for an arab military intervention to protect civilians while the syrian authorities persist they are fighting extremist armed groups. north koreans are paying their last respects to their late longstanding leader kim jong il that's as the neighbors of the reclusive nuclear states stay on high alert fearing his death will spark instability in the region. three months since the start of the anti-corporate protests in the u.s. the occupy movement is still gaining momentum and that's despite police how he had this and as some critics blaming the rallies with never last into the winter. but next we'll take you on a trip to the frozen lands of russia's norris were ancient legends still dominates people's minds our special report is coming your way here on our team. brushes know in winter nearly every road here is covered with snow to become

a chef marsh. anyone venturing the course of the last experiments has to make their way through snowy forests over icy rivers and lakes in the old days local people used dog sleds it was the only reliable means of transportation. people managing dog teams are called. they are both the owners i'm the drivers of the dogs together with the tourists they were about to set out on the expedition full with many extreme challenges. the goal is to call the way to fun tame snow to a designated point in the arctic circle. will they cope with the rigors of the journey to reach their destination. the small village of color valor is the starting point to the arduous expedition

that stretches along the bank of leg quito in the north of the republic of korea. early in the morning twenty people driving five dog teams and nine snowmobiles are ready to set off season travelers and thirty sled dog huskies are joined by journalists and extreme tourism enthusiastic the snowmobiles will take the lead. their task is to look for a convenient track and pave the way over deep snow dr james then followed in their wake. today we have a difficult day today is the first day of the expedition so we need to learn to work together temperatures will drop to thirty below so it'll be difficult this is the lead dog cheyenne and this is amadeus these two dogs are also experienced this is chinook and this is torture. graeme cross on the shore of lake symbolizes the

start of the expeditions first stage it serves as a good omen for those from of safely returned to color from a journey across the lake and for those who are about to set off the crosses there for a reason as the lake has an ill reputation you're going to get shit that legend has it that the lake take separate feiss if it doesn't in any particular here then it takes two or three people in the following year. the trail winds through remote parts of korea's north the long history of this land gives it a mystical or. the expedition's destination is a point in the arctic circle sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty nine seconds north of the equator it is situate. in the thick forests of the ancient land of particular ruled by a witch by the name of. today is quite

extreme but we have a lot of difficulties to deal with too much snow and pools of water on the ice and with the low temperatures today our job won't be easy at all. and great job guys nicely done. color vala was deliberately chosen as the expedition starting point. this village has special significance for both karelians and friends. it was here more than a hundred years ago that finland's famous for knowledge asst learn root collected numerous ancient finnish poems known as runes. of folk called color of allah is based on them. most of the rooms reflected the every day life of

koreans and finns their joys and sorrows they also sang songs about their native land. and drivers let their dogs have a rest each time they cover ten to fifteen kilometers but huskies are too boisterous to stand still for long quite often they kick up a fuss urging their driver to get a move on. sled dogs were bred by the indigenous to chief of northeastern siberia and the eskimos of alaska the word husky is a distortion of esky which is the word americans used to describe eskimos but huskies a distant relations of the wolf from time immemorial they have lived side by side with humans in the north distinguishing features of the husky speed exceptional

insurance the ability to come along distances without much effort and their devotion to humans their desire to always be on the move is in their blood. they have a good voice came going the expedition makes its first long stopover in his salmi house the drilling and several out houses are in the midst of a forest. nicholai to the hermit lives here alone without the perks of modern life. if you just got the good thing about life here is that you don't have to worry about electricity or heating again cut off i take water from a nice hole in chop far wood to keep me warm. is a finn by nationality and a russian citizen he is also amount of the forest as he calls himself he became a legendary figure in karelia in finland a long time ago. nikolai turned his life around when he was

a young man he bade farewell to friends and family left his village home and settled down in the woods. but we're not so quiet here everything is clean and calm yes just the forest is so beautiful especially now during sunset. in the summer there are a lot of people oh how slow and bustle i have already begun to forget all that. i had been here for twenty years already. nikolai relies on subsistence farming like many others before him he hunts and fishes dogs are his best friends nikolai likes being a hermit but he has not been completely alone throughout the twenty years of his life outside civilization. that's why has a philosophical view of his lifestyle tourists come here to visit and hunters know

they can always count on help a. fellow well hello. many make a point of going to his house to spend the night there rather than in a tent pitched on the snow. you know i brought you something to keep you connected i didn't want to lose it so i kept it in my pocket but it's a battery that's right and a charger oh this is very good. but dusk only the snowmobiles have reached his salmi the sled dog teams arrive later well into the night. early in the morning of the dog driver begins preparing his dog team for the next passage he had been training his first piece for quite a long time before the expedition had shown the best performance during the initial

stages. this is a special meant for joints we use it on the dogs before and after racing to prevent their limbs for making and to make running easier. but what these dog boots are designed to protect their paws from the ice. they look ridiculous but the dogs can't do without them you shouldn't replace them i took them off for the night to let them dry. for. each dog has its own character physical strength alone is not enough for a long run the driver needs to motivate his team to do their job as best they can. the dogs need to feel his affection. a lot of depends on the dog drivers they need to make sure they have full contact with their dogs it's not right my beauty i mean while the expedition is heading

north towards the arctic circle. hundreds of thousands of years ago this land just outside the arctic circle was rocked by earthquakes lover spewed out of ruptures in the earth's crust later to rain created by fiery elements became submerged under the thick armor of a vast placid. they didn't melt until the onset of the stone age when humans first made their appearance here according to archaeologists and anthropologists the rigorous climate kept the number of people in each tribe down to approximately thirty members those people lead reclusive lives there was little contact between tribes. the centuries that have passed since then of course about little change the climate is still as unforgiving as ever few people ever in the small villages there are a few roads right here the route of the arctic circle expedition lies. we trade that

way. life in villages in karelia as north is still almost the same as it was hundreds of years ago winter in these parts last long in brings in its wake lots of snow and freezing temperatures any true karelian needs a solid wooden house a fireplace and several objects made of birch tree bark in the old days it was used to make all sorts of objects my kitchen utensils bags and shoes that was also used to make talismans to protect people from the witch low he and the evil spirit servants did cause they made all sorts of toys which children out of the bark one of them was called sure could knock kids would play with it and it was also thought to be a charm that would ward off evil spirits those bark is the top most layer of a bitch tree the northern people spent all their lives surrounded by things made of birch bark the ancient karelians even buried people rolling them in layers of the

bark. one of the oldest villages in karelia is called soft. it is on the bank of the saw finger river the waterway links to lakes it is famous for the fact that it is constantly changing flow. at the most softly and the river links to large lakes any this place is unique because the river changes direction when it fills one of the lakes the water flows into the other meaning when that one has failed to capacity it flows back into the first lake. where. even in the twenty first century when many villages have tap water locals prefer to take it from rivers for their daily needs just as their fairytale ancestors from the color of allah folk are picked it when the rivers are covered with ice in winter people make holes in it with an axe. the water of creating lakes and rivers

is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing to bridle the mountain streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely overcrowding with trees in of them the good the region's highest point is over there beyond the horizon with a chance that according to the caliber of folk epic that's where the old and vicious from which low he lived. good girl go go go mush mush great job guys nicely done. low he the which has given the expedition a frosty welcome bitter cold in a grey sky and developed in snow a shroud a recent snow for delays the dog teams. go. the time table is now in tatters but. the sleds have to cover the distance to the next

stopover over packed snow. so it was quickly lifted quickly we shut off time the. this time expedition members set up camp in the forest they waste no time pitching tents and making a bonfire at night they hold an emergency meeting. in the docks cannot go to by such a route there will be a mass of snow on the way to the arctic circle it is ok for the snowmobiles but the ducks will go slowly any school take a lot of time to cover the route. before they reach the arctic circle the expedition will spend two days going across mt norton in the

highest mountain in karelia as north they will then pave their way across the ice of lake pani out of the largest lake in the region the weather forecast is not looking good freezing temperatures unpleasant way. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spread of. more than hundred thousand people. walking with the children. to be

ten times more likely to be born with birth defects in children in the rest of. the scene as little as five hundred dollars long. unpunished. the official. from the still. life on the go. video. calls and on. the palm of your. question.

people riding in dog sleds and snowmobiles the pony r.v. national park before they reach the. top of the lake the expedition heading that is taking a short cut because of the bond wasn't. expedition members driving snowmobiles resolved to go across mt new warren karelians highest mountain a demanding route by all accounts according to the folk at big color voller this place is the gateway to the mysterious land of popular. the area is covered with thick forest of the kind you find only in sub-arctic regions pine trees and spruces fare better than other plants on ice covered ground here the

wind bring snow and cold weather from the arctic moisture and warm air from the atlantic this is why the foothill trees are topped with big caps of packed snow. in the old days local is pretty small and your in and it's more than a symbol lashon has a diverse inhabitants of this place feared it the mountain is a mass of pure pain granite with droplets of quartz crystals and beautiful sight but when i would start a training in the mountain turn to block thread locals were scared by their unusual sight they thought they got to a crime because people had done something wrong to anger them. local people were known to use rooftops the expedition runs into a bale of snow. here people refer to it as the milk of low heat to which. visibilities in the soft snow does not support the some of eels nevertheless

expeditions participants decide to scramble to the mountains top. despite the priest blessing on the expedition the evil forces of particular still managed to claim a sacrifice one of the snowmobiles has broken down. hello the steering wheel is broken near the base. that the connection is entirely broken. all right we'll fix it so it all should be ok for now. another snowmobile tows the broken one back home the main convoy of snowmobiles heads for lake partly out of a. take over most of the distance by going through the narrow strip that was once the old border between russia and finland. the old border divided the lake almost

into directly opposite the famous loose skin color leo cliffs. the lake was formed by one hundred twenty eight meters deep take tonics fischer in the earth millions of years ago. my out of the is a word from the language that was spoken by laplanders who lived him many years ago the word means road for a long time the lakes served as a link between the west and the east but there was a time when convoys of dog sleds would take goods from sweden and finland to korea and russia over the lake smooth ice. and yet if this is where smugglers used to store contraband they would make arrangements for smuggling them across the border there was two way traffic in those days people bought it things money played almost no role here and most of the trade was done by exchange and gets you. one of the outposts of the national park is on the lake shore here the expedition

will make its last stopover before a final thrust towards the arctic circle drivers rarely leave their dogs on attended during the stopovers huskies demonstrate a much higher degree of and durrance than people do. they are full of energy even after a long haul the hyperactive behavior often results in scuffles between teammates. that forget that yes it looks quiet huskies never attack people no matter whether they're people they know or strangers this is a remarkable distinguishing feature of the breed they show absolutely b.d. and to their drivers they see the driver as the lead dog. yes sometimes they like behind but then this is not a race it's an expedition so there isn't

a right sweetie but sometimes we have to discipline them sometimes we have to be kind this one for example needs comforting but. it is up to the driver to choose which one he wants to train for the role of lead dog and lead dog needs to be quick witted keen on hard work and how the ability to inspire other dogs with its zeal. in the evening the expedition's dog drivers decide to hold a dog sled race special finish candles they used to mark out the route on the lake shore young women are entrusted with the job of driving the sleds. people use their voice to control dogs during a speed race they don't use sticks or lashes a goodly dog has no difficulty carrying out orders by anyone commanding a sled. gather some grain till the guys. want good go go girl girl.

season sled dogs are unlikely to stray from a straight line even if their urges to this is especially the case at a short distance having passed the finish line they could keep running. good boy girl boy. another day of the arctic expedition is coming to an end. early in the morning dog drivers gather together to discuss an important matter they need to decide whether the dog teams will strive on towards the arctic circle we won't make it on time we have to generate a signal from this point before monday so we have to look and see if it's possible to even take the dogs this way. we should go here then by the lake to get there on

time and. with seventy kilometers still ahead of them the expedition decided to use snowmobiles to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle can be crossed a different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty nine seconds north of the equator there is only one way to reach this just graphical point any deviation from it will instantly change the figures. one to receive the masses that we have been registered. as to not just excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here. never gauges pinpoint the right coordinates in a forest amidst age old pine trees following

a six hour marathon in snowmobiles a group checks their position within the arctic circle with a special satellite navigation device they're the first to come here and register their coordinates. it is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty seconds longitude is twenty nine degrees fifty three minutes and forty one seconds. were made at last. if the others make the same journey later all they need to do is simply retrace the route taken by the pioneers before them. finally done it it's great that we're here trying to argue that dogs are a match for hardware is pointless we must combine both dogs and emotion to the expeditions like dogs have lots of advantages those warm shady creatures would be showing their joy if they were here now of course they wouldn't understand the meaning of what has happened but they would simply be jumping and showing their

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some welcome the government's decision. hopes of finding any more survivors from russia's oil rig disaster with dozens still missing today. into icy waters. north koreans are paying their last respects to. the neighbors of the reclusive nuclear states. fearing his death will spark instability in the region.