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and a real how we treat mainstream media resurrecting russians firing case code names those stories of the f.b.i. releasing footage featuring sleeper agents uncovered in the u.s. live here including pemba town and it. up next r.t. visits our remote set of russian islands where a population of only seven people live cheek to jowl with two hundred bears stay with us. brushes for east the northeast your trees sailing to the most remote part of the sea of a hoax. if you males they go into areas that were intrigued by the remote places will meet with. the nike yachts leaves behind busy sea lanes to set sail for the most uninhabited stretch of water. for yachtsmen this part of a journey is very dangerous there for those who know the marquis's captain is

accompanied by six tourists. to a mystery space shuttle garlands the four in the archipelagos biggest quality of seals isn't it lonely out here where the only one failing. to travel is on board ship to get to the islands for the of the noon of the following day but a few hours later the weather turns for the worse. grey clouds in a cold piercing wind portend a storm moving two hundred kilometers a lift to reach the shuttle harlem's there's no way to floyd from the weather if the vessel is cooled off 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 for her men are

a great risk here for her for anyone trying to get through this two hundred kilometer stretch will have to cover it in one go then it wonderful of course if you haven't gone too far away from the shore you can turn around and go back. in any case it depends on where the bad weather gets shipped it's up to the captain to make a decision. the yours has a month's supply of fresh water and fuel or however ever. a trip across the sea of a cult is fraught with danger ships crush it every year in two thousand and four a yacht called a song disappeared near the shores of the shuttle always ends with three crewmembers on board. it's always unpredictable here if you're not prepared things could turn to the worst if you. will for. the next you look if it's fifty five years old and he is a professional sailing teacher the first visit to the shan tolerance when he was

very young building a yacht was his hobby that he uses it to take tourists to the shanteau islands. the your next stop a road to cut off our limbs named in honor of the famed soviet toilet on the island is russia's only center that specializes in capturing white whales the travellers decided to wait here until the storm has passed. everybody knows they did it's great that you arrived safe from north of your collar welcome to chicago love and love of you thought x. a your captain is an incredibly brave man doing hilarious nicholai much ink 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 want wales so for scientific purposes of his ascent dolphinariums

in russia and approach. it's about they spend most of the time underwater where they can hold their breath for twenty minutes they just go underwater 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 their capacity for attempting 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 toit they are expected to get accustomed to their 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. so crucial to me is the most difficult process but once the animals undergo the

adaptation in a new place training is easy each animal has a distinct character some are bold colors or ten minutes each one requires an individual approach to food. since the white whales have not yet become accustomed to humans 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. but. if you hold it by the gills and be quiet for a moment you should come up to your ticket if it is a male it will instantly pop up and something's coming yeah that's him down there. thinking wow look at that. don't they look great you know martin and this too hungry i'm speechless

a wonderful. the men become stronger the travel is thought to hurry on and reach the shores of the shuttle or looms before the storm hits back on the long beach energy field ranch my home base is how they see of occult screech everyone. always you know we will keep on sailing. with the weather strong winds whip up waves up to three meters high the york caps or is it any moment the sea of a whole sky is the cool to see in the far east if someone falls over the border they could well die of exposure. with one hundred kilometers to cross until the shanteau harlan's there's not a single day point from the school as luck would have it the knowing he has not yet

moved far away from their previous stop on the itinerary caught off guard and the seafarers spend several days in the twenty fishing village on a small spit of land. so suddenly 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 local fishermen have given a shelter when there's an elderly or just buying into nearby vessels or of a situation is better than being on the high seas right now on. the fia's 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 four you see several days to come down completely. through this is the second day we've been sitting around

waiting for the. the shot of broken down today was first catch of bull head fish food is running out. yet this is exactly the magic genii were after when we set out . five days later and the weather improves the seafarers decide to resume that journey. says uncle scabs. this to more than two hundred kilometers to the shanty harlem's the captain is chilled to the cools fall from the coast any closer would risk beyond running aground the crew keeps on track with the help of the g.p.s. navigator and a mariner's compass. it isn't so bad now you're going to the

waves are just one metre high of the time to head for the sham tilings. 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 a wealth of them with. a curious port of killer whales is attracted to the small boat this pulse of the sea of a cause is rich with simon in the summer they spawn in the rivers of the shutoff arden's providing plenty of food for the killer whales. for him wow it's the size of all bugs. it's underneath oh look it's coming up now now the.

killer whales the most colorful as belonging to the dolphin family the hunting groups have an intricate social structure when chasing so it will prey they can swim as fast as fifty five kilometers an hour they're not afraid of people over they rarely attack from. geragos their egos. it's a mail soon for. the folks who. muddy shanta oil and greet 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 shantelle means island.

the participants in the expedition decide to cut the route short to get to their 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 yours runs the risk of being thrown back to shore because of the powerful currents underneath the counter flows create a swirling for tax as a result the boat looks as though it city will be boiling water. this is the country there are massive currents here storms give rise to big chaotic waves making it difficult for small vessels to seal for the sailing here is a dangerous side from that there are rocks in the middle of a strait if you ignore them you're in for

a good deal of trouble for you know for the first call. centuries ago the shantel islands were part of the mainland but later the advancing sea separated them from it the archipelago of poison areas some two and a whole thousand square kilometers roughly the same size luxemburg anyone wishing to see the many natural wonders will take several months to see them. those who are fascinated with history. to those who have a sweet tooth. to those who can't live without the sky. and of course to the nature lovers this magnificent land offers its treasures. bush. between earth and the sky. on our.

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the your street is a safe bait the crew calls a camp by the beach it is glow proof wood that washed ashore and the shoreline is too narrow to set up the tents. to go with us and through all these frequent storms drive driftwood from the shore the trip put it ends up here go to sleep for dinner if that has been a long journey for this place is not suitable for stopover. it's a blow to all sorts of things are going fishing and. the captain decides to journey on woods even though the sun is setting he wants to get to a separate bay by the bolshoi on the river for an overnight stay the the waves no wind

can reach it. toit changes twice a day around the show and. the difference in water level could be as much as eight meters during the night the water receded and the yacht ended up stuck on a sandbank the captain sees the opportunity to check his york for any damage almost impossible because well while the captain most asleep on the job the tide turned the all around and left is here with us now that it's on the ground we can't possibly get it to budge it will have to wait twenty five hours before the next high tide and then we'll continue our journey. with you that's what we have for the rest of. the islands are inhabited by a great many animals but the peasant poses the biggest threat to humans that's why

wakes petitions 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 shelf where people live all year round it's situated in the middle of bolshoi shanteau. the station's marriage of vladimir boyd monitors the weather report states and to the mainland morse code is the most reliable way of transmitting information over long distances. oh the best to you. the weather conditions on the shanta 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. you have to tread carefully to avoid slipping it was raining your ankle. away using an eye for an axe you need to be careful you must always remember that this place is far removed from civilization. there is an emergency help won't be coming for quite some time. foodstuffs and fuel is delivered to the weather station twice a year locals take good care of themselves they grow vegetables on a small plots of land and they also bake bread people here can only prepare a few items at a time in a pre-heater three tins of baked for forty minutes. going to our market your 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 delights of bread with clout very dry as sandwiches with red caviar. this delicacy is considered an every day food here on the islands which are rich with salmon. anatoly devon cuba and the islands oldest resident he has many stories about severe storms and unexpected meetings with baz. the coming here in one thousand nine hundred he was the weather station chief manager for several years when he quit that job he decided to stay here for good. since then he's been making a living by hunting and fishing he's been to nearly every remote part of the archipelago. close to the weather station of the remains of a steam engine it was brought here by way this in the early nineteenth century.

boy and they were whalers from north america or this is where large amounts of fact were wenders nearly three to one grinder was used to mincemeat. there were lots of whales but there was no electricity only machines a power saw a bench and the meat grinders were all driven by bell really good here two belts were used. yet not in the. kind of twenty dover juke and sixty two years old when he said for the forest 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 see a bear is bound to appear that's why you need this you've got. the bears on shantel

island or a big threat they tend to come off and italy's food supplies rather than the hunter himself. there in my case was yards of about oh no i had made sure she couldn't get inside the store house really so she sent her cub there to come through i did what i could find in the store house and when the two men outside they had a big feast. but as a family all of the shuttle islands there are a total of two hundred living here trails nearly always leads to the miles of small rivers with fish pool it is an encounter with a bear is most likely shot top as our inquisitive the aggressive. yeah he's the boss and he's behaving like one work on a. well i mean does tapes and mounds as if he were working lunch like ground really wishing he looks like

a clumsy animal but he would catch up with you in no time and. even if you get out of your wits you'll still not be as fast as he means well i mean up there before you go. there no trace of him anymore. no the bag has retreated to the forest the captain can land the year old to allow the travellers to go ashore and cook you know. just my mom will catch some fish leave it for a different pound if they like it right oh boy that could be spy for him thanks a sweet fish. a small river flows into the sea of a halt the storm is 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 with a spawning but it is impossible to catch any during the spawning season salmon stop

eating and ignore the bait travelers are only happy to finally land some fresh water fish worth a good read on past seem to be only too willing to get course i can't help but take on the law and. their families she she and when i do this here. there are dozens of fresh water and salt water fish to be found in the shanteau islands among them a hunchback simon flatfish and trout. in the morning to your like he could through it's made destination take you to chico and. what you wanted. we were approaching new teacher island it's in a northeastern straight line and 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 island. to come on there waiting for the signal. that they say come and say when go ahead. all in this home to numerous recurrence here see goals cormorants and make nests. of 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 underwater during low tide this is the best trying to get close to them. and if you noticed on this coast when we were still on board we noticed some lightning

seals we were going see try to get closer and touch them. several species of sea memel inhabit the shantel islands the ring seal is one of the most common they feed on mullahs and ground fish for a long time seals were the target of hunters but now the practice is banned. the seals do notice the people most of the rushing to the water but they don't head out too far hundreds being quizzed have always pop up all over the place the animals are puzzled rather than scared humans are a very rare sight here. seals can be very aggressive they can even tight that's why the tourists treat these creatures with cat. just look at this little tail and flee.

the natural seals move slowly but they are excellent swimmers they can dive down to a ditch the five hundred metres and so should food. the nokia 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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