so let's go. over to. margaret why no. one knows what's really happening to the global economy is really large on our. past the hour here in moscow you're watching and these are the headlines the arab spring echoes in america u.s. police use force to disperse and to call street protesters arresting more than seven hundred people taking part of a rally that's quickly gaining momentum across the country. but also in this week's top stories president had to get over explains his decision not to run for a second term citing with humor which is greater popularity at home his comments come in a surprise interview that stirred up debate about the country's political future.

a dark humanitarian situation in the besieged libyan town of sirte where people are dying from a lack of vital supplies and that ongoing fighting something experts say may say those mission to protect civilians more questionable than ever. and the standoff threatening to turn into an armed conflict on service border with northern also well as nato the tops of the snuffles goldbach's and the disputed checkpoint can suffer old people injured. and next start he takes you on an exhilarating trip to russia stories to meet some of the rarest and most elusive animal species and admired the region which in beauty that's next. cullimore reach seven thousand kilometers from moscow a group of research has has become an expedition through the nature of the. club there is one of the sea eagles a nice close to a small river on the shore of the sea of

a fourth here not very far from here low tide compels them to go to the sea to look for food. to stella's siegel is listed in russia's red book of red and endangered animals eagles of his toys only found in russians for east each year who want to follow just the company part reserve ranges in specs then this in order to do so the expedition would have to come hundreds of kilometers over the course of ten days. ornithologist if you know were taken to is joined by l.z. ashford a volunteer from scotland they were accompanied by range of plenty of a coach on the journey. this is where the two rivers meet their totally different the children journey is a deep culture with a strong current the water in the cabin is warm they even different color a challenger is greenish because of floodwaters but the kava always stays brown and

. still the sea eagles can afford to be free in the make it on ski reserve they don't have to worry about food there is no funds to fish in the sea of a halt a nearby rivers is still a sea eagle is the largest bird in the area. their wing span is almost seventy cents to me since i was an adult can weigh up to knowing kilograms i can feel a branch an eagle is behind. the boat is going to a far corner of the result of the owner thought it was just expect to see chicks that they believe hatched in an eagle's nest a few days ago. the engine noise scares the brown upon seeing the new arrivals he backs away and swiftly disappears into the forest the group has no worries has really attacked people during the summer. a telescope it ruled is the

most important always home in the expeditions inventory by attaching a video camera the only phone which is used see what's going on in the eagle's nest even though it only takes a few minutes to get to the nest but it actually comes to climbing the tree preparations take a lot longer stella's siegel's nest of the ground the people concerned are you sure giving a delicate girl that much to carry is a good idea. but elsie ashwood is the first woman to ever climb a tree in the market and ski resort in the past. always employed to help the men in the group. yes. l c is a researcher at the royal society for the protection of in scotland but nests have been her line of work for several years she has brought all the necessary equipment from scotland because she thinks using familiar equipment in an unfamiliar place is

much safer. from the mining this tree is no easy job and it will take elsie at least forty minutes to get to the nest especially if she observes all of the safety rules are going to. elsie's progress is blocked she can't go any further this is where a video camera attached to a rolled comes in handy and i shared a key element of the monitoring procedure is inspecting us at the start of the season with us because we need to know how many chips that hatched and how many have survived to the end of the season and then if they're mature enough to leave their nasty events the film is shot from different angles special care is taken not to scare away out of bugs otherwise they might never return to the nest and the chicks would die of starvation elsie takes a look at the footage before she's even got barrels from the tree. chick to some

white chicks for and i find. nothing around in the sunshine but i think the majority turn out to beaks like this just like the other next so it's too small of a very healthy chick. decades ago they were good like prison camps and. inmates used to be sent to what is now the megatons good nature is to procure a fish and game today people are a rare sight here let me have a go patrols the territory making his way along narrow trails left by as he always carries a gun with him a trespasser can be easily spotted from this elevation intruders crossing the reserves by injuries as a threat. but branches lying close to the plough speak of a camp fire started by unwelcome guests or this is what is left of a branch that got caught in

a fire even though more than thirty years of cost i still shudder when i think back to that inferno. this with this way of getting to any part of the reserve in an emergency is by helicopter. when a fire flares up the helicopters will have to make dozens of trips a day but even that does little to help. the tiger may remain a blaze for weeks on end sometimes far as covers such a large area the firemen from the market and region come to. controlling fire is especially difficult intended for us forests it takes many years to recover from such a place floods are just as dangerous as follows into early spring transporting fuel and basic necessities to preserve stuff is an extreme and often life threatening toss which is more than. on one occasion snowmobiles broke down and we had to

walk scores of kilometers such incidents would have made many others quit this job but something keeps us going i think it gives us adrenaline i'm happy it's part of my life. it's a challenge that keeps you in good shape. the following morning the weather changes abruptly it is clear from the full cost of the rain will keep coming down for almost a week we all are full of just decided against inspecting other siegal nests but they want to waste the time so they begin looking through the video they filmed the day before. i would like to take a closer look at what you filmed. i couldn't see it clearly in the sunlight. well i didn't expect to see that the chicks i saw were older and they behaved in a very different way. now this this is the first time i've seen chicks fighting all

the time they're behaving naturally as they should it's not like they saw you with your camera it was hidden after all. l.c.s. food began learning russian a few months before rising in the market on the region well in the reserves each day she notes than you would she hears from her russian colleagues at work it's important if you're working you don't learn can many every day because you can't remember them you need to have a few words. so you can use them when you need quickly. the day later and time is running out the expedition now has to move to another sector of the result . because the second phase of the expedition is about to begin we will visit the coney peninsula on the ski ireland where the maritime sector is will see eagle nests check the bears and taxi lines for now this part of the trip is done.

three hundred kilometers from the previous campsite and talk about fashion into an expedition vessel into the sea of cults. through several killer whales near the ship they seem to be the ship's captain many happy returns for his sixty fifth birthday get the boat ready for large and the blasted checkpoint is on the horizon . the station peninsula is home to ranges of the maritime sector of the market and ski stable nature reserve the environment is very harsh. accompanies the group who researches at this stage of the expedition with a service record of more than twenty years is one of the reserves veterans so gave can his career as

a rank and file employee now he is in charge of the ranges guarding the reserves maritime sector they are on duty for about a month at a time the rangers are a self-sufficient community. a call from guarding the territory they keep records of the natural environment was the situation well none of us nothing to speak of little said you know intruders apart from some little animals. and what about the stellar siegel's a couple who come from their touring low tide you'll see them. no toy doesn't come until several hours later at that time a mountain stream flowing into the sea of all hopes can be crossed normally the title current is so strong that it is impossible to keep one's balance the water is always here all year round and falling in would be dangerous there are no signs of life in the eagles and this its owner is away hunting for food and soon it appears on the horizon. eagle.

the climate here is was completely different to the previous location even in the height of summer the weather poses a challenge it's a little bit cold. but it's not winter it's this summer so some way it's like. winter in scotland maybe. the rain just take two dogs on the daily twelve kilometer patrol the dogs begin barking as soon as they smell a pair they are just as indispensable when rangers look for peaches hunting bears off and the poachers have better equipment than the reserve personnel. overrules a month or two posters carry weapons their boats have powerful engines and still work and don't top of the lawyers provide legal protection or you're unlikely to

find any eyewitnesses here a ranger would have to work very hard before the offender could be brought to trial which. as soon as the expedition ship leaves plus the station a family of humpback whales appears the captain still is the vessel along the shore of the researches take stock of the best inhabiting the county and into what i can see a female bear down there and a little compass nearby. when the bears a sponsored their exact location will be marked on the map while the researches conduct their work the ship moves the slow speed. but with the evening the captain steps on the gas as they head for the ski arlen's it's crucial that the ship reached its destination while the weather is still good.

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seeing from the streets of canada. shining corporations are the day. four days of pulses the stuff of the expedition the m. ski islands a still a long way away but the expedition has already run out of freshwater rain just surrogates spent soft looks for a spot to land the boat and see that there's the eagle. the sea is quite shallow off shore sergey raises the altitude engine and covers the last few meters using walls once he is on shore he realizes the trespassers have visited the protected area only recently. well this water canister tells me they left the place only a short time ago. the bear came later with it's clear it's been a good deal of time here sharpening its claws i'm quite sure the guys wasted no

time either. poaching most likely. there are no people around but there are fresh tracks on the ground left by a pair soon the animal is spotted true binoculars but it pays no attention to the expedition a bit later the only follow just see another stella segal a short distance away. meanwhile the ranger returns from his rounds of territory he says he has found no poachers. some say the series here in the north is very monotonous but in fact it is very beautiful this is run a dander in our springtime flower which is listed in russia's red book endangered plants and animals and this one began to bloom just a few days ago. when the rising tide comes they will need to collect some two hundred liters of fresh water this supply should last until the end of the trip many of the expedition participants have been suffering from dehydration this is

the only chance to replenish the water supply for as long as the ship remains at sea. this water is absolutely fresh because it comes here from the snow fields the water is cold but it's pure completely clean and very good for drinking and it's smooth till. the water is now on board and the ship's anchor is raised the weather is ideal for making observations half an hour later you know taken to voice an eagle's nest which is not on the map but he will market his new eagle seems to be alone the nest is very tiny. the weather rapidly deteriorates and the birds head to the rocks watching them becomes impossible moreover the fog makes sailing in these conditions dangerous so the ship comes to

a halt. ranges of gets into a motor boat the cape. markoff an old friend of his is in charge of a lighthouse. so gay lives there with his wife the cape covers an area of just over one square kilometer. you want to own. a house keeper. not hello there hello i haven't seen you in ages how are you. this is his are a rare sight here the nearest settlement is sixty kilometers from cape town you know i made some pies fresh from the oven and make some tea if you wait a minute thank you my idea of those days diminished he takes care of the household chores. is responsible for maintaining the lighthouse he has to be a jack of all trades there is nobody to help if something goes wrong these instances know we're proud to live here even if it means living so far away.

we are like border guards. it's like living at the end of the world that's true there are rocks on one side and sea on the other there are no people around here you see nobody but beasts and even they are very tame. before dusk goes to the lighthouse there are more than two hundred time warm steps in the spiral staircase. in the soviet union the lighthouse was a strategic naval installation and was guarded accordingly a sentry was on round the clock duty at the entrance. much has changed since then but the lighthouse still requires daily maintenance specially designed lenses enable the light to be seen from twelve nautical miles away even though the power of the lamps is five hundred watts. i was

a child when my parents brought me here in one thousand nine hundred sixty two. that's when i took a fancy to this place when i grew up i brought my kids here they too have grown up here as such i might call my family a dinner city of sorts. towards evening the ship the parts for the mc. the want to follow just will meet with fellow scientists studying sea lions. we're now approaching meticulous island the main destination of our trip the place is very beautiful and interesting here the sea is about one hundred meters deep ships are best to sear clear of this place during a storm or change inside there is no telling what tricks it may have in store for you. the pacific's northernmost habitats of sea

lions is almost to kill island in the late one nine hundred eighty s. scientists raise the alarm of discovering a dramatic form in the number of these mammals. since then an international group of scientists has come to the mc arlen's each year. to begin with all the adults he learns to shoot away from the beach then they record the pups so as to estimate the size of the population more accurately the newborns of intact and given a number. the procedure makes it possible to track the animal's movements in the sea of a halt over roughly twenty years which is the average lifespan of a sea lawyer. fortunately so with this lady animals don't like being disturbed but then it's only one day during their mating season but set a particular day aside when the harm done to the sea lion population is reduced to a minimum since the procedure has been perfected down to the smallest detail

start vets administer an anaesthetic to the seal and pups to ensure a painless operation. because the sea lions breathe in a special gas for about three minutes if all the sleep and wake sets in ten minutes later doesn't take long to recover from the anaesthetic. few. chips i am going to take some blood samples if it isn't blood test will tell us something about the state of the newborn south to see if they're healthy enough that's all right here they have a chance the job involves a good deal of physical labor and unfortunately the team is short handed this year . the expedition is grateful to the ashford for help as the toast is not easy a one week old sea lion weighs the average of twenty seven kilograms space special fits it sinks well i think. that it's fine i say because. i can just

help just carry. so i can be useful to help get what i'm most likely. as biologists label the sea lion pups the adults in the water the scientists need to make haste to finish the job as soon as they can this year the expedition has brought together researchers from japan russia and the united states they have to solve the language barrier as they go. really important for us to work us in i'm american colleagues and russian colleagues still are seeing lines don't look at the border and say oh stuff as america over there in russia over here they swim across the border quite frequently so we have to work in cooperation to better understand how the nature that goes across the borders is doing whether they're doing well or not what we need to do to manage them. in early spring see lines come to the beach will matter kill islands over the oise males of the first two or roy they have to fight for a place on the beach. this ruling sound means the sea lion has laid claim to the

area not with what it would have been working with such animals for more than twenty years but i'm still in they said their behavior sea lions on shore behave very differently at sea. by giving us what you want with me when they're on the beach they're agile like birds but at sea they get very inquisitive they approached divers in stick with them for some sign they try to touch him especially if they're wearing shiny objects by sea lions attacking humans no that has never happened but the. scientists have labelled two hundred c. laws. and pups each of the animals now has a stiffer cut recording their weight and individual characteristics. after a day or two it will be as humans were never here the sea lions will return to their daily routine lying around on the beach going to sea in search of food and

they're sitting there pops. after the departure of their colleagues the following morning the only foliage is of them i get a state nature reserve was you watching in the daytime these colonies of to kill island. even people shouting at the top of the can for the fuel than for the whole million and the magical island even though it's only six square kilometers they are few and far between in the south because the wind is a stroll along with cliffs it's the central part of the trace most interest. there's a difference between nothing happened will look for example occupy narrow cliff cornices while buzzards make berna among rocks this means that there are no free plots of land and the birds occupy the entire island. just would

like to spend more time more in research no matter how island it is a very cold place to get to a previous expedition run into haiti. and return to my get results this time but was on the side of the scientists everybody works together and it's not it's not difficult it's not like. you start say voyage where you have no water no free and many health problems i see even more than i expected because i've been very lucky to be here at a time when there are many different interesting projects. the ship needs met e.q. island. during low tide just before dusk in the mess room as he asked for learns how to cook traditional russian bush. puts potatoes on the boil for ten minutes then added ten just to. the expedition members unknown the last night for the ship

it is all for us that everyone is tired but everyone is reflecting on the vivid impressions of the trip even those that have been here before the captain says jokingly the next time elsie ashford will combine both jobs as research and the code meanwhile a captain's mate sets a course back to make it a humpback whale again appears on the horizon just like during the voyage to the mc islands the expedition to the maggot and the nature reserve is nearing its end it has covered more than a thousand kilometers in ten days and collected a wealth of material for the study. the team's mission is complete.