on the run roylance a shrunken recently is about a thousand sea lions come here each summer the females affair for the future and

the needs of each seems the same. that the sea lions are building hiram's for themselves by gallery and together a group of cows they always try to keep the cows by their sides because if they leave they may not come back this is a last ditch battle for the males. bearing islanders well away from normal sea routes and fishing boats in the rain giants will completely secure. the beaches the whales often enter the day. the local see them and say look at the whales to each other and with friends this is a common thing for the residents of london because whales migrate past the

commander islands so it's very easy to observe them a little. dr olga a philosopher and even fit buton i've been studying the behavior of whales for many years the scientists are in luck a recipe chanson beaked whale was approached banana. they were first discovered off the shore of the commander on. in which they don't let people approach them and that is why we're in such a hurry if they come to the surface where we have only got a couple of minutes to get a few pictures up close but even that's not always the case nobody knows anything about these species and they always stick together. whales can dive through the depths of several kilometers in search food after getting a gulp of air they swim down disappearing without

a trace compared with your old this place is terra incognita each time we discover something new there's a simpler way of doing such research by studying mice or all birds for example and you do get quicker results that way but we don't know much about this besides it's a good deal of hard work to study the opinion. when someone comes millions of fish driven by natural instinct to strive to get to the spawning areas in the northern part of the bering island there is a small fish farm. fishing is an essential part of the local economy.

the fishing season means very hard work and i think any version men will agree with me see it would be just specially rough when you are part of a team of fisherman. you get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night you wake up before the cigarette between your teeth goes down. the fishing season last throughout the summer is very hard work indeed but people are virtually dying to do it. fish dominates the local cuisine and the fishery is the main source of income for local residents in early june a valuable red salmon is the first to light the school. so this caviar isn't right it's small and very fact later when the fish enter the

fresh waters and begin to support this system gets transformed the fish stop eating and thrust lose their facts and become red. caviar gets bigger and ripens. out of everything the red sun and is the favorite food of first seals sailing a pass and you'll observe this many time. was real they are real hunters this animal is very pretty it's impossible to tear your eyes away from the beach if the seals come here for summer the beaches are full of them it is a strong beautiful nice. master of the sea. puts in a cool and getting ready for the most dangerous part of his job along with his son so gay he's heading to the very center of the breeding ground in a special plywood box for check on the health of the first seals for right now he's

worried about what one sea lion is going to do next the lion pricked up his ears when he sees something strange appearing each. year so he can crush of plywood box just as easily as a human can emerge box is no problem for him to destroy the shelter of which was the same line weighs more than seven hundred kilograms according to published figures they can weigh as much as a ton of plywood is a little a thing as far as this seal is concerned. first seals just like any sort of movement explorer is trying to walk a slowly as they can to avoid startling animals. that would have developed one of the seals came up to us to say hello to you couldn't sniff us out because the wind was blowing our way otherwise he wouldn't have come anywhere near us.

first seals liven up towards evening when the temperature drops marine mammals are quite comfortable at this time considering they spend most of their lives in icy water. the scientists are going to monitor the first sales every day during the whole summer period. for an urban resident customs of the hosam cities life on barren island may seem monotonous boring. regardless it will still come in droves to the commander runs. yeah although i've been around for forty years. i still don't know what kind of

magnet attracts people here but that one of the things that. doesn't want to go for hampshire is the vast expanse of us here there's nothing the i can stumble against. people here are different these three big elements the land the pacific ocean and stars over your heads in winds they purify you the food is just little people here don't fool around they behave in a different way not like they do in the metro here people are more one hundred. where my girl was going oh this place is better for here a part of heaven belongs to the island.