around the world welcomes twenty twelve with my work celebrations and toast as a holiday sweeps the globe north america was away used to greet the new year as hundreds of thousands packed new york's times square for the symbolic ball dropping at midnight. well next r.t. takes you on an exciting trip to parts of siberia few people have been before. eastern cyan is one of siberia's least explored areas. it's the geographical center of asia the mountain ridge of eastern cyan stretches for one thousand kilometers from east to west. secluded need the russian mongolian border south siberia is nature remains pristine and untouched by man.

for tourists who braving the nature of the plan is to run snowmobiles for hundreds of kilometers to find a valley studded with hot springs civilizations yet to spread as far as the valley . be and they know is that it's surrounded by steep rocks dense forests and pokes. that can be reached only in winter riding in the frozen rivers and lakes. it's not the first time the participants of this expedition travelled together. each person has a track record of thousands of kilometers covered on snowmobiles in many different

parts of russia. traveling along frozen rivers and lakes is extremely dangerous. a snowmobile may fall through the ice if any moment. reducing the risk to minimum the tourists travel in a special formation the first snowmobile plows through in front and is then followed by the rest. we need to prove the ski. one two three. is just three hundred kilometers as the crow flies from the starting point to the hot springs however the expedition doesn't have the luxury of flight so it may take up to two weeks for them to cover the distance which is peppered with many obstacles. the cyan mountains will form from ancient volcanic rocks during the last ice age.

the classes slid down creating shock peaks and deep valleys. the glass is then settled into lakes giving birth to rivers which are small to forms. in which they covered with thick ice of intricate shapes. form over the bow the more of the shape of the waterfall changes swan soaring maybe even twice a day the changes occur as years go by this year the shape of the blocks of frost and icicles are squad different the pattern is never repeated.

not far away from the waterfall there is a peculiar kamath. the river flow here brings pieces of wood of fanciful shapes polished to perfection by the water and stones but here have a good head. this case it is for you. who are these pieces of wood to evoke or savor i mean to fancy you small this space might look like an elephant lifting its trunk and if you turn it differently you may see your hair and standing on one food if i keep turning it this way or another anyone can have his or her own idea of what it is. the oldest figures are placed on the cave. this display will not last for long however the high waters of spring will soon wash them away. the tourists the slowly pressing on woods stepping over obstacles

and regularly checking them out it's quite easy to lose one's way in the cyan because the main road you da river constantly keeps branching into smaller tributaries that all look the same. there will be three tributaries left from the left hand side it was then we are turning right. scientists have discovered several engines sightsee in the eastern scion. according to archaeologists people first settled here during the bronze age which is shown by cave paintings that have survived to this day. these works of prehistoric artists

were well preserved and can still be made out thousands of years down the line. you see there it's like cribs and most are in deer looks like it shape that's the head of a range year it's typical for them to crane in motion like that it's amazing thousands of years have passed and the paint is still here. a natural mineral could wave a light serves as a bind in the ancient paint. it doesn't dissolve in water keeping the pictures preserved to this day. ancient people use red colored minerals like hema tight and cinnabar to make their paints from. the outlines of these pictures were hans more than once. scientists believe the ancient residents would have performed magical rituals at the rocks with cave paintings. it was believed the

spirits of make so would return ate them in hunting and cattle breeding. the it's so quiet here the river makes nearly no noise and there is no northerly wind so there is a curve in the river the place is sunlit and swarm ancient men always love to be warm you can assume with certainty that there used to be some hearts or caves our ancestors lived and you fear that. when the travellers climbed up one of the rocks they found a small cave hidden inside. it's impossible to see it from beneath. before they gaze take a look at the still i've never seen anything like it. it looks like a real tool of an engine man a flint used to skin animals and cutting meat good fine well done men well and yet . it is commonly known the ancient people first came to siberia from various

regions of europe in asia they were nomads and migrated in search of food and good hunting. the first settlements appeared in southern siberia in the third century a.d. . descendants of the first settlers still reside in eastern cyan. they call themselves to fall out of and their motherland this to follow area. the village of alec jail which means free land is their capital. the followers have one of the smallest populations in russia according to the latest census there are less than seven hundred left. here this doesn't hinder them in taking good care of their culture and customs. they that is it now class we're going to draw our reindeer god knows what is the tough mudder name for it. right even

and what's the tell for a name for a small reindeer under three years old you're the one without horns. and nitric well down the most popular themes for the two for our children's drawings are related to nature. well my dad is a hunter he takes me to the tiger every summer i have seen a musk deer and elk. the last little while our kids undistinguished as i notice with a natural in the beauty to tell lies the children are very frank and honest as they can easily telephones know that love and they've got a great musical ear all the good. the very musical people. during celebrations all who are present grouped together

in a circle and dance around the fire. the shaman is the leader of the dance dictating the rhythm and the movements. so once you've been through this shaman is always at barrow good traditions but at any celebration he supposed to be present so as to drive off evil spirits with the help of good spirits the shaman uses around drunk that symbolizes the sun and this kind of a club or resembles a ring deal that. i can derive is a native to follow and the old is resident of the village as the years have passed no major changes to his life have occurred like his ancestors partake worship's the spirits of rocks rivers and the tiger. followers have always

worshipped the spirit of the tiger. during hunting when you sit down to have tea before lodging for the night you should always go out and splash tea to the four winds to secure a successful hunt. from october to february most of the males of alec venture out into the tiger to graze the reindeer and hunt sable and squirrel. hugo that you should try and heated hard but that's so that all the cones fall off the seeder get the locals don't only hunt for animals but also get a seed a cone's the practice has been unchanged for centuries. give them the cedars are a source of nutrition for the whole of this siberian tiger not just for humans everyone from a mouse or a not head to a big sized animal a canal corvair leave off cedar to the

processing of cedar cones developed in the twentieth century. the seed in the trade became one of the most profitable and tougher laryea thanks. when it's a good harvest even the women will join the able bodied males in the taiga to gather the nuts. here we have a field not really to be eaten or to be you. the close up team has been to dagestan birthplace to the most ambitious football club in the world. now argy goes to the far east where the timber industry affects the legendary siberian

tigers where the ancient native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. welcome to the car bars creature russia close up on r.t.e. . white stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is mesmerizing. but this beauty brings death at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per hour. steppin down our launch an auntie .

easton cyan boasts a harsh continental climates summers a very short and cool here while winter is a long and severe. temperatures have been known to plummet. forecasters monitor extreme frosts and climate changes which often occur in eastern cyan hello. hello. well if you would like to ask you a question our expedition is heading across the eastern sajjan so we would like to know the weather forecast for the next few days move no shark changes are expected kind of a short period of persephone taishan including snow moderates temperatures are

expected from ten to twelve below zero. despite the harsh winters in eastern cyan there is owns where snow never falls even during severe frosty periods. where the specialists believe the reason for such unusual zones is the strong wind that blows the snow way from such areas. local residents believe these places have magical properties. where there is a black rock in big black boulders. i had been told never to walk along that sacred place. i began thinking to myself so what nothing terrible will happen. so i sat up on a reindeer and went there. all of a sudden the reindeer panic and begin to turn back.

i tried to rein it in but it kept refusing turning back each time then we both fell down. it all seemed as if the spirit of the rock was warning me off saying don't pass through here. not far from the black rock the tourists feel some simple natural influence on themselves and one. of the snowmobiles are sunk under the ice and bring their over . the other drivers bypass the dangerous part and begin a salvage operation. the

don't rev the engine will break the tracks and start. over during a film review so waterway guards placed across with broken equipment. i was going to see if the ice would hold well enough tracts of. the black rock area is one of the abnormal zones where there is practically no snow every sector of this barren land makes operating snowmobiles extremely difficult. by being forced to ride a vis stones such vehicles break down very quickly thank you. there are many such areas but they stretch for about twenty to thirty kilometers from west to east and launch strips. the only way to travel is on the river here not a single step aside because there you have only barren rocks.

just a few kilometers from the past the weather in the landscape has changed dramatically . instead of an overcast sky the sun is wrong. folders are replaced by huge snow drifts. schemes and shambles i was a tourist. to overcome such obstacles. what the guy is that stick. standing on the ground work for a big i mean this is the most extraordinary snow filled zone of us you have. to meter and a half or even two meters deep. thanks

to jenny cross the time i guess becomes more difficult a reason to. take the woods the tourists decide to stop by lake and catch some fish or something. in winter time fishing habits in the rapid mountain rivers concentrates in these lakes as they are rich in oxygen and food. among the fish one can find here a grayling's perch and salmon. well magnificent well there's quite a catch here good though you're flopping a pirate who are supper will be a real feast. i think. has

been wondering these areas for ten years and every year these expeditions encounter an unexplained natural phenomenon each winter nicholai observes this extraordinary unfrozen patch of water on the lake he remains on frozen even injuring severe cold snaps. this water tastes great and. according to one theory there's a strong thermal spring on the bottom of the lake it warms the water which in turn becomes saturated with oxygen thanks to the absence of an icy cover. usually people make ice holes on lakes to let the fish breathe but here the fish feel rather comfortable this natural phenomenon is good both for the fish and birds that stay here in this sajjan. was to as the participants of the expedition i will become more frozen mountain rivers to

approach they go to summer springs or close to hand. however the tourists encounter more and more natural obstacles every day. a small but deep mountain spring and peace the traveler as they decide to fell some trees and build a crossing. thanks. to you this is what we call just because we drove the snowmobiles that we dug we built a bridge this is how we entertainers out. there closer to the end of the adventure the many want us name of the old stuff as to. her

broke sometimes it's happened. the tourists carry all the necessary tools with them in case of emergency and the wild is hard to find help well there's no mobile coverage there. that's why the travelers have to rely only on themselves. two hours of repair works and a snowmobile is ready to go again. this. independent expeditions to eastern cyan a considered dangerous. a few years ago during an extreme summer rafting trip down a mountain river two of nikolai to his friends perished. together with nikolai they dared to be the first to conquer the rapids but their rough got stuck in a so-called barrel a place under a waterfall with a strong counter current. their attempts to get out of the natural trap failed.

for more than an hour we were trying to overcome the flow but failed. we were exhausted by the cold in the water both physically and mentally. the boat overturned after which we never saw each other again. it was a miracle the nicholai himself survived the nature of science and doesn't pardon anyone's mistakes even those of skilled tourists. the tourists are entering the final strait there are about twenty kilometers left to their destination. the passes at hand after which the thermal springs will be finally in view. once again and unassailable rock blocks the travellers way. seal bedsit. it's unlikely

they'll be able to lift the snowmobiles and all the equipment that high. this knows too deep and the rocks are too high but we would need a special winch is to get us to that high which we don't have so this is it but it's the end of the line we must return. the expedition comes to an end just a few kilometers sure to their destination. the thermal springs remain inaccessible high up in the eastern cyan mountains. this doesn't upset the travelers too much even though they've covered nearly four hundred kilometers on snowmobiles to get here. we're a team aren't we actually even a team can get nervous or upset at times but it's no big deal we get some tea get

some rest and then the next morning everything's fine again there are more mountains are also rivers for us to conquer. the participants of the expedition going back the way they came. to travel is this and they'll reach their cherished go next time. right to clean goes. squandered money.

what is now. more than sixty square kilometers of environmental devastation and those who are still surprisingly in line i'm finding are just. it's getting bad out here. but not saying hardly any birds squirrels you know. you know i don't know what's going on here. on the screen on our cheek.

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