now with the palm of your. coffee. the week's top stories in the latest developments here on r.t. top stories now sarkozy or hollande one will be the next french president as the two front runners go through to the second and decisive round of voting in two weeks time and you need a will face a tough job of fixing a full french economy and record unemployment. you had resolved to deploy three hundred strong observer mission in syria to monitor the fragile truce there sparky none of us vote in the security council some members are accused of undermining the peace effort. bahrain's hosts controversial forty one grand prix despite widespread protests against the regime of brutal crackdown by police that's

left one dead tens of thousands of been out in force the money immediately democratic. and thirty minutes the group global attention sons premiered his own interview shown on t.v. this week giving voice to those ostracized by the mainstream media show sparked a range of reaction from praise to history. well that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more for you in half an hour from now in the meantime we travel to the ural mountains to explore one of russia's greatest natural wonders. a small and ancient russian merchant city sits of the 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 a same time. constant 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 euros it mixes danger with excitement. the city's protected reserve early morning enjoys a few precious moments before being plunged into darkness. by live 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 the more beautiful the seldom acts 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 paribus 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. at 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 into the cave to undertake detailed research if we let them all go but make sure they all register in the log 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 grosso come across a unique crystal. according to the scientist estimates the cave is ten to twelve thousand years old. if the only caves in russia which is equipped with special pose for tourists. when passing by. the researches 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 cave that's off limits to ordinary tourists the entrance to the protected zone is basically

a narrow hole so be very careful and cautious old will go first what's usual or closely. about fifty gotos have been found inside congo rice cave it's also famous for its seventy underground lakes. as a biologist. today he together with his assistant he's checking out the caves flora and fauna there is to set up some traps and they hope to catch a unique inhabitant of the 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 it. yes yes. this is a winter. these are 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 and melt water percolate through the ice mountains and drip into the mix in different places it gives the illusion of movement. phenomenon interference. now we have to put out the bait. holds the trap and. 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

a hundred twenty one metres long but because water dissolves there's. the grottos appearance constantly changes regular measurements are needed here. we definitely need to measure the pre-treating 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. geologists are measuring one of the most beautiful grocers the difference in temperature makes a peculiar at the bottom it's freezing on top it's above zero celsius because of this. type in the growth or only style of mites reaching for the floor. husband and wife. first met while working at a mine together he specializes in landslides another has it as activities she is a mineral surveyor. as a geologist nicholai research is different rocks and looks into their formation and

structure but 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 have you got it yes good. we are now on top of the rock slide which formed when the roof collapsed. 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 you know life where ok 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 to note 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 or. loose rock has been scraped off with the help of the speak and i can observe the process of how the slabs moved down which you can notice a crack when such movement occurs now i have to strengthen the gypsum block here. a screw threaded anchor fastens the loose rock solid one behind. it's believed to be less safe as method for the congress case. because it ensures that the five tons of rock stays on the roof and doesn't fall into the tourist trap stop 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 as. oh how difficult it is to get through here we're almost there. meanwhile geophysicist your easter bunny casts the pug of a nickel and makes an overture have reached the polar grosso imposed 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 full 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. and then slide down to measure all the year regularities of the ice formations. yury

a nickel i 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 ax was used to measure the ice who takes a little time to measure a fairly large area with the help of this device scientists learned 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 and freezes over vacay the process is controlled by the external environment in other words they came back as a kind of natural air conditioner. if we do these measurements every year meaning we can understand how freezing and melting happens we will be ok and can even make

conclusions about climate change. the sparely are divers have never swum in the protected area of a 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 and some can ships. 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. well there's there's a passage passage over there it's about fifty meters long and the hundred fifty centimeters tall it's very narrow stones are falling down thank god we found everything we wanted well done yes. dennis miller of the cave diver has just made his tenth to a graphical discovery it took him three years to prepare for a dive into this lake they had to develop the necessary skills in the undiscovered cave. because even the slightest mistake could cost them their lives.

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just like you know times trade moves during the traditional russian holiday of shrugged. which could fail well so winds can take some souvenirs so out fast. is it because the city of congo is full of talented artists ceramicist and stands up as since the seventeenth century when congo was found it has been a major trading. back in the sixteenth century the conqueror of siberia yarmuk must have it is only they ended up losing their way so the cosmic chieftain decided to set up here before heading to siberia he established a settlement of the i found it houses were built for his men so they could survive the winter and during that time they discovered a cane under the nose of the next troops and used it as a natural refrigerator. the newly found cave attracted many

tens. in them with its mysterious deaths peter the great unself 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 process in the late nineteenth century congo native alexander litvinenko was the first person to conduct guided tours using them and just by 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 and said that this is what she wished for on the singing stern. 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 nikolai punch of golf is developing a three d.

model of the underground labyrinth he enters survey data from the tower grow 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 else 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 the course of occasion occurring in 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 depressions the cost of occasion the cracks on this building have been growing for several years now. blog is supported by a special construction of girders they prevent the scenes from collapsing new

cracks are a sign of cost of occasions taking place underneath. the common pleas national cathedral but there's a large crack here where water lee in it causes rocks and destruction a little long 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 been ruined by the damp wall paper simply peels off and there's also a big hole behind his crib. with this is the reason a lot or five here. when temperatures drop it's simply freezes through the floor and ruchira have stowed mice they speak. and there is another crack on this side as well that usually we first punch to gulp and then point out that he can hear and thinks me and 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 hold them 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 there was also 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 cost. in fact the city's merchant history has been largely preserved thanks to cost of education is prohibited from building high rise buildings in the old city in case cast covens cause another collapse. is

that very kind of a which is so convenient for scientists to study. to get from one grocer to another one has to cruel sometimes upside down meter by meter after grosser an experienced spell just leaves the group. you have to crawl sideways thrusting awakes 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. fields of 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 jury in 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 rest thirteen grocers' it was huge pieces of loose gypsum hanging from the ceiling weighing at least five tons 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 cave this is one of the places where there are large enough hear of the most well known cave 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 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 than homicide because the huge sea of. this is just a matchstick in size it feeds on the falls into the lake during floods it has no one and is never found on the surface it was named after the caves first. time for poda. breaks are you happy. yes. they often because water gets spoiled there. 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 a cave. there is a theory go into the depths of the cave at the beginning of the ice age the cold contributed to its quicker under the earth. and the best a photographer of the czech republic. has come specifically to take pictures of one of the caves of the urals. in this passageway an inscription made in one thousand nine hundred fourteen by princess victoria of battenburg and her daughter louise can be found. crystals. and multifaceted when temperatures drop. deeper. crystals cover the ceiling forming

a fringe when it gets colder they transform into bundles of ice needles and there are just in march this is how i stray. from human. 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 tourist it's fantastic. but . 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 a kingdom of water. some so totally amazed by the striking beauty in the mystery of congo and ice caves that even ready to forego the cold and

darkness to prove their love one couple would hold hamas has even held their wedding in the case. of the us this is our stone our stone of love do you remember them as you wish when we came into the cave two years ago yes i do can you guess wants to marry me not to call her c s thrives. close to medicare guess police come in here to register your marriage in the cooler five k. . of the cold cross it was soon amos 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 grocers arena and alexander decided to get married. was.

the magic of the giant underground lakes and drossos and the frozen poetry of the ice bring people into a fantastic world of ancient caves. the practice of guided tours here is almost one hundred years old valentyn read continues the tradition of the first guns clinic of he loves the cave as if it were his own home. in search of his beloved mermaid but he failed to find her and turned to stone because of the only requires it. love that 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 installs today the

torchlight procession in the cave is only for special occasions and now was introduced to alexander clinic of thanks to him tourists convention underground every day. clinic of guided tourists into the chafe until his very death even to the point where he was almost blind he could make in 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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