this although i've been around for forty years and. still don't know what kind of magnitude cracks people here it. looks like 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 just a vast expanses these three big elements the land the pacific ocean the stars overhead and when the sun. purify. the premise is that here people are more the heart of.

the city but i know that this place is better with 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 it a 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 kommando islands. is the books our search. should we grab a sure thing it's our generator. vixen a cool in has been 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 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 on an all terrain vehicle with caterpillar tracks. the island's main road goes along the beach where traffic is possible between tights. vehicles move along rocky paths along the tundra. these islands at 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 hot and oddly come.

they were named after commander visitors bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seven hundred forty one born in denmark vetus unison bearing served in the russian fleet he was in charge of geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. bearing ship ended up wrecked on this island. you know hardships they suffered during the winter defined description of high winds the bitter cold blizzard and sludge ah yes. there was an agonizing winter just terrible. saying a 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 single handedly crossed the pacific and not before reaching seattle.

he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil where he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. bearings crew 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 london 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 one nine hundred ninety one during an archeological expedition organized for the purpose local residents. was on that expedition. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it

contained they find the greatest amount of phosphorus around barings grave. burying was not put in a coffin he was buried on the plank survivors were too weak to dig deep graves all agree is for shallow this is the place. the members of the bering expedition were amazed by the diversity of the island's 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 behring island one of them is in the northwestern part of it the scientist 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 sails scientists have to look in every little bay. was. the first seals of playfully frolicking on the beach seals of the largest animals here around looking forward to the arrival of fame or else after they come here the place will be teeming with air and this the smaller seals will be driven away they will move to the edge of the beach. in winter the first seals head for the sea of japan but they spend summer on the commander islands 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 of busy

dividing the breeding ground into plots for their hard rains once they have moved into the territory they will stay there until 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 the neck can send a forty kilogram cattle flying over several majors. 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 optic foxes and sea autist were not faithful of humans as a result they ended up easy prey for the hunters who came to the island by the end of the eighteenth century valuable thorough bearing on animals but found themselves on the brink of extinction. every now and then the russian merchants pillaged the

islands arctic foxes the sea otters where in an incredible numbers here and then they were killed by the thousands to seek out was made extinct within twenty six years his late commander islands where the only habitat o. that marine mammal. in one thousand nine hundred three almost the entire territory commander violence 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. is an employee of the reserves he monitors the population of birds and animals and keeps a record. which we are going to ari kammen 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 on come on the island there are almost all of the coastal cliffs the bird population on top of cove island is one of the most. up to one hundred thousand pairs of tufted puffins gather in an area of some five hundred square meters they are called northern pirates because of the bright plumage. of each year we catch and tag about one 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 puff and nest on the island vita guess might well be killed by another puff and. we usually let them go by tossing them into the air. in the courts 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 feet in the open sea dive to depths of up to a hundred meters in the hunt for 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 midair. sure and foreigner from both your asia and america and have it the commander arlen's the glau coast wind goal is native to north america the commander islands of the eastern most tip of its habitat top our call for island hosts russia's biggest nest in colony of glaucus wind goes scientists put the numbers at over one

thousand five hundred pounds. 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 whack us over the head with their wings i would recommend but you should not hang. around here too long. a soon as they feel safe that goes wastes no time getting to their nests otherwise neighbors may destroy approach. 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 island a rare subspecies of harbor seals have their breeding ground close to the water

during low tide the animals usually on the shore they slide into the water the slightest sign of danger. the commander islands are a kingdom of rain fall and relentlessly cold winds winters here last for nearly eight months but most of the year low clouds over the ground rare occasions some gives barren island a chance to reveal its true it's. the northern part of the island is flooded with low shores. southern part 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 and spring. 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. a magnificent view. i got out of the military in ninety sixty six i got over because of the things i saw the things i was doing and this reasons that we were given for doing them it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war and the antiwar movement emerged that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. after the army we always set free the army or

fun travel and adventure but it really meant the army. the worldwide manhunt for him lasted for fifteen year which. i one million euro war and was promised for his counter. political minus murder for the west. a national hero for minions and conflict. general of the serbian army. rotc own luggage. or criminal. on archie.

airplanes arriving at nicole's school airport a welcome event for the population of barren island in winter time flights are often come soon. 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 climate. here cold arctic waters clash with the warm currents coming from the southern seeds to create a humid sub-arctic climate. as in witnesses winters here very

long and it may snow in may or in early june. in fact i'm sure you will see snow. in his paintings surrogate pass a new can tries to recreate the beauty of the local nature over many years he's travelled around with manure islands. most of his works were inspired by his trips . now surrogate permanently lives in nickel square and teaches up to children at a local studio. here you need to somehow make the nasa under 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 wayne. the children usually draws sea birds which are the most common

inhabitants of the command the nature of. many of the nest in a look ali called out a common which is a fifty seven me to high rock it's ledges accommodate more than fifty thousand birds of seventeen different species reserve staff a very careful about taking stock of the island and since they have to avoid startling the birds such an incident could accidentally make the not. eggs down the side of the. girl molds 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 island to move the eggs that had been late in order to get fresh ones a few days later. sea lions are fond of relaxing on the

only 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 seafarers in that they should steer clear of the animals and the hazardous rocks in the area. the sea lion population on the run roylance the shrunken recently has about a thousand sea lines come here each summer the females are fearful of humans they leave the beach as soon as the sea. 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. whales often enter the bay. the local see them and say look at the whales to each other with it's a common thing for the residents because whales migrate past the commander allan's . so it's very easy to observe them. dr olga philosophy and even fit i've been studying the behavior of whales for many years the scientists are in luck a rare species of beaked whale has approached barren island. they were first discovered off the shore of the commander right. in which it

will take you they don't let people approach them and that is why we're in such a hurry if they come to the surface we have only got a couple of minutes to get a few pictures up close you know 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 of food after getting a gulp of air they swim down disappearing without a trace. we're getting all this place is terra incognita each time we discover something new there's a simpler way of doing such research by studying mice all birds for example and you do get quicker results that way but we don't know much about this species it takes 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 parts of bering island there was a small fish from. fishing is an essential part of the local economy. zhong season means very hard work and i think any fisherman will agree with me 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 out to 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 the valuable red salmon is the first to life for spawning. so this caviar isn't right it's small and very fat later when the fish into the fresh waters and begin to support this system gets transformed the fish stop eating and with us lose their fat and become red. the caviar gets bigger and ripens. out of everything the red some and is the favorite food of first seals saying a pos a new observed this many time. was written they are real hunters this animal is very pretty it's impossible to tear your eyes away from

the beach the seals come here for summer the beaches are full of them. it's a strong beautiful me still. master of the sea. victor nikolay and 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 to check on the health of the first seals but right now he's worried about what one sea lion is going to do next the lion pricks up his ears when he sees something strange appearing each. his 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 of the sailor and weighs more than seven hundred kilograms according to published figures they can weigh as much as a ton the plywood is a little a thing as far as the seal is concerned. first seals dislike any sort of movements

they explore is trying to walk as slowly as they can to avoid startling animals. that would have developed one of the seals came up to us to say hello to he 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 custom to the hosam of 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 but it. was a moment of perhaps as the vast expanse of us here there's nothing the eye can stumble against. people here are different three big elements the land the pacific ocean one stars over your heads and when they purify a 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 weigel was going oh this place is better for to hear a part of heaven belongs to the island.

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