it is now one thirty pm here in moscow welcome back to the headlines now nato says it plans to continue its presence in libya as the alliance keeps bombing the town of. stronghold in the now mostly rebel controlled country meanwhile people on the ground claim the latest threat to their safety comes from a weapons falling into inexperienced. russian authorities say two of the suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks in the capital of the chechen republic have been identified multiple blasts rocked choose the evening leaving at least nine twenty injured. and israel

train reportedly arms west bank settlers ahead of a u.n. vote on a recognizing palestinian statehood. but experts warn it's the anticipation of violence that could actually spark a conflict in the south. those are the headlines on our time for our special report you stay with us for this it uncovers the spectacular nature of the. stars next right here on alt. this although i've been around for forty years since and. still don't know what

kind of magazine fracs people here. unlike 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. we were having since the vast expenses these three elements the land the pacific ocean the stars over your head and. purify you. a pretty little here people are more the heart of. the city i know this place is better than here a piece of heaven belongs to the. bearing

on island russia's far east the gay old stella ship has dropped anchor in a bank in the village of nicole 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 commander islands. which is the box our third day should we grab a sure thing it's our generator. vixen a cool and has done a good deal of research into marine mammals he spends each summer on the island. you learned without a doubt binoculars and a high powered telescope our research is most indispensable tools here we mostly use 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 types . of vehicles move along rocky paths long term drop. these islands of the top of an underwater mountain range stretching across the pacific from russia to alaska the commando archipelago includes two large islands bearing and near two smaller islands called the gulf coast and oddly come. they were named after a commander of interest bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seventeen fourteen one born in denmark vetus unison bearing served in the russian fleet he

was in charge of geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. betting ship ended up wrecked on this island. the hardships they suffered during the winter define description of high winds bitter cold blizzard and sludge ice. there was an agonizing water just terrible me. saying a possum you 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 single handedly crossed the pacific not before reaching seattle. he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil but he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. at the very his crew is 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 varying crew managed to survive precisely because they had landed a sure 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 one nine hundred ninety one during an archeological expedition organized for the purpose local residents so gala saw was on that expedition to meet. with. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contained 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 deep graves all agrees were shallow this is the place.

and members of the bering expedition were amazed by the diversity of the island's former 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 roar 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 seals scientists have to look in. every little day. it was. the first seals of playfully frolicking on the beach and seals

of the largest animals here. around looking forward to the arrival of fame ales after they come here the place will be teeming with harems the smallest seals will be driven away they will move to the edge of the bridge. in winter the first seals headed for the sea of japan but they spend some of on the commander on its nearly a quarter of a million seals 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 have busy dividing the breeding ground into plots for the how remains once they have moved into that 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 their. base powerful animals quickly respond to any

sign of danger first so strong will better 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 sails the other inhabitants of the island like arctic foxes and sea alters would not faithful of humans as a result they ended up easy prey for hunters who 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 the russian merchants pillage the islands arctic foxes the sea otters where in incredible numbers here and then they were told by the thousands a seed car was a. extinct within twenty six years his late commander islands where the only habitat for 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 monitors the population of birds and animals and keeps a record. which we are going to ari cameron on top are called 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 and come on the islands there are a look or reason almost all of the coastal cliffs the bird population on talk of

island is one of the most impressive. up to one hundred thousand pairs of tufted puffins gather in an area of some five hundred square metres they're called northern pirates because of the bright image. of the green shearer we catch and tag about a hundred birds it won't let me go now i'll have to open it 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 own vitals guess might well be killed by another puff and the room we usually let them go by tossing them into the air. again which though it seems he doesn't want to fly today. these birds cannot takeoff from the ground which is why they look clumsy instead they use a steep slope as

a launch pad tufted pathans feed in the open sea and dive to depths of up to one hundred meters in the hunt a small fry. quite often siegel snatch fish from top of 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 form from both the laser and america and how that the commander items the cloud coast winds go is native to north america the commander rollins of the eastern most tip of its habits on top our call for island hosts russia's biggest nest and colony of those scientists put the numbers and over one thousand five hundred pounds. of these eggs were laid by a glove because when to go such birds protect their nests by attacking intruders we disturb his two 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. assumes they feel safe and goals waste no time getting to the nests otherwise neighbors may destroy the perch. from the harbor seals are only thirty meters away from us we are going to approach the big rock and try to get a close look at them. on top are called the island a rare subspecies of harbor seals and their breeding ground close to the water during low tide the animals usually don't lose 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 low clouds on the ground on the rare occasions some give sparing island a chance to reveal its true feats. the northern part of the island is flooded with low shores. southern pass' covered with mountains and vertical cliffs sticking out into the sea. a warm can see the two highest waterfalls on the island which are especially stunning when the snow melts and spring. the world you can take a boat to see the rocks. the sun millions of birds it all looks like a pillow that has been torn into pieces. and magnificent are you. going to pick.

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market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the global financial headlines. airplanes arriving at nicole square airport are welcome events for the population of barren island in wintertime flights are often cancelled because of gale force

winds and poor visibility. sometimes regular service does not resume for weeks at a time the islands are known for their rigorous trial and. here cold arctic waters class for the warm currents coming from the southern seeds to create a humid climate. zimm witnesses wonders here very long it may snow in may or in early june. in fact i'm sure he will see snow. in his paintings surrogate past the new king tries to recreate the beauty of the local nature over many years he's travelled around the commander islands. most of his works were inspired by his

trips. now surrogate permanently lives in nichols school and teaches our children as a local she did. it here you need to somehow make the announcement of the wing look a more prominent crying game. and you won't want to have those dark spots in your picture rocks the bird and the way in. which children usually draw seabirds which are the most common inhabitants of the command the nature of. many of the nest a new book called out a common which is a fifty seven meets a high rock and sledge is accommodate more than fifty thousand birds of seventeen different species reserve staff are very careful about taking stock of the islands and since they have to avoid startling birds such an incident could accidentally

make them not eggs down the side walk. that go molds have a long breeding period by 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 counter are 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 county common island this animal is closely related to the first seal but it is much bigger in the eighteenth century the loud howls signal danger to see ferrous in that they should stick clear of the animals and the hazardous rocks an area. the sea lion population on the run roylance a shrunken recently is about a thousand sea lines come here each summer a female's

a fearful of humans they need the beach 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. and the. barren island is well away from normal sea routes and fishing boats in the main giants will completely secure. the beaches and whales often enter the bay. the local see them and say look at the whales to each other of us is a common thing for the residents of london because whales migrate past the

commander islands so it's very easy to observe them aboard. dr olga philosopher and even food buton have been studying the behavior of whales for many years the scientists are in luck a recipe she says beaked whale has approached them. they were first discovered off the shore of the commander on. 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 gone 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 they always stick together. whales can dive to a depth of several kilometers in search food after getting

a gulp of air they swim down disappearing without a trace from burford with urine all 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. and some of tom's millions of fish driven by natural instinct strives to get the best morning areas in the northern parts of barren island there was 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 will agree with me . but it's especially 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 like the spawning. so this caviar isn't right it's small and very fact later when the fish enter the

fish waters and begin to swarm this system gets transformed the fish stop eating and lose their fat and become red. vision caviar gets bigger and ripens. out of everything the red some and is the favorite food of first seals saying a possum you'll observe this many time. was written there are real hunters this animal is very pretty it's impossible to carry your eyes away from the beach as seals come here for summer the beaches are full of them. it's a strong beautiful nice. master of the sea. vixen a cool in getting ready for the most dangerous part of his job along with his son so again he's heading to the very center of the breeding ground in

a special plywood box check on the health of the first seals for right now what he's worried about what can one see line is going to do next the lion pricks up his ears when he sees something strange appearing each. pierce he can crush of plywood box just as easily as a human can a magical oaks is no problem for him to destroy the shelter from 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 the seal is concerned. first seals dislike any sort movements they explore is trying to walk as slowly as they can to avoid startling animals. that could have developed one of the seals came up to us to say hello to you they 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 seals every day during the whole summer period. for an urban resident coast into the hosmer cities life on barren island may seem monotonous and boring. regardless it will still come in droves to the commander runs.

although i've been around for forty years. i still don't know what kind of magnet attracts people here that line of it but. doesn't want to throw hamsters the vast expanse of us here there's nothing the eye can stumble against. people here are different these three big elements the land the pacific ocean and stars are already your heads in when they purify you of food is is the people here don't fool around they behave in a definite way not like they do in the metro here people are more one hundred. where my goal was i know that this place is better for here a part of heaven belongs to the island.

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