mitri slim and his son killed have such a climate but it only allows them to film the landscapes it's all this close read it's all set up i can't tell you how beautiful this will feel it's a nice way the weather was right. about go means mountain crossland that's what the mountain dwellers who lived here many centuries ago called this place you know sco has declared the area a world heritage site. makes up only a small part of the total area of the caucuses nature of. a

long time ago the people of the caucuses used to shepherd droves of sheep across the a bug of lambs were often targeted by hawks even today let. me bring hawks back to this past. this is a bearded vulture. of this kind make their nests on low lying logs of thirty or forty kilometers from here. when they go hunting. fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. the above go is situated close to the greater northern slope of the caucuses mountain range from the grassland you can get a panoramic view of the mountain ridge of the caucuses nature reserve. there is also a clear view of mt fished one of the highest points in the western caucuses.

let's try to get the mountains in frame filming is best done from the highest point on the bar go it's about nine hundred meters above sea level here dimitri is teaching a son killed how to set up for the filming. look. you can see that the lighting is on one side of the mist covers most of the valley. we don't want to film only the mist we need to focus on the foreground look at the grass gleaming in the sunlight its light of the valley is dark. so the light strip will show this shot to the best advantage. no. the great in northern slope is a continuous chain of mountain ridges tops by snowy peaks millions of years ago

there was a vast sea in this place the smallest part of it the black sea is now hidden behind mountain ridges they form a shield in the way of warm breezes blowing from the sea the warm air creates a sub tropical climate in the foothills of the southern slope of the greater caucus's ridge there is a moderate zone further upslope the kingdom of eternal snow and ice on the mountain tops is more than three thousand metres above sea level. which is the. i'm going to film these magnificent landscapes we never know in order to show the. to the hundreds of people who never venture here which is or because they have no time. when you go because they don't understand the meaning of nature . to live side by side with the

pass translated from the caspian language means the mountain of caucasian goats the reserve is the only habitats of western caucasian goats in the wild here they don't move about very much a small herd might well stay for decades in the same area high in the mountains one thousand eight hundred metres. the only trail leading across the pass begins in the above go grassland. caucuses reserve ranges often use it to make rounds of the area they always do it on horseback a round trip usually takes one week. where they come across poachers interests on this path broken. the only way here there are rocks on one side and i think a tangle of red is and really other it is very difficult terrain. all

. the ranges camp out in small parts and it's always cold in the mountains at night. shortly before dawn dimitri in kill head to a small flat mountain top according to an old caucasian legend do you often meets

the sunrise in the mountains lives a long and happy life get real you can no see mode you go on you're right. the sun will rise from behind the spit pass. we're going to choose the highest point for filming we only have ten to fifteen minutes for that.

because it. is a mystery of the world just you know a single one is ever the same the balloon is truly wonderful. the nearest settlement is far away radio is the only means of communication with human civilization. hey folks you're listening to our movement of radio show us your hosts once again and you get to ring and look at the last time i talked about on the history of the congress is nature reserve and getting up to the small studio broadcasting meet our movement show is in the town of scores of kilometers away from the a bar go for schoolchildren tell locals about the caucuses reserve journalists. oversees the programs the children talk about on the reserves animals surviving trees mountaintops and rare plants. they draw on their experience as reporters and

engineers working in various protected areas therefore they always fully prepared for the program when they go on air. and i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what these truly saw a long time ago. as for me i always have this uncanny feeling that my age and stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant. one of the most. famous parts of the caucuses nature reserve is the growth situated close to the black sea coast the oldest tree here is over

a thousand years old. the grove has survived several generations of tourists and many natural disasters. according to scientists the greatest of them took place some eighteen million years ago. a rupture in the earth's crust created a natural labyrinth and the gorge the gorges bed was filled with water from mountain streams. this landscape has undergone no changes since then. visitors are fascinated by the mysterious origin of the grove and the ancient trees there in they think of it as a living relic of the distant past. well i can tell you that i really do feel mystical about it was that people rarely break the rules here they're not eager to destroy or cut things down to the bush that some people might say i'm crazy but i honestly believe nature herself is at work here and i think this place is protected

by higher forces it's. a small canyon on the outside edge of the grove mocks its natural boundary in the north the west and east in horns of an infamous mountain river called the hostile joint where the canyon is at its most narrow the never ending war of war is a sign of its dangerous allure. and you'll love. this canyon is notorious because the water rises quickly when the snow melts or us to terentia already. above though the whirlpool formed a strong water splashing against one side of the ravine and then against the other water anything that falls into the whirlpool gets sucked down to the bottom people trying to swim walk across it end up drowning. there's been several deaths as a result. that's why this place is infamously known as the

devil's in the bottle. there are four major waterways in the caucasus reserve a river is one of the deepest which has been put up but the small hydro power station supplies electricity to the huts in the upper reaches of the reserves northern sector ranges stay for the night. but the vote by. claiming there was a. well w. bush. you can get from any spray. you're more going about. drinking and. international rafting competitions take place on the river every year the route is extreme rapids and near impossible to clear.

through the. this month chunks by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest. of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new gaming religion and let the inventor begin all of that here spec knology update here on r.g.p. we've got the future covered. we have seen the damage it has down to our environment mark and make both with the

poor crops we do not want any more new g.m.o. foods. are course system is just there was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled that that's allowed to go on. eating this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used like oratory experiment being used as guinea pig. now we have more questions than we have at just. like. a cargo helicopter flies through mountain coal which before it reaches the weather

station and juga good is situated in the mountains of the caucuses nature is a as an altitude of more than two thousand mixes above sea level it is the optimised station in the western caucuses it's total square is two hundred maybe two thousand head to our reserve is the only one in russia that occupies the territory of three russian regions it's really unique. the directive the coaxes reserve personally oversees the rotation of strong and food supplies in this remote area the helicopter rarely stops at juga for more than twenty minutes but even such a short period of. time is enough for dimitri says i think it is some kill to get several shots on take.

most of the world's weather stations located in major cities record changes in the atmosphere resulting from industrial waste and fecal fumes the data collected juga and similar stations is important for fundamental research into how the earth's climate changes in areas situated far away from manmade sources of pollution which are now the temperature a jugar is fifteen degrees above zero but a couple of days ago trees were falling to the ground under the impact of strong gusts of wind which by the way where the snow is usually one metre deep around this time in december temperatures were unusually high in november and it may well turn out to be the warmest november in twenty five years. each day courses reserve staff record temperatures wind velocity humidity and amice ferric pressure.

one team is on shift for two months. on its way from to go to the grand northern slope the helicopter passes by now fished the highest point and the western ridge. after an hour's trip by end dimitri and his son kirill walk about the northern

sector of the caucuses reserve in the company of ranges the jugo weather station is now schools of kilometers away. people and animals share the only path there is in this area. to the bison let humans approach them most of the people traveling around the reserve granges on horseback most short while ago troll g.t. in a different area of the short distance from here they can see month over there came across nine bison. the lettuce come quite close to them. were only fifteen metres away. by some media coaxes is have no enemies sometimes humans can come very close to them provided they are on horseback passes a ranger dismount the bison instantly make it clear they're poised for attack.

horses are the most reliable and indispensable companions when people go on long trips in the mountains only horses with good training eligible for the job with. this one as cultured nish. he's my favorite. though we became fast friends. riding him is no problem he does what he's told to do. with this one is still young stallion. it will let anybody touch him. bloke. is scared of everybody.

never a chair on his one of the remotest areas of eastern sector of the caucuses reserve several reserve staff and their families live here on a permanent basis. even if the weather is warm it's only possible to reach this place with an off road vehicle schoolchildren from a nearby village upset by often visit reserve ranges they have organized an eco movement called the little bison. hello hello glad to see you. to be our guests. that's.

that's. the top machine we are. chosen malaysia is the starting point of a circular route for a hike as only visitors with a permit and a map are allowed to enter the reserve they gear is inspected and ranges teach them the elementary rules for surviving in the mountains children from the little bison oh is welcome here they already have experience walking cross country children from the little mice and often cross the river in that way but it's risky in winter time so today we're going to take a detour we'll cross the bridge and forest warden will take care of house down. pikas can choose between several popular routes in different areas of the coax is reserved.

close to the trail stands an oval table used by ranges it's meant for hikers passing by wanting to rest for a moment children from the little bison club gather here on the bank of the stream to discuss major ecological actions just as we all know that on the eve of new year's celebrations many local people pick up axis and go to the forest to cut down our green beauties. to save the green beauty is the name of the movement organized by the children that they make leaflets bearing the image of a food treat. that they write text on the leaflets and display them prominently in the village. the children hope their peaceful actions will help prevent further trees from being cut down illegally. preserve ranges however take more radical measures against lawbreakers their main task is

finding and detaining approaches. one of the most challenging jobs takes ranges to mount yet. each time they go under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night or weather conditions they painstaking job requires special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as well as able to discern telltale signs showing the presence of trespasses and have no difficulty finding their bearings. new voters will always be tempted to enter the reserve because beasts are easy prey here the reporters up there are not as much afraid of humans as they are elsewhere. because they're under constant protection. such cultures see them as enticing tidbits because hunting for them is so easy.

as the path reaches higher altitudes one climatic zone in the mountains gives way to another here the fog that envelop the forests in the foothills is now a distant memory there is snow on the slopes and it is much colder the caucasian mountains gradually come into view. the few. after several attempts to find the best point for filming the landscape dimitri suddenly comes face to face with a brown bear one of the rarest and largest animals of the caucuses reserve.

and. rangers did find fresh tracks they were close to the huts where the rangers put up for the night they reported the find of a walkie talkie that he would use. there are wolf tracks here the other stalled out from a wolf yes. keep still the workers let me see them what in the water trucks no just those holding. they said here they are two three three. eight calling one zero four eight calling one of four everything's ok tracks only

some left by animals the latest tracks are those of wolves three of them over and out. different people visiting the coaxes nature reserve are often different things some seek shelter from the hustle and bustle of big cities others around the thrills only a few are able to blend in with this wonderful place and become possibly. just invested by old and yet i feel i'm an integral part of this world as i do but i'm no crazy romantic. i'm nearly drowned almost frozen to death and full of cliffs already and. nature is wiser than we are given her ingenuity is all pervasive. she is the creator that gave birth to us about enough but i do not and may bring us

to ruin unless we come to our senses. and atlanta i think does what people should devote their lives to. let's go get the book i don't know if i can cope with the task but i'm going to try.

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