a record breaking laser show as the russian capital celebrates its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday and the military has been taken over red square wrapping up a five day tattoo with russian and foreign forces marching together. and now it's time for a special report our crew explores a remote nature reserve in russia's far east. i've been around for forty years. still don't know what kind of magnitude cracks people here. and 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. the vast expenses these three big elements the land the pacific ocean the stars over your head when the sun. purify. a little here people are more the heart of. the city but i know that this place is better than 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 the ship bring scientists from all over russia

to the island they come here to study the unique natural environment of the kommando islands. is that both sour 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. you manage 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 there and met two smaller islands called the gulf coast and are a common. they were named after commander vitesse 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. betting ship ended up wrecked on this island. hardships they suffered during the

winter define description of high winds a bitter cold blizzard and sludge ice. that was an agonizing winter just terrible. saying a pos 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. to get to their ngs 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 londoners sure but the commander died unable to withstand the harsh winter for a long time nobody knew where he had been buried for 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 the. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contained they found the greatest amount of phosphorous around bearings 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 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 mile and 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 sails. scientists have to look in every little day. because. even 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 aramis 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 they spend some on the commander on it's nearly a quarter of a million seals gather hair 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 the whole remains once they have moved into the territory they will stay that 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 strong that a brief jerk of the neck can send a forty kilogram cattle 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 altars 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 fur bearing on animals but found themselves on the brink of extinction. every now and then russian merchants pillage the islands arctic foxes the sea otters where in an incredible numbers here and then they were killed by the thousands. osieck i was made extinct within twenty six years later 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. is an employee of the reserve he monitors the population of birds and animals and keeps a record. which we are going to ari cam and top are called we are in luck today the sea is calm 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 real cories on almost all of the coastal cliffs the bird population on top of cove island is one of the most impressive. up to one hundred thousand pounds of tufton possums gather in an area

of some five hundred square meters they are called northern pirates because of the bright plumage. here we catch and 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 the own vital guest might well be killed by another puff and keep the room 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 tuft of puffins that can't fly fast enough they swoop dawn on puffins to make them drop the fish and then they snatch it up in mid-air. sure and foreigner from both you laser and america and have at the command of the islands the glau cross wind is native to north america the commander islands of the eastern most tip of its habitat top are called the 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 globe is waiting to go such birds protect their nests by attacking intruders we 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 the nests otherwise neighbors may destroy the clutch. 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 and call the island a rare subspecies of harbor seals have the 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 give sparing island a chance to reveal its true fields. the northern part of the island is flat with

low shores. southern pot is covered with mountains and vertical cliffs sticking out into the sea. it one can see the two highest waterfalls in 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 in all looks like a pillow that has been torn into pieces. i meant nervous and you. will

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airplanes arriving at nikolsk or airport are a welcome event for the population of barren island in winter time 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 clash with the warm currents coming from the southern seeds to create a humid sub-arctic climate. similes wenders here very long and it may snow in may or in early june. in fact issue i'm

sure you will see snow. in his paintings surrogate past the new 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 nickel square and teaches art to children at a local studio. here you need to somehow make the nest 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 weighing. the children do draws sea birds which are the most common inhabitants of the command of nature. many of them nest in a room called out a common which is a fifty seven me to hide rock and sledge is accommodate more than fifty thousand

birds of seventeen different species preserve staff are very careful about taking stock of the island and that since they have to avoid startling the birds such an incident could accidentally make them 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 the al you would choose 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 early 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 they

should stick 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 lions come very summer the females are fearful of humans they leave the beach assumes the sea. the sea lions are building hiram's for themselves by gallery and together group of cows they always try to keep the cows by their side because if they leave they may not come back this is a last ditch battle for the males. behring island is well away from normal sea routes and fishing boats the marine 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 which was is a common thing for the residents on that because whales migrate past the commander islands so it's very easy to observe them. dr olga philosophy and even food buton have 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 where 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 and 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 from their birth and with 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 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 them have been used in the. when summer comes millions of fish driven by natural instinct strive to get to the

spawning areas in the northern part of bering island there is a small fish farm. fishing is an essential part of the local economy. the fishing season means very hard work. 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. 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 spawning

. so this caviar isn't right it's small and very friends later when the fish ends in the fresh waters and begin to spawn this system gets transformed the fish stop eating lose their fat and become red. caviar gets bigger and ripens. out of everything the red some and is the favorite food of first seals saying they pass a new observed this many time. 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 nichkhun 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 céline 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 of which was 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 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 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. 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 no this place is better for to hear

a part of heaven belongs to the island.

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east of tripoli with reports of one of the colonel's sons being killed in the area . and other top stories of the week hundreds of thousands of israelis take to the city streets across the country demanding the government improve living standards rather than spending money on settlements and the military. goes a blaze of color with fireworks and a record breaking laser shows as the russian capital celebrates its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday. and recapping the top stories of the past week glad to have you with us let's take a look at those top stories right now. the u.n. most powerful body should demand an end to the violence in syria and move all parties into dialogue that's russia's view by the foreign minister.