three. three branches of the video for your media project a free video gone to. if you are just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. your headlines and the launch of julian assange very own interview show here on our course is controversy their premier lauded for the choice of guest the first person the wiki leaks founder to was hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah and his first interview it was indeed the first interview in over six years with any international television station. photos of smiling a u.s. soldiers posing next to body parts of dead afghan suicide bombers emerge in the

latest series of scandals involving american troops and the pictures are fueling concerns over the leadership and discipline of u.s. forces in afghanistan. and russia refuses armed opposition in syria of provoking violence and undermining the u.n. brokered cease fire the claims were prompted by reports that the free syrian army is using refugee camps in turkey as a safe havens to plan assaults on regime troops. now it's time for a special documentary here on. the ice caves in the russian certainly quite spectacular a potentially hazardous for some extreme tourist so we explore the perils right now in our special report. a small and ancient russian merchant city sits at the confluence of three rivers. is not quite europe but is not a nation either. constantine's

a native of congo or he heads off to work each day of the same time. because that in has been conducting independent research for ten years now his profession is out of the ordinary for most people and it's quite natural for those living in the urals it mixes danger with excitement. the city's protected reserve early morning enjoys a few precious moments before being plunged into darkness. i constantly how are things at the site everything is alright no problem i'll give you the keys a group of scientists is arriving today and we should check everything carefully ok they're. ok. another day begins in this beautiful urals countryside. every day people working at the site after walked ten kilometers back and forth for all passers by it's obligatory to strike the singing star the more beautiful the selden max the more likely

a wishes to come true. on the one hand everything seems to have stopped dead here on the other hand a specialist can always see how the cave has changed over time the place is a living organism and an underground parikh dies for geologists and researches lying beneath the banks of the silver river and at the depths of the ice melt and hides the pearl of congo or. the ice caves captured the interest of many scientists and it's no wonder the cave is. one of the most beautiful ice cabins in the world hello hello how are you live the scientists we've been waiting for have arrived this is a complex expedition they'll go into the cave to undertake detailed research let

alone go but make sure they all register in the logbook ok then i'm off to meet them and give instructions. the purpose of registration is to ensure that everyone makes it out of the cave safely today this group of scientists has some unusual work ahead of them perhaps they'll find a new grocer or come across a unique crystal. according to the scientist estimates the cave is ten to twelve thousand years old. it's the only cave in russia which is equipped with special powers for tourists. when passing by the thing instead the research is wish for a geographical discovery. you must be very careful when climbing there so that you don't fall down it's slippery there's a lot of ice down there how big is the grotto pretty large it will be exciting for you. if we did not come back in an hour send someone to find us. the research is

a getting ready to crew to reach the reserved area of the king that's off limits to ordinary tourists the entrance to the protected zone is basically a narrow hole so be very careful and cautious all who go first what you are closely . fifty gross as have been found inside congo rice cave is also famous for its seventy underground lakes. as a biologist. today he together with his assistant he's checking out the codes flora and fauna there is to set up some traps and they hope to catch a unique inhabitant of the water. the temperature inside the cave varies from freezing to above zero. the further away from the entrance the warmer it gets from minus fifteen degrees celsius that's around five degrees fahrenheit to four degrees

celsius or around thirty nine degrees fahrenheit wow look at i found yes yes. this is a winter. tito. he's a frequent cave inhabited. look started moving its wings i won't be surprised if it flies off. for the first time the scientists have a chance to explore the depths of the lakes. this one is called the lake of deception because the water appears to be moving here. what happens is that the rain melt water percolate through the ice mountain and drip into the lakes in different places it gives the illusion of movement science calls this phenomenon interference. so now we have to put out the bait. holds the trap and was used. over here they love this kind of sausage they would never. be very careful when putting it out so that we do

not lose the trap that's it. it's one hundred twenty one meters long but because water dissolves there's just so much as appearance constantly changes regular measurements are needed here. we definitely need to measure the protruding parts of the plate the results will enable us to predict future growth development so that we can then lay out the safest route for visitors . today geologists are measuring one of the most beautiful grocers the difference in temperature makes a peculiar at the bottom it's freezing while on top it's above zero celsius because of this. titan the grocer only starlit mites reaching from the floor. husband and wife. first met while working at a mine together he specializes in landslides another hazardous activities he is

a mineral surveyor. as a geologist nicholai researches different rocks and looks into their formation of structure his job also involves making laser measurements of caves. noted down the results to measure the entire grotto they have to record two thousand different points with the help of special equipment have you got it yes good. we are now on top of the rock slide which formed when the roof collapsed over. these rocks will eventually be washed away by underground waters in the cave will cease to exist so this cave is very precious to us today so we will be. oh hello no lights where ok i'll be there soon to change the bulbs.

rangers are in charge of safety inside the cave every day long before the tourists arrive they have to check to see if they're going to collapse on the tourist trail to be sure that everything is fine with the lighting and the general condition of the roof so no everything's fixed the cage is rigorously checked on a daily basis after all one hundred thousand tourists on average visit the cave every year that's twice the population of congo order. when the loose rock has been scraped off with the help of the speakon i can observe the process of how the slabs moved down which you can look at a crack when such movement occurs now i have to strengthen the gypsum a lot here. a screw threaded banker fastens the loose rock solid one behind. is believed to be the safest method for the congress cave. because it ensures that the full life terms of rock stays on the roof and full of

the tourist traffic stop because he has been open to tourists for more than one hundred years and it's not seen a single accident in all that time. when i came here as a student saw all this space and the way ice is formed i was struck by this beauty this energy power. ten years have passed and the case has become a part of my life as. oh how difficult it is to get through here we are almost there. meanwhile geophysicist your easter bunny costs to the nikolai maxim overture have reached the polar grocer he boasts not only the most bizarre ice crystals but also a wife that's lasted for centuries it melts neither in winter nor in summer here one can appreciate the food beauty of ice crystallization. scientists first began using geo radio to take measurements of the ice inside the cave and it turned out

to be very effective. we have to crawl here. down to measure all the year regularities of the ice formations. yuri and nikolai thought that if such a technique was being used to study ice antarctica then why couldn't it be applied in a cave before that ordinary fishing ice axe was used to measure the ice who takes a little time to measure a fairly large area with the help of this device scientists that in some places the ice is six meters thick. the state of the ice inside it it depends on the range of temperatures created by natural ventilation when it's colder on the surface lower temperatures accumulate inside the cave forms and freezes over vacay the process is controlled by the external environment in other

words they came back as a kind of natural condition. if we do these measurements every year we can understand how freezing and melting happen. and can even make conclusions about climate change. the spill your drivers have never swum in the protected area of the cave before for the first time a team of underwater researches from the russian geographical society will dive into a barely explored part of congo's treasure trove. spill your divers are exploring the so-called arctic ocean a lake in a protected area of the cave. we found out that this underground lake is congo is biggest it's sixty meters long making it twice as big as the last one which we found on the tourist trail of shit about a person who is undergone an underwater spill yogic course can work literally anywhere. this includes as rescuers on sunken ships. this is the best

spillage training. this group has already studied more than a dozen underground lakes and not just in russia they research caves all around the world came diving is one of the most dangerous of occupations divers are often unaware of what awaits them underwater but that thrill of discovery is also a stronger force. that there's there's a passage passage over there it's about fifteen meters long and the hundred fifty centimeters tall it's very narrow stones are falling down thank god we found everything we wanted well don't join us. of the cave has just made his chance to a graphical discovery it took him three years to prepare for a dive into this lake they have to develop the necessary skills in the undiscovered

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just like you know time's trade history in the traditional russian holiday of schroders toes which has failed well to windsor pancake some souvenirs some our finest. this is because the city of congo is full of talented artists ceramicist and stone covers since the seventeenth century when congo was founded has been a major trading hub that was. back in the sixteenth century the conqueror of siberia much most here because only they ended up losing their way so the cars like chieftain decided to set up here before heading to siberia he established a settlement at the ice mountain houses were built to his men so they could survive the winter and during that time they discovered a cane under the nose of the next troops used it as

a natural refrigerator. the newly found cave attracted many tempting them with its mysterious tales peter the great himself ordered a map of the cave to be drawn to the task was fulfilled in the eighteenth century it was the world's first map of underground crossers in the late nineteenth century congo native alexander michael was the first person to conduct guided tours using them and despite its beauty the cave had many dangers for them didn't scare the german princess victoria and battenburg and her daughter louise some time later louise married a prince and became the queen of sweden is said that this is what she wished for on the singing stone. the map of the cave is constantly being updated nine hundred sixty four saw the first cave planned with photographs but science has made great leaps forward since then. is developing a three d.

model of the underground labyrinth survey done from the tower grosso into a special program the three d. model makes it possible to clarify the relative positions of the caves and to establish their maximum size analysis of the measurements determine whether a collapse is likely to happen and that's important not only for the cave but also for the city. we should study in the course of occasion occurring in the face cave it has created such an amazing natural phenomenon that it has become a tourist attraction well because if occasion happening in congo or means a lot of money is needed to relocate people to safe places and to build houses on stable earth. according to scientific research two thirds of the city's depressions. cation the cracks on this building been growing for several years now the apartment block is supported by

a special construction as. they prevent the scenes from collapsing new cracks are a sign of cost of a cation taking place underneath it come in please. there's a large crack here where water lee in it causes rods and destruction but a wall in the kitchen is wobbling. mice and hamsters attack us from under the floor they nod the floor and run all over here inside the rooms the walls have been ruined by the damp wall paper simply peels off and there's also a big hole behind this crib. with this is the reason a lot of pipes here. when temperatures drop it's simply freezes through and through here we have stowed minds speak. and there is another crack on this side as well to give them we first touched an op and then put up and he can hear as the speaker has already cracked. when this apartment block was constructed

a cast lake was filling up below the land under the building began to subside as if it was sinking into a bottomless chasm tenants were evacuated and scientists were brought in to study the situation. this house is located in the city center. was that cracks appeared because a cavity formed under the house here to resolve the issue scientists were signed to deal with it they researched it for two years their results became the basis for the new general plan of the city now every building is constructed based on the scientists recommendations. surprisingly all seven of the cathedrals in the city stand firm despite the fact that they were built a long before people knew about. in fact the city's merchant history has been largely preserved thanks to cost of occasion is prohibited from building high rise

buildings in the old city in case cast caverns cause another collapse. is that very travel which is so convenient for the scientists to study. to get from one grotto to another one has to crawl sometimes upside down meter by meter grosso after grosser an experienced spell just leaves the group. you have to crawl sideways thrusting your legs against the wall there will be a lake under your feet three new year's eve please be very careful so that you do not fall down or drop any equipment. or feel that home in the protected area even when the lights are off she sees every little change immediately the particular area was found by accident in one thousand nine hundred thirty five there was an expedition during which a worker found

a hole which reveals tunnels and grottoes stretching for three and a half kilometers along with many lakes these are so-called organ pipes vertical channels that connect caverns with the surface their height can be up to twenty two meters as tall as a seven story building the research team grocers in this is a huge pieces of loose gypsum hanging from the ceiling weighing at least five times the first explorers were so amazed by the beauty of the new cave that they chose to preserve it just as it was. the gypsum crystals are rare in our cave this is one of the places where there are large enough of the most well known caves of this type is in mexico where they grow fourteen meters high. in our caves they are five centimeters but they're very beautiful. meanwhile

uncle continues his research. people have been interested only in the caves but also in the things that live there. in the old days people believe there was a mammoth like animal living in a cave feeding on the earth and the underground kennedys appear because of it but in reality the cave is home only to the very small and harmless inhabitants because the huge sea of. crustacean is just a match they can. material it falls into the lake during floods it has no one and is never found up on the surface it was named after the caves first. how great are you happy. were they often traps because

water get spoiled they're. the. now we have to register. that this is a very interesting species if this is the only organism in the perm region which is adjusted to living in the case. there is a theory. of the cave at the beginning of the ice age the cold contributed to its quicker penetration of the earth. and the best. of the czech republic. has come specifically to take pictures of one of the largest cast caves of the urals. in the passageway and inscription made in one thousand nine hundred fourteen by princess victoria a battenberg and her daughter louise can be found. many years old. and. when temperatures drop by the more. funnel becomes

deeper. crystals cover the ceiling. when. they transform into bundles of ice. and there at the largest in march this is how i stretches ahead no way from human eyes beneath congo. for the guys being to many places over the past twenty years i have been to very dangerous caves because but i would like to say that i am absolutely stunned by what i see here now both as a photographer and as an avid speedier tourist it's fantastic. that. i am the queen of the coal i will lead you through three kingdoms the kingdom of the cold my favorites a kingdom of stone and the kingdom of water. some so totally amazed by the striking beauty in the mystery of congo or ice caves the dead

even ready to forego the cold and darkness to prove their love one couple would hold hearts believe me held their wedding in the case. for the last. hour stone of love do you remember them as you wish when they came in speaking of two years ago yes i do can you guess wants to marry me not to call her to see his thrives in. north dakota geared guests please come in here to register your marriage in the colder five k. . of the cold cross it was soon names because the holes in the ceiling resemble a reef and above the guest was built here in nineteen eighty-four. having chosen one of the most beautiful grocer's arena and alexander decided to get married.

my. the magic of the giant underground lakes and grottoes and the frozen poetry of the ice bring peace. into a fantastic world of ancient caves. the practice of guided tours here is almost one hundred years old valentine rather continues the tradition of the first goat clinic of he loves the cave as if it were his own home to a dolphin swimming here in search of his beloved more innate but he fails to find or a turn to stone because of the owner acquired love that everyone searching for love knocks on the dolphin and the dolphin sings of their wishes come true. in the past people used kerosene torches or candles and spotless to light up the caves but by the end of the twentieth century electricity was installed today

a total perception in the cave is only for special occasions and now it's in tribute to alexander frederick of thanks to him tourists can venture underground every day. clinic of guided tourist into the cave until his very death even to the point where he was almost blind he connected the past the present and the future it was a constant process an eternal link between the mysterious underground world and the buzz of life outside.

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