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woman screams in lines above the arctic circle and even for russia this is a tough climate to survive even when temperatures can stay below zero for eight months of the year. standing on the outskirts of the city of months it's right up in the far north of russia and it's been the starting point for many polar expeditions i'm hoping and i'm going to get to try one or two arctic challenges myself. you have to be physically fit to survive up here and the people certainly seem to have a lot of energy one of the biggest annual events and moments ski is the northern lympics a collection of winter games that brings the population out in force and visitors and welcome to take home to. now if you're going to be

an arctic explorer one thing you have to have is plenty of stamina so i have decided to enter. that sort of insurance on the cross-country market. and. i know you must meet. your. goodman thank you very much who is your number one thirty one thirty which i think is about was about a thousand people here. i'll make it to number one hundred thirty i'll be very lucky ok i'll go so if i'm torn as an experience i'm one of the race organizers and apparently i wasn't exactly in for a treat can you tell me a bit about the specifics of the race because it seems fairly true through the hard read you know here's a thousand gates and a bit more strange he'll has about fifty killer the three to four so if i feel it's icy ok well. i think if i make it past the first film of the if

out of my thing is that right i said he tries to. already get set to go. as the other ski is zoomed off into the distance i try to get into a rhythm i don't have one of the go cross-country skiing and this time it wasn't any easier. so there is a more energy efficient way to do this. come on. early for should i go is there. some that will want to technical issues i have to address. phone call go backwards. first lesson. at least i was able to pick up some tips as my competitors spent posting.

to the bonbon. the problem is all these guys are already trying to kill woods in front of it. it was slow going but i was determined to make it to the finish line and fortunately was waiting to keep me out. o. the field to vote for both were they say about five kilometers so this is what it takes to to live and work in the outside of who's helped me a little. it had been

a tough introduction to moments ken i thought i'd head out into the countryside to meet some animals who were thriving in the difficult conditions. and one thing i was really looking forward to doing up here was running into some oxic wildlife but aside from that it also seems that they might have wanted to exotic guests as well . most to me this may be rather far from their native land but according to keep iraq film the cold doesn't bother them at all and they're surprisingly even temperate. of course the traditional habitat of the ostrich is africa these birds can also survive in the north especially considering the temperatures drop during the night in africa so they can live in different places as long as they have enough food. to eat. i think they are getting a bit hungry so what they want to give them

a snack for my code gets torn to ribbons. there might not be too much grass for them to nibble on round here but these ostrich is don't lack for vitamins and i was about to serve them a favorite cabbage and carrots combination. you know what i've got. it's going straight for the bucket especially this big tree over here boys and girls. all. think you madame and miss your dinner was just satisfaction. there are a few nice leftovers on the ground if you would like. you might not expect to find a thriving ostrich farm in moments. but people have been surviving on here in the cold for almost two thousand years. you'll enter and alexander live across the tundra on the outskirts of moments

they're part of the sami people the most northern indigenous people in europe. thanks for the straight out of a very. tough stick. to get done up. as one hundred fifty of them all waiting up here. feeding time. so we're going to give them a treat to see. the reindeer all the siamese life bloods used for meat and transport and they're well aware of what the shouts of their odors mean so this is the main feeding trough it seems since time to throw it out right before the girls. are all too clever to be. this one once the absolute low

is going to get about two kilos and all the greats like the shop i used the working one so maybe he does deserve a bit more. although the sami have been hurting reindeer for centuries yelena says they also embrace the modern world. herding reindeer is not tradition it's true though that the younger generations has somewhat modified it was still used ranges can to make food where in the past they made things for consumption now production has switched to pizza people driving snow mobiles. might say we're morden day people but we still want to some of the old practices might we can get away from them. and that includes putting some of the animals to work after all could you really have all these reindeer without a slight. feeding the reindeer is one thing but catching them is quite another so xander is going to teach me the traditional way to become

a reindeer cowboy. and that means becoming a dab hand with a rope. we usually catch the ones we think are ill or the reindeer that are going to be used for work. and once it's cold up and ready. because nothing. got him. too small for you that's over i got close but close wasn't going to pull all sleigh but if it first you don't succeed. yes yes yes yes yes. can i bring you down. ah some real reindeer rustling. so that was a little odd as well if i were there. thank you very much you would make

a good reindeer herder. with all reluctant recruit on a stockpile sleigh was ready to go but if i was going to get to my next destination before nightfall i needed something a little bit faster. i think driving one of these might be the most fun you can have and conditions are. pretty serious weather back there. think of that and a bit of a rest. this is supposed to be a hotel with a different. switch that welcome to all snow than it should be.

i was desperate for something to eat and drink but nowadays on your way through this place is a bit of a challenge. that . i think i may be slightly lost. the fortunate lee has finally found somebody to give me directions hello excuse me can you tell me where is the ball here i'll show you the way thank you it's very

important. for two thirds of the year it makes sense to make the most of it. and friends have created one of the region's most original and popular attractions the snow village every year the complex is rebuilt from scratch and this time the theme is countries of the world. this is the room of dedicated to england. they have. a shakespearean here. to be or not to be british bulldog. this is your kingdom. fantastic. home away from. africa south america and europe are all represented here the largest room is reserved for the model. of the move and finally here is the russia room.

the room of mother russia here are some famous russian symbols such as the kremlin . the first man in space. of course the russian troika and the russian birch tree all the wonders of the motherland are on display. and thankfully it also happened to be bright next to the ball you are welcome thank you dario. and. much needed. well i got to work on dinner but i deem it told me that this place really is a dream come true that the project is the result of a childhood fantasy when i was young i used to dig out small passages as i grew older the passages grew larger that's how a child's dream materialized the structure has been a run for four years i'm glad to know that this has given people some moments.

full time as i said goodbye to and headed to my scandinavian theme drew we're always in for a bit of a surprise. ok see what they mean now about a hotel with a difference but. it's been such a long day. at least a good flood back in june or the sea.

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braving the elements and spending evenings in icy hotels i was starting to feel more at home above the arctic circle and it seemed the mind ventures with brain damage. with all these guys around i'm going to surprise the. appearance but this is in fact the highlights all moments elim pics i'm going to see what it takes to be a reindeer rider. these races are the highlights of the games i'm a sammy riders tear around the blistering speech.

once the competition is over anyone can have a go. the thing is about these races most of these rangers still quite wild. so. is. the. speed of the. ready for some sleigh right child a chance for. rights so rain there's a ready i'm already this is the big question. lads they seem to know what they're doing. i just had to hold on tight. oh. over there this is the. i mean there is the oldest of. oh it's.

a long road. but exhilarating ride later i walked to the nirvana river to get my breath back. i was still dreaming of sailing on the bering sea but i knew there was still plenty more to do before i felt comfortable heading out on two more months frigid waters. but there is a place in the city where the locals have a pretty high tolerance for an icy did. well as well as being a place that entertains visitors the ocean or i'm also doubles as a research center and today i'm going to take part in one or two little experiments with the residents it was time for the grand entrance of dick. to cleave facial head greenland seal. is really. trained to

respond to the frequencies of sounds. underwater city. which. sascha now is three hundred. the. seals have incredibly sensitive hearing and the trainers here are looking to find exactly what sounds they can tell apart. so they don't quite go down still in the learning. it may still be a work in progress but they're having some excellent results and we want to find out how sharp a series here are nice the winds and seals can distinguish sounds from the little difference as little as twenty has between them here most hearing lies outside to

the two hundred has limit seals very sensitive hearing. and the trainers hope that given time the work they're doing will both benefit science and perk up their performances. so there are some really interesting behavioral studies going on in this oceanarium. just goes to show that at least in the case of dick here you can teach an old seal new tricks writes oh boy i can do this one dick wardle. i left to take a well earned rest and i went off to explore some more of the city. more months because one of the youngest regional capitals in russia it was founded in one nine hundred sixteen and it's the largest city in the world north of the arctic

circle. its most impressive monument is at its highest point. safe to say that moments because one tough city during world war two it was a vital supply port for the soviet union and be allies and in fact the germans wants to cut it off so badly that they dropped more bombs here than anywhere else apart from stalin grat and just like the readiness monument in stalin the locals have built their own enormous tribute to the defenders here and they've nicknamed him a little ship. with fantastic views of the city it seemed like the perfect place to begin my moments experience and luckily i had someone to put me on the right track . with more months of the port came first followed by a nearby settlement accommodating the port workers it's ice free but sometimes it does get frozen over because of fresh water from the local reverse the gulf stream

prevents it from freezing over because it is this current that enables europe to survive without it the european continent would freeze with. more months is also home to russia's nuclear icebreaker fleet and mementos of the city's multiple past easy to find. so this is a monument to the ice breaker year which was the very first polar ice breaker in the world and becoming one of the longest lived ice breakers ever in history and that. is its original anchor. we finally made it to the city docks and a place which has particularly fond memories for vets just love. in one thousand nine hundred four the boat we had built sailed out from here the women were sobbing as we left port many of them felt they would never see as again the weather was fine we were wearing shorts those two days before we entered the arctic were great

and then the temperatures dropped i treasure memories of the voyage not just because i built the boat. was forced to leave his boat in the arctic but he and his crew made it back safely it was an inspiring story and i felt i was finally ready to take to the water so this is what it's all been leading up to my final test in more months k'naan coming aboard. catarina here to see if i can master some. solo captain larry over here. so what do i need to do to be a real arctic sailor i'll show you the great thank you very much. we've set sail.

and immediately i was set to work on the take. the fun of being on deck but obviously you can't have. a great big lengths of rope flying around in the way of the five the ship. is a section. we couldn't have picked better conditions to head out in but you always have to be on your toes out here. for right now the weather is come with lots of sunshine but it may change at any moment the northern seas are no one for the magnificence you know the water appears to be black now but it will turn yellow when it's stormy our yard is well equipped to face icy conditions. under power and lead to certain type of person that wants to explore these waters mother but you move them to people sailing through the arctic are adventurous by nature but of course there are some tiny risks. one of them is the fact that the temperature of

the water is always plus four degrees if you spend more than fifteen minutes in there you should probably call your wife to say goodbye. as valeri it warns the temperature dropped quickly and we moved into the cabin to take a look at the instruments. that were heading almost directly north zero degrees the compass points here my current job is to make sure that we just don't crash into the port but fortunately it's a reasonable distance over there. and in case the weather is to foul there is the latest technology to rely on. going to crash into that number about rates we have to avoid that sort of little way down the line there. everyone gets to place it was going to take his nearly two days to get into arctic waters if you like i wasn't going to be seeing an iceberg on this trip but then valarie said he had one extremely chilly final challenge for me. he wanted me to go in there

by and this is what's free a lot to explore is how to do. at least i was being given a survival suit it's capable of keeping you alive in the water for a couple of hours if you can get it all in time. this. morning. but finally i was ready to take the plunge the last big tits. to do this very quickly before i changed my mind. could it get also both. out. even with the suits on it's not exactly

a pleasant experience i couldn't wait to get back on board. them now james. we can consider you a real sailor fisherman a true sailor should wear a real uniform or even more stripes. and i tell you it's much better being on the barents sea and being in it. but i certainly put myself through the wringer a bit of here but expedition is going to have to wait although the locals do say that if you flip a coin into the water here you will come back so. who knows. today more months or more of the poll.

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