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a slice of the arctic granted sometimes mineral resources for the chinese premier on a tour of the north's three. hundred now join it's for an unforgettable trip to one of the world's most beautiful ice cave ins and rushes into a monster. a small and ancient russian merchant city sits of a confluence of three rivers. is not quite europe but is not in asia either. constantine's a native of congo or he heads off to work each day of the same time. constant in has been conducting independent research for ten years now his profession has been out of the ordinary for most people but it's quite natural for those living in the euros it mixes danger with excitement. the city's protected reserve early morning enjoys

a few precious moments before being plunged into darkness. i constantine how are things at the site everything is alright no problem i give you the keys a group of scientists is arriving today and we should check everything carefully ok then. 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 and the more beautiful the seldom works the more likely a wish is 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 cave has 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 the way to the cave to undertake detailed research let them all go but make sure they all register in the logbook ok then i'm off to meet them 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 fun usual 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. if the only cave in russia which is equipped with special poles for tourists. when passing by the singing star the researches wish for a graphical 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 do no come back in an hour send someone to find us. the research is a getting ready to crude to reach the reserved area of the cave and 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 will go first and watch each other closely. about fifty gotos have been found inside congo ice cave it's also famous for its seventy underground lakes. punk off as

a biologist. today he together with his assistant he's checking out the caves flora and fauna. is to set up some traps and they hope to catch a unique inhabitant of water. 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. he's a frequent cave inhabited. look. i won't be surprised if. 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 melting and drip into the lakes in different places. this phenomenon interference. 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 ours so that we do not lose the trap that's it. it's a hundred twenty one metres long because water dissolves there's. the grottos appearance constantly changes regular measurements and needed here. we definitely need to measure the pre-treating parts of the plate the results will enable us to predict

future growth or 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 it peculiar at the bottom it's freezing on top it's above zero celsius because of this the red tides in the growth are only mites reaching from the floor. husband and wife. first met while working at a mine together he specializes in landslides another hazardous activities she 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. notes down the results to measure the entire grotto they have to record two thousand different points with the help of special equipment you have you got it yes good.

research 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 water in the cave will cease to exist so this cave is very precious to us today so we will be going. oh hello no lights where. i'll be there soon to change the bulbs ok rangers are in charge of safety inside the cave every day long before the tourists arrive they have to check to see if they've been a collapse on the tourist trail to be sure that everything is fine with the lighting and the general condition of the roof so now everything's fixed the cave 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. loose rock has been scraped

off with the help of the speak and i can observe the crosshairs of how the slabs moved down which it would be connotes a crack when such movement occurs now i have to strengthen the gypsum block here. a screw threaded bank of fastens the loose rock to a solid one behind. it's believed to be the safest method for the congress cave. because it ensures that the five tons of rock stays on the roof and doesn't fall out of the tourist trap. the cave 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 and 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 cave has become

a part of my life. oh how difficult it is to get through here we're almost there. meanwhile geophysicist your easter pan off and costs to the nikolai maxim over each have reached the polar grocer. 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 fool beauty of ice crystallization scientists first began using geo radar to take measurements of the ice inside the cave and it turned out to be very effective. we have to crawl here. and then slide down to measure all the irregularities of the ice formations. yuri and nikolai thought that if such a technique was being used to study ice in antarctica then why couldn't it be applied in a cave before that an ordinary fishing ice axe was used to measure the ice it 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 depends on the range of temperatures created by natural ventilation when it's colder on the surface lower temperatures accumulate inside the cave forms there and freezes over k. 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 in uni we can understand how freezing and melting happens we would be ok and can even make conclusions about climate change. the spill your divers have never swum in the protected area of the cave before for the first time a team of underwater researchers from the russian geographical society will dive

into a barely explored part of congo's treasure trove. still your divers are exploring the so-called arctic ocean a lake in a protected area of the cave. they 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 choice of the shit out of a person who is undergone an underwater spill yogic course can work literally anywhere. this includes as rescuers on some can ships. is the best skill yogic 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's thrill of discovery is also

a stronger force. that there's there's a passage passage over there it's about fifteen meters long hundred fifty centimeters tall it's very narrow stones are falling down thank god we found everything we wanted well don't arise. dennis miller of the cave diver has just made his chance to graphical discovery it took him three years to prepare for a dive into this way they had to develop the necessary skills in the uninstall. because even the slightest mistake could cost them their lives. the music secret laboratory tim curry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't join

a sound anything james mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only. there hasn't been anything yet to be. used to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest. we wanted to visit. some feel. just like you know old times trade history in the traditional russian holiday of shrove time which bids farewell to winter pancakes and souvenirs so now fast.

is it because the city of cundall is full of talented artists ceramicist and stone copas since the seventeenth century when congo was found it has been a major trading. back in the sixteenth century the conqueror of siberia yarmuk most here because only they ended up losing their way so the conflict chieftain decided to set up here before heading to siberia he established a settlement of 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 as a natural refrigerator. the newly found cave attracted many to. ending them with its mysteriousness peter the great himself ordered a map of the cave to be drawn the task was fulfilled in the eighteenth century it

was the world's first map of underground gotos in the late nineteenth century congo native alexander litvinenko was the first person to conduct guided tours using a map despite its beauty the cave had many dangers but then didn't scare the german princess victoria of battenburg antidotal 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 of science has made great leaps forward since then. is developing a three d. model of the underground labyrinth. 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 and whether

a collapse is likely to happen and that's important not only for the cave but also for the city. we should study the course if occasion occurring in ice caves it has created such an amazing natural phenomenon that it has become a tourist attraction the course of occasion happening in congo 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 depression's justification. this building been growing for several years now. is supported by a special construction of. scenes from collapsing. and of cost of occasions taking place underneath. the common pleas national cathedral there's a large crack here where water only then it causes roths and destruction

a little while when the kitchen is wobbling birds are mice and hamsters attack us from under the floor they knock 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 one was the reason the water pipes here. when temperatures drop it simply freezes through and through here we have stowed minds they speak. and there is another crack on this side as well that you know when we first patched an up and then he can hear. me can has already cracked. when this apartment block was constructed a cast a 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 that they researched it for two years and 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 long before people knew about cars or feet in fact the city's merchant history has been largely preserved thanks to cost of occasion is preferable to it from building high rise buildings in the old city in case cast caverns cause another collapse. congress cave is that very kind of which is so convenient for scientists to study.

to get from one grotto to another one has to cruel sometimes upside down meter by meter after growth or an experienced just leaves the group. you have to crawl sideways thrusting your legs against the wall there will be a lake under your feet three mirrors be very careful so that you do not fall down or drop any equipment. scale feels at home in the protected area even when the lights are off she sees every little change immediately the protected 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' and this is a huge pieces of loose gypsum hanging from the ceiling weighing at least five times the first explorers was 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 case this is one of the places where there are large enough of the most well known cave of this type is in mexico where they grow fourteen metres high. in arcades 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 that there was a mammoth like animal living in the cave feeding on the earth and of the underground kennedys appeared because of it but in reality the cave is home only to

a very small and harmless inhabitants because the huge sea of perm used to be here . is just hard for a match stick in size it feeds and. falls into the lake during floods it has no one and is never found on the surface it was named after the caves first. lucky falling from the. great. chance to leave. they often die in traps because water get spoiled there. we have to register. that this is a very interesting species this is the only organism in the perm region which is adjusted to living in a cage. there is

a theory to go into the cats of the cave at the beginning of the ice age the cold contributed to its quicker penetration under the earth. and the best. of the czech republic. has come specifically to take pictures of one of the largest caves of the year olds. in the passageway and inscription made in one thousand nine hundred fourteen by princess victoria a baton and her daughter louise can be found. crystals. and. when temperatures drop. or a funnel becomes deeper. crystals cover the ceiling forming a bizarre fringe. they transform into bundles of ice needles. and there at their largest in march this is how i stretches i had no way from human

eyes beneath congo and. also for the guys being to many places over the past twenty years i have been to very dangerous caves. 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 skier tourist it's fantastic. i am the queen of the coal i will lead you through three kingdoms the kingdom of the cold my favorites the kingdom of stone and the kingdom of water. some so totally amazed by the striking beauty in the mystery of congo to escape the dead even ready to forego the cold and darkness to prove their love one coupled with hearts is even held their wedding in the case. of the love this is our stone our stone of love do you remember them as you wish when we came in speaking of two

years ago yes i do can you guess wants to marry me but to call her just thrives in. north dakota geared guests believes coming here to register your marriage in the colder life gave. us the cold cross it was soon names because the holes in the ceiling resemble a reef well above the guest was built here in nineteen eighty-four but. having chosen one of the most beautiful grasses arena and alexander decided to get married . was. the magic of the giant underground lakes and grocers and the frozen poetry of the ice bring peace. into a fantastic world of ancient caves. the

practice i'm guided to is here as almost one hundred years old valentyn rap continues the tradition of the first god clinic of he loves the cave as if it were his own home to a dolphin swam in here in search of his beloved mermaid but he failed to find her and turn to stone because of the only requited love of everyone searching for love knocks on the dolphin and the dolphin sings and their wishes come true. in the past people used kerosene torches or candles in spotless to light up the cave but by the end of the twentieth century electricity was installed today a total of procession in the cave is only for special occasions and now it's in tribute to alexander frederick of thanks to him tourists convention underground every day. clinic of guided tourists into the cave until his very death even to the

point where he was almost blind he can they can 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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