tv [untitled] January 1, 2012 2:31pm-3:01pm EST
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fireworks and celebrations across the globe and here in moscow hundreds gathered in red square to watch a large scale extravaganza light up the city scarred. from traveling is probably a show where we take you to one of the most remote beautiful parts of siberia. 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's nature remains pristine and untouched by man.
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for tourists and 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 bokes. that can be reached i mean winter riding in the frozen rivers and lakes. it's not the first time the participants of this expedition have 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.
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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 risky. one two three. is just three hundred comments 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. and the glass is slid down creating sharp peaks and deep valleys. the
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glass is then settled into lakes giving birth to rivers with numerous waterfalls. they covered with thick ice of intricate shapes. form over the bow of the more of the shape of the waterfall changes swan story maybe even twice a day changes occur as years go by this year the shape of the blocks of frost in icicles are squad different the pattern is never repeated.
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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 that were 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 the map it's quite easy to lose one's way in the cyan
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because the main road through daryn are constantly keeps branching into smaller tributaries that all look the same so if you move 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 they 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
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see there it's like cribs and most are in deer looks like it see that 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. and 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 for. the outlines of these pictures were hans more than once. scientists believe the ancient residents would have performed magical rituals of the rocks with cave paintings. it was believed the spirits of make so would return ate them in hunting and cattle breeding. the
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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 go take a look at the stone i've never seen anything like it. there 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
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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. yet this doesn't hinder them in taking good care of their culture and customs. the better signal class we're going to draw our reindeer god knows what is the tough mudder name for it. right even and what's the time for a name for a small reindeer under three years old you're the one without horns. and nitric
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well down the most popular themes for the two for our children's drawings are related to nature. my dad is a hunter he takes me to the tiger every summer i have seen a musk deer and elk. the last of it's awful our kids undistinguished as i notice with a natural in the beauty to tell lies the children are very frank and honest as though 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 don'ts around the fire. the shaman is the leader of the dance dictating
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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 deal like. sports i can derive is a native to follow and the oldest 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
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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. she low that you should try and he did hard but that's so that all the cones fall off the suit or get into the locals don't only hunt for animals but also get a seed of cones the practice has been unchanged for centuries give them the cedars are a source of nutrition for the whole of the siberian tiger not just for humans the very one from a mouse or a knot head to a big sized animal a canal cora beyer leave off cedar to the processing of cedar cones developed in the twentieth century. the seed in the trade
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became one of the most profitable and tougher laryea thank you. 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 believe. the close up team has been to darkest on birthplace to the most ambitious football club in the world. now the 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
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where the country's mental wealth starts its way across the ocean. and welcome to the club ours creature russia blows up on our key. white stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is mesmerized. by this beauty brings death at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers from. stepping down of a long. line motion would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from phones to impressions. from star totty dot
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com. eastern cyan boasts a harsh continental climate 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 here if you would like to ask you a question our expedition is heading across the eastern sajjan yeah so we would like to know the weather forecast for the next few days move no shark changes are expected a short period of percivale tension including snow moderates temperatures are
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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. weather 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.
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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 wanting me off saying don't pass through here. not far from the blank rock the tourists feel some simple natural influence on themselves and one. of the snowmobiles sunk under the ice bring their oh. the other drivers bypass the dangerous parts and begin a salvage operation. the
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don't rev the engine will break the tracks and start. over during a film where there are so waterway guards placed across with broken equipment that i was going to see if the ice would hold well enough and got trapped in. 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 eva 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
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a few kilometers from the past the weather in the landscape has changed dramatically. instead of an overcast sky the sun is growing. old is a place by huge snow drifts. schemes and shambles i was a tourist. to overcome such obstacles. always that stick. standing on the ground and look what i've got to this is the most extraordinary snow filled zone of us. and a half or even two meters deep.
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the journey across the tigris becomes more difficult for a reason to. make the woods the tourists decide to stop by lake and catch some fish or something. in winter time fish inhabiting 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 flapping a boat who are supper will be a real feast i nicholai today has
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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 during 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
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approach they go to some of the springs are close to hand. however the tourists encounter more and more natural obstacles were about. a small but deep mountain spring and piece they travel as they decide to fell some trees and build a crossing. thank. you this is what we call active raced because we drove a snowmobile was that we dug we built a bridge this is how we entertainers out. there closer to the end of the adventure the middle of the snowmobile sophos to.
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broke sometimes it's happening. 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. independent expeditions to eastern cyan considered dangerous. a few years ago during an extreme summer rafting trip down a mountain river to have nicholai tell a shrink his friends perished. together with nikolai they dared to be the first to conquer the rapids but their raft 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.
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bhatta but for more than an hour we were trying to overcome the flow but failed. or were exhausted by the cold in the water both physically and mentally there with 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. so once again
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and unassailable wrong blocks the travellers way. that's it. 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. 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 co months is sure to their destination. the thermal springs remain inaccessible high up in the east and cyan mountains. this doesn't upset the travelers too much even though they've covered nearly four hundred kilometers on snowmobiles to get here. and 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
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