box to the witness box chelsea football club owner roman number is in court as his former friend bought us but as soon as him for allegedly muscling him out of a multibillion dollar russian oil company. strongly denies the claims testifying that he owes nothing in either law or on or to bet as if the case goes against him he could see five and a half billion dollars shaved off his fortune. coming your way next r t visits a remote set of russian islands where a population of just seven people live cheek by jowl with two hundred bears documentary the shawn tar islands braving the storm is right now. rushes for east the northeast york is sailing to the most remote part of a hall that's. going to miss the most of the interiors the more intrigued by the remote places that are always with. the nike leaves behind busy sea lanes to set

sail for the most uninhabited stretch of water. for yachtsman in this part of the journey is very dangerous there from you know. the nike's captain is accompanied by six tourists. the aim is to reach the shan top islands and find the archipelagos biggest colony of seals it's a bit lonely out here where the only one failing. to travel is on board hope to get to the islands by the afternoon of the following day but a few hours later the weather turns for the worse. great clouds in a cold piercing wind portend a storm more than two hundred kilometers a left to reach the shantel islands there's nowhere to hide from the weather if the

vessel is cool top in a bad storm anything could happen it could capsize the waves might toss it on to a sandbank if it's close to the shore. road of course this is a dangerous area her yachtsman are great risk here horrible for anyone trying to get through this two hundred kilometer stretch will have to cover it in one go then it went over or of course if you haven't gone too far away from the shore you can turn around and go back you know in any case it depends on where the bad weather gets shipped it's up to the captain to make the decision the yacht has a month's supply of fresh water and fuel on board however every. trip across the sea of a halt is fraught with danger ships crush it every year in two thousand and four year old cold disappeared near the shores of the shanty arlen's with three crewmembers on board before it's always unpredictable here if you're not prepared

things could turn to the worst if you. will for. the next is fifty five years old and he is a professional sailing teacher the first visited the shanta orleans when he was very young building a yacht was his hobby now he uses it to take tourists to the shanteau islands. makes a stopover in chicago of all and named in honor of the famed soviets pilot on the island is russia's only center that specializes in capturing white whales the travelers decide to wait here until the storm has passed. everybody there is very difficult it's great that you arrived safe so if you must attack allah welcome to the goal of allah and the love of god it's not like say your captain is an incredibly brave man no it's hilarious. the head of the facility first came to this island with his parents when he was

a young boy after completing his military service he returned here and spent many years working as a fisherman now he is in charge of a team catching white whales so. purposes of there's a sense of dolphinariums in russia and the poor old. they spend most of the time underwater where they can hold their breath for twenty minutes they just go in the water and stay there until you lose track of the focus of the number of males and females we catch depends on the customer we don't take big ones because they capacity for adapting to new environments is not good. at present there are some twenty white whales in the facility they take about a month to be tamed during that time they are expected to get accustomed to the trainers and allow people to hand feed them each instructor trains a small group he feeds the mammals and observes that behavior if

a white whale refuses to eat for a long time it is released back into the sea. which to me is the most difficult process but once the animals undergo be adaptation in a new place training is easy each animal has a distinct character some are bold others are timid each one requires an individual approach but. since the white whales have not yet become accustomed few mins they are very apprehensive of them they don't show up on the surface but eventually one of them agrees to be fed fish from a human hand. hold it by the gills and be quiet for a moment it should come up to you to teach you that it is a male that will instantly. something's going yeah that's him down the.

line thinking wow look at that. don't they look great if you don't mind and is too hungry i'm speechless they're wonderful. men become stronger the travelers decide to hurry on and reach the shores of the shanty or looms before the storm hits back on the charity you feel at home this is how the c. of a cold screech everyone. always you know when you're. people in the sailing. with the weather strong winds whip up waves up to three meters high the york could capsize at any moment to see if a halt is the cool to see in the far east if someone falls overboard they could

well die of exposure. with one hundred kilometers to cross until the shuttle islands there's not a single bait hoit from the storm. as luck would have it the no he has not yet moved far away from their previous stop on the. call of. the seafarers spend several days in the tiny fishing village on a small spit of land. use of this stuff only we have been waiting for the storm to subside for almost three days since the thirty meters a second wind almost knocks you off your feet and local fishermen have given a shelter and him although the yacht isn't buying into nearby vessels or about the situation is better than being on the high seas right now it's. the fierce storm is a remnant of a powerful typhoon that originated in china thousands of kilometers away even if

the weather gets better it will take the hearty seas several days to calm down complete faith. this is the second day we have been sitting around waiting for the sun to shine before the bombings broken down today was a first catch of bullhead fish food is running out. if this is exactly their magic journey were after when we set out. five days later when the weather improves the seafarers decide to resume that journey. says uncle scabs. this to more than two hundred kilometers to the shan toilets the captain is chalta

the coolest fall from the coast any closer would risk the old running aground the crew keeps on track with the help of the g.p.s. navigator and a mariner's compass. just a phone it isn't so bad now you come up with the waves are just one metre high or three time to head for the shantanu islands. we have resolved to move on because of stable atmospheric pressure in the last twenty four hours we are fine full to the shore for the shelter it has given us now we are an open sea she offers the up with . a curious port of killer whales is attracted to the small boat this part of the sea of a cause is rich with simon in the summer they spawn in the rivers of the shutoff islands providing plenty of food for the killer whales.

for him wow it's the size of fall but. it's underneath a look coming up our. alley. killer whales the most colorful as belonging to the dolphin family they hunt in groups that have an intricate social structure when chasing sizable prey they can swim as fast as fifty five kilometers an hour they're not afraid of people although they rarely attack some. of us jerry goes there it goes. it's a male suit car. that's so cool. molly shannon toyland greets sailors with its rocky shores the shanta islands were

discovered by russian explorers in the middle of the seventeenth century in the language of the indigenous nif people shanta means island. the participants in the expedition decide to cut the route short to get to that destination as soon as possible they head towards the opacity straight during high tide the water around the shantelle islands rises by several metres low tide rushes a gigantic mess of water back to the sea of a halt the currents in the straits between the islands a stronger than anywhere in the world the slow moving yacht runs the risk of being thrown back to shore because of the powerful currents underneath the counter flows create a swirling vortex as a result the boat looks as though it's sitting on boiling water. but there are massive currents here and storms give rise to big chaotic always making it

difficult for small vessels to seal through the sailing here is a dangerous side from that there are rocks in the middle of the strait if you ignore them you're in for a good deal of trouble for you for the first call. centuries ago the shan top islands were part of the mainland but later the advancing sea separated them from it the archipelago occupies an area some two and a whole thousand square kilometers roughly the same size as luxembourg anyone wishing to see the many natural wonders will take several months to see them. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the polls seem to

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the libs. just say. the your treat is the safe bay of the crew called set up camp by the beach it is blocked with driftwood that washed ashore and the shoreline is too narrow to set up

the tents the. author of all these frequent storms dr grifo and from the shore the driftwood ends up here go to sleep or dead if that has been a long journey this place is not suitable for stopover. it's a block to all sorts of things or go fishing. the captain decides to journey on woods even though the sun is setting he wants to get to a separate bay by the bolshoi river for an overnight stay the the waves no wind can reach it. the toy changes twice a day. the difference in water level can be as much as eight meters during the the

water receded and the. bank the captain seizes the opportunity to check his yacht for any damage on both of the well while the captain most asleep on the job the tide turned around and left is here. now that it's ground we can't possibly get to. have to wait twenty five hours before the next high tide and then we'll continue our journey. and have a great many animals but the pose the biggest threat to human. exploration is coming here to make a point of camping out in the open territory that can be easily monitored. twenty five twenty five hundred three six hundred eighty. three with the

station is the only place on the show where people live all year round it's situated in the middle of bolshoi. the station's marriage of. monitors the weather reports data to the mainland morse code is the most reliable way of transmitting information over long distances. all the best to you. the weather conditions on the islands are quite challenging summer is short and in the winter the island's a cut off from the rest of the world by severe storms. when far away from civilization your self preservation instantly kicks in if. you have to tread carefully to avoid slipping sprain your ankle. using an eye for an axe you need to be careful you must always remember that this place is far removed from

civilization if there is an emergency help won't be coming for quite some time. foodstuffs and fuel delivered to the weather station twice a year locals take good care of themselves they grow vegetables on a small plot of land and they also bake bread people here can only prepare a few items at a time in the preheat oven three tins of baked for forty minutes. oh no our modern captain is always welcome here. he brings food and news from the mainland the meeting is celebrated with a traditional tea party and the guest is treated to a local delight bread with cloud. sandwiches with red caviar. this delicacy is considered an every day food here on the islands which are rich

with salmon. anatoly devant uke is the island's oldest resident he has many stories about severe storms and unexpected meetings with baz. coming here in one thousand nine hundred he was the weather station chief for several years when he quit the job he decided to stay here for good. since then he's been making a living by hunting and fishing he has been to nearly every remote part of the. close to the weather station of the remains of a steam engine it was brought here by whalers in the early nineteenth century. they were whalers from north america or this is where large amounts of fats were rendered nearly three to one grinder was used to mincemeat wood there were lots of whales there was no element tricity only machines the powers of prevention the meat

grinders world driven by bel air two belts were used. if not in. anatoly dover duke is sixty two years old when he sets out for the forest he always takes his trusty rifle with him to ward off any bad as. if you carry a rifle with you you won't come across anybody for months with him but the moment you don't a bear is bound to appear that's why you need this or not with cuba aboard. the bears on shantel island or a big threat they tend to come off to i'm a totally food supplies rather than the hunter himself. i mean a bear in my case it was a barge of a brothel and though i had made sure she couldn't get inside the store house so she

sent her cub there the cubs threw out what i could find in the store house when the two men outside had a big feast. as a fountain all of the shuttle there are a total of two hundred living here the trails nearly always lead to the miles of small rivers with fish. it is that an encounter with a bear is most likely shantel bears are inquisitive but not aggressive. yeah he's the boss and he's behaving like one work by the. room but i mean does tapes and mounds as if he were working on flat ground with you he looks like a clumsy animal but he would catch up with you in no time. even if you get out of your wits. fast as he means i mean before you go from there try sit him anymore. the bed has retreated to the forest the captain can land

the year old to allow the travelers to go ashore and cook dinner. just to my mom who has some fish leave it for her and just how do they like it right oh boy let's could be spied for him thank you thanks we fish. a small river flows into the sea of a halt the storm has turned into a lake by blocking it with a mass of riverside pebbles a large school of salmon approaches the shore as the fish try to head off a sporting but it is impossible to catch any during the spawning season salmon stop eating and ignore the bait the travel is only happy to finally land some fresh water fish. words to get a read on best seem to be only too willing to get caught i can't help but it on the line. there i found all she she had and when i do there's. there are dozens

of fresh water and salt water fish to be found in the shadow arlen's among them a hunchback simon flat fish and trout. in the morning do you know i keep it through its main destination to cheap oil and . put it put it. we are approaching new teaching island it's in the north east and straight up and up we can't see anything because of the fog or so we have to rely on navigational aids if we are lucky enough we might see a colony of seals you know. with the help of the g.p.s. the york makes its way through thick fog and drops bank up by the are looking to. program on the waiting for the signal. to.

go off like say i'm going to say when i go ahead it's time. for. all in this home to numerous rookeries here seagulls cormorants and other bugs make the nests. but the most interesting attraction of the island is the vast colony of seals the travellers a lucky to take a picture of them. when the animals sunbathing on the beach they are reluctant to go on the water during low tide this is the best trying to get close to them. but i desisted on this coat when we were still on board we noticed some biting seals we were going see trying to touch them. several species of sea mammal inhabit shantelle islands the ring seal is one of the most common they feed on mollusks and ground fish for

a long time seals were the target of hunters but now the practice is bad and. the seals do notice the people most of the rushing to the water but they don't head out too far hundreds of inquisitive always pop up all over the place the animals are puzzled rather than scared humans are a very rare sight here. ah. seals can be very aggressive they can even bite that's why the tourists treat these creatures with cat. just look at this little tail and flee. i'm sure the seals move slowly but they are excellent swimmers they can dive down to a depth of five hundred metres and so true food. the

nikkei has covered almost seven hundred kilometers it's still just a couple one third of that distance again to come full circle but then the return journey always seems easy.

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