this faraway place can be reached by helicopter. first you need special permission to travel around here. to meet three slaves and his son kim 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. the weather is right up. a mountain crossland that's what the mountain dwellers who lived here many centuries ago called this place. 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 i need is the. birds 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 great in 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 one thousand 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. now if. 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 what would either because they have no time on with you when you go because they don't understand the meaning of nature. to go 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 nine 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'll come across poachers interests on this path broken. the only way here there are rocks on one side and a fixed tangle of bridges and drain on the other it is very difficult terrain. all. the ranges camp out in small pots it's always cold in the mountains at night.

shortly before dawn the me three in killed head to a small flat mountain top according to an old caucasian legend do you often meet the sunrise in the mountains lives a long and happy life get real good you can no see mode you go on you're right in the video 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.

it is a mystery to 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 if you're listening to our movement a radio show us your hosts once again and you get to ring and look at it last term i talked about on the history of the caucuses nature reserve and getting up to the small studio broadcasting meet our movement show is in the town and 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 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. then i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what these trees saw a long time ago. as for me i always have this uncanny feeling that my

agent stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant. one of the most. famous parts of the caucuses nature 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 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 in the outer edge of the grove mox its natural boundary in the north the west and east in the horns of an infamous mountain river called the host joint where the canyon is at its most narrow and the never ending roar of water is a sign of its dangerous allure. and you'll know. this canyon is notorious because the water rises quickly when the snow melts or up to terentia already. 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 will 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. clean through of the reserve. well w. bush wherever you can get some water from any spray or small river you're more than a bit of a sole fit for drinking and. international

rafting competitions take place on the bella river every year the route is extreme the rapids a near impossible to clear. wealthy british style. that's not on the. market why not just scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or run no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our culture is that so much different and there's

a huge musician apparently trying to market egypt's unfinished business a year on the revolution that youth activists spearheaded appears to have stalled the military rulers who replaced with. a cargo helicopter flies through a mountain coach before it reaches the weather station and to go to good is situated in the mountains of the caucuses nature is a as an altitude of more than two thousand minutes is about sea level it is the optimal station in the western caucuses it's total square is two hundred eighty two thousand hectors our reserve is. the only one in russia that occupies the territory of three russian regions it's really unique.

the director of the caucuses reserve personally oversees the rotation of stock 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 dmitri says just some kid to get several shots on take. most of the world's weather stations located in major cities recalled 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 of juba 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 made a deeper round this time in december temperatures were unusually high in november it may well turn out to be the warmest november in twenty five years. each day caucuses reserve staff record temperatures wind velocity humidity and emissary expression. one team is on shift for two months. oops. it's on its way from

to go to the grand northern slope the helicopter passes by now and fished the highest point and the western ridge. it's. after an hour's trip by air dimitri and his son kill walkabout in the northern sector of the caucuses reserve in the company of ranges the jugo weather station is now scores of kilometers away. people and animals as share the only path their rays in this area . to the bison left humans approach them most of the people traveling around the resort granges in horseback most short while ago patrol g.t. in a different area. it's a short distance from here they can seem on his show there are ten across nine

bodies and. the lettuce come quite close to them. are only fifteen metres away. bison living in the caucuses reserve have no enemies sometimes humans can come very close to them provided they are on horseback buses or 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. this one is called chetan ish. is my favorite. but we became

fast friends. reading him is no problem he does what he's told to do. but this one is still a young stallion. it will let anybody touch him as a bloke. is scared of everybody's. children the red chair his one of the remotest areas of the 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. dear our guests. that. doesn't match the machine we are. is the starting point of a circular route for high just only visitors with a permit and a map are allowed to enter the reserve they gear is. active and ranges teach them the elementary rules for surviving in the mountains children from the little bison oh always welcome here they already have experience walking cross country children

from the little bison often across 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 all stuff. 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. but save the green beauty is the name of

a movement organized by the children that they make leaflets bearing the image of a food treat you that they write text on the leaflets and display them prominently in the village of. 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 rangers to mount yet. each time they go there under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night or weather conditions very painstaking job. special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as well as able to discern telltale signs showing the presence of trespassers and have no

difficulty finding their bearings. i knew both yours will always be tempted to answer 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. cultures see them as enticing tidbits because hunting for them is so easy. as the path reaches hire out the cheese one climatic zone in the mountains gives way to another here the fog that enveloped the forests in the foothills is now a distant memory there is snow on the slopes and it is much colder the koch asian mountains gradually come into view.

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. rangers did find fresh tracks they were close to the hunts where the rangers put up for the night they reported the find of

a walkie talkie with the bodies. there are wolf tracks here now this the wall he got from a wolf yes. keep still let me see them what they do with the tracks no just those. thanks here they are two three three. eight calling one zero four eight calling one of four everything's ok no poacher tracks only some left by animals the latest tracks are those of wolves three of them over announce. different people visiting the coaxes nature reserve are often different things some seek shelter from the hostile and bustle of big cities others around the thrills

only a few are able to blend in with this wonderful place and become possible. just invested by old and yet i feel an integral part of this world at large and to do well know crazy romantic. i'm nearly drowned almost frozen to death and full of cliffs the very. nature is wiser than we are given our ingenuity is all pervasive. she is the creator that gave birth to us about enough but i do that and they bring us to ruin unless we come to our senses. they have led them i think that's what people should devote their lives to. get about i don't know if i can cope with the task but i'm going to try.

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