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 paradise 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 camps or the interest of many scientists and it's no wonder the cave is considered one of the most beautiful ice caverns in the world hello hello how are you well yes 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 if we

let them all go but make sure they all register in the log but of course you 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 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 pods for tourists. when passing by the singing star 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 was 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 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 who will go first what you feel are closely. about fifty grottos have been found inside congo ice cave it's also famous for its seventy underground lakes. as a biologist. today he together with his assistant. checking out the caves flora and fauna their task 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 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 the 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 water percolate through the ice mountain and drip into the lakes in different places. movement. phenomenon interference. so now we have to put out the bait. the trap and was used. over here they love this kind of sausage they would never. be very careful when putting it so that we do not lose the truck

that's it. it's one hundred twenty one meters long because water dissolves as gypsum arches the grottos 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 or development so that we can then lay out the safest route for visitors. today geologists are measuring one of the most beautiful grottos the difference in temperature makes it peculiar at the bottom it's freezing on top it's above zero celsius because of this. in the grotto only mites reaching from the floor. first met while working at a mine together he specializes in landslides and other hazardous activities he is

a mineral surveyor. as a geologist nicholai researches different rocks and looks into their formation and structure but his job also involves making laser measurements of caves. or notes down the results to measure the entire grotto they have to record two thousand different points with the help of special equipment if you got it yes well that's good. just so i mean the whoredom said 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 is very precious to us today so we will be. oh hello you know good you know lights where ok i'll be there soon to change the boards. 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 is fixed the cave is rigorously checked on a daily basis after all one hundred thousand tourists on average visit the cave every year twice the population of congo order. loose rock has been scraped off with the help of this beacon i can observe the process 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. the screw threaded anchor fastens the loose rock to a solid one behind. is 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 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 the energy power that ten years have passed and the case has become a part of my life because. difficult to get through here we are almost there. meanwhile geophysicist your easter bunny found costs typography nicholai maxim over have reached the polar grocer boast 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 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. down to measure all the your regular unease of the ice formations. nicholai 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 a cave 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 the cave acts

as a kind of natural air conditioner. if we do these measurements every year we can understand how freezing and melting happens we would be ok and can even make conclusions about climate change. dispel your divers have never swum in the protected area of the cave before for the first time a team of underwater research is 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. 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 shape of a person who has undergone an underwater squarely on edge of course can work literally anywhere. this includes as rescuers on sunken ships. this is the

best training. this group has already studied more than a dozen underground lakes and not just in russia they research caves all around the world cave 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 hundred fifty centimeters tall it's very narrow stones are falling down thank god we found everything we wanted well don droz. denis mclean of the cave diver has just made his tenth day 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 undead.

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just like you know old times trade booms during the traditional russian holiday of shrove tide which bids farewell to winter pancakes and souvenirs sent out fast. this is because the city of congo is full of talented artists ceramicist and stone covers since the seventeenth century when congo was found it has been a major trading hub at last. back in the sixteenth century the conqueror of siberia yet much marched 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 of the ice mountain 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 tempting them with its mysterious details 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 natives alexander litvinenko was the first person to conduct guided tours using them and despite its beauty the cave had many dangers but then didn't scan the german princess victoria and battenburg and her daughter louise some time later louise married a prince and became the queen of sweden it 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 nikolai punch acuff is developing a three d. model of the underground labyrinth he enters survey data 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 helps 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 if occasion occurring in congo or cave it has created such an amazing natural phenomenon that it has become a tourist attraction the course of a cation 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 due to cost of acacia the cracks on this building have been growing for several years now the apartment block is supported by

a special construction of iron girders they prevent the walls and ceilings from collapsing cracks are a sign of cost of a cation taking place underneath. his home in please. there is a large crack here where water leaks in it causes rocks and destruction but with a wall in the kitchen is wobbling bugs 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. but this was the reason water pipes here. when temperatures drop it's simply freezes through and through here we have stowed minds they speak. there is another crack on this side as well then we first punched in up and then put up a look this meek and has already cracked us was it that. 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 which. 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 occasion is prohibited from building high rise

buildings in the old city in case cast caverns cause another collapse. is that very cavern which is so convenient for scientists to study. to get from one grotto to another one has to crawl sometimes upside down meter by meter grosso after growth or an experienced spell or just leave the group with you if you have to crawl sideways thrusting awakes against the wall there will be a lake under your feet three meters deep please be very careful so that you do not fall down or drop any equipment. feels at home in particular the. 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 revealed tunnels stretching for three and a half kilometers along with many lakes. called organ pipes vertical channels that connect caverns with the surface. can be up to twenty two meters tall as a seven story building there are thirteen grocers in this. 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 of the most well known this type is in mexico where they grow fourteen metres high. in our caves they are five centimeters but they're very beautiful. meanwhile. continues his

research. people have been interested not 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 that 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 a matchstick and. material that 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. wow great. can't believe it yes of course they often die in traps because water gets boiled

there one day. now we have to register it. that this is a very interesting species this is the only organism in the perm region which is adjusted to living in a cave. there is a theory that it got into the depths of the cave at the beginning of the ice age the cold contributed to its quicker penetration under the earth. and the best photographer of the czech republic. has come specifically to take pictures of one of the largest caves of the year olds. in the passageway an inscription made in one thousand nine hundred fourteen by princess victoria of battenburg and her daughter louise can be found. crystals that are many years old take the shape of roses and multifaceted mazes when temperatures drop either more plates grow or

a funnel becomes deeper. still the. large ice crystals cover the ceiling forming a bizarre fringe when it gets colder they transform into bundles of ice needles. and they're at their largest in march this is how i stretches i had no way from human eyes beneath the congo or. so before but i was being to many places over the past twenty years i have been to very dangerous caves this 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 spieler tourist it's fantastic. yeah i am the queen of the coal i will lead you through it three kingdoms the kingdom of the cold my favorites the kingdom of stone and the kingdom of water. so totally amazed by the striking beauty in the mystery of congo the ice caves that

even ready to forgo the cold and darkness to prove their love one couple with a heart of hearts has even held their wedding in the case. of the world i. wish when we came into. marina and alexander decided to get married.

was. the magic of the giant underground lakes and grottoes 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 rep continues the tradition of the first going to clinic of he loves the cave as if it were his own home to a dolphin swimming here in search of his beloved mate but what he failed to find are turned to stone because of the all requited love and 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 and spotless to light up the cave but by the end of the twentieth century electricity was installed today

a torchlight procession in the cave is only for special occasions and now it's in tribute to alexander klebnikov thanks to him tourists can venture underground every day. guided tourists 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. he survived war atrocities. to make of

psychologists. has changed his life and the world around them. by giving up. hope. and love to so many children. the american worker on our trade. joining me on a journey to the heart of the kremlin to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real credible insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . recently.

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