some tapes as my competitors spent posting. to the bonbon. the missile these guys are already trying to kill i would sit 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. . you to vote for or were they say about five kilometers so this is what it takes. to live and work in the arctic. who's helped me live with. it it's been

a tough introduction to moment's time to head out into the countryside to meet some animals who are thriving in the difficult conditions. and one thing i was really looking forward to doing up here was running into some scented oxic wildlife but aside from that it also seems that they might have wanted to exotic guests as well . hi james nice to me this maybe roll the fall from them a to sponsor according to keep iraq film the cold doesn't bother them at all i'm not surprised i'm leavin template. of course the traditional habitat of the ostrich is africa but 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. you know they're getting a bit hungry so what he wants to give them a snack for like coke 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 of. that oh what i've got this is like it's going straight for the bucket especially this big over here. goes. the whole. sink you madame and miss your dinner was just that disaffection. 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. 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. think so they're straight out of a very. thick. cover get done up. as one hundred fifty of them all waiting up here. feeding time. and we're going to give them a treat to. the reindeer all the siamese life bloods used for meat i'm transported and they're well aware of what the shouts of their owners mean so this is the main feeding trough it seems time to throw it out right more than girls. well there are too clever to be. this one once the absolute

is going to get about two kilos of all great like a shot i used the working one for maybe there's a bit more. although the sami have been hurting reindeer for centuries yelena says they also embrace the modern world but. 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 outfits for people driving snowmobiles you might say we are more than de people but we still want to some of the old practices what we can get away from them. i'm not includes putting some of the animals to work after all could you really have all these reindeer without a sleigh. 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. here's another. go to 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 thomastown paul sleigh was ready to go about 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 in conditions are. some pretty serious weather back there. think of that and a bit of the rest. this is supposed to be a hotel with a different. switch that welcome to the snow than it should if.

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. 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 small 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. have. a shakespearean here. to be able to be british bulldog. this is. a home away from. africa south america and europe presented here. is reserved for the. move 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. and thankfully he also happened to be right next to the ball you are welcome thank you dario timi and sandwiches much needed. while i got to work on dinner and 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 that i said goodbye to and headed to my scandinavian themed room where i was in for a bit of a surprise. ok it's see what they mean now about a hotel with a difference but. it's been such a long day. that are a joke. at least a good slide back in june of the sea. wealthy british style. market why not. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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play with. after braving the elements and spending evenings in icy hotels i was starting to feel more at home above the arctic circle and it seemed that my adventures with reindeer went over. with all these guys around i'm going to surprise the sun deplores hasn't put in an appearance but this is in fact the highlights of more months elim picks 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 and most of these ranger is still quite wild. so to do is easier said than the. speed of the two of them hooked up. ready for some sleigh rides child a chance for the. right so all ranges are ready i'm already this is the big question. they seem to know what they're doing. i just had to hold on tight. over this is seriously. i mean there is.

blitzer all the fraud. sure but exhilarating ride later i walked to the nearby 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 to 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 and 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 all fantastically

facial head greenland seal. is really. trained to respond to it is the frequencies of sounds. underwater. give each. session now is three hundred. the. seals have incredibly sensitive hearing and the trainers here are looking to find out 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 sales here are nice wins and sales can distinguish sounds with little difference

as little as twenty has between them i think humans hearing lies outside to the two hundred has limit seals very sensitive hearing. other 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. it just goes to show that at least in the case of decay you can teach an old seal new tricks and that writes oh boy i. can do this one dick. 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 young use 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 the allies and in fact the germans want to cut it off so badly that they dropped more bombs here than anywhere else apart from stalin grat and just like but ready in a month monument in stalin the locals have built their own enormous tribute to the defenders here and they've nicknamed him i'll ship. with fantastic views of the city it seemed like the perfect place to begin my moments of 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 rivers 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 because also home to russia's nuclear icebreaker fleet i'm a member. those of the city's nautical past easy to find. this is a monument to. 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 better slough. 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 that day we were wearing shorts those two days before we entered the arctic were great and then the temperatures dropped and i was i treasure memories of the voyage not just because i built the boat. but just love 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 and i'm coming aboard. catarina here to see if i can master some oxic see much solo captain larry over here hello. 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 sent to work on the take. the fun of being on their boats obviously you can't have. great big lengths of rope lying around in the way of the five the ship. is a section. we couldn't have picked a better conditions to head out in but you always have to be on your toes out here . you want 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 lee it's a certain type of person that wants to explore these waters mother became of them two 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 and there you should probably call your wife to say goodbye. as valeri have warned 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 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 us 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 and this is what's free a lot to explorers have to do. 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 home in time. this. morning. but finally i was ready to take the plunge the last big tits. of and how to do this very quickly before trayvon martin. could it get off the both.

out. even when the suits on it's not exactly a pleasant experience i couldn't wait to get back on board with. 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. 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. you know years. today more months to more of the poll.

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