car is off to the races. ladies and gentlemen. is home to the mammoth driving club and when these boys and girls get together they get a rather special sendoff. yeah maybe the size of india but it's below freezing here for at least seven months of the year and less than a million people are spread out over its three million square kilometers of space it's a vast wilderness but it's enough for a driver's paradise but it might be one very first rally but we're not doing anything because of the larry and i going to one of the world's most inhospitable places along one of its most infamous roads the pole of cold along the road of bones.

we were heading to. the coldest inhabited place on the planet this small frozen town once recorded a temperature of minus seventy one point two degrees celsius we had a thousand kilometers to go and three days to do it. we started off in convoy across the frozen lenna lake my copilot valarie has been making this journey for five years. not the most important thing is to be on time. speed driving well it doesn't really matter very much. as you are arriving ahead of time. as well as for being behind your allotted time we have to follow the legend if it says fifty kilometers an hour we keep to the speed limit of fifty.

because of the treacherous conditions the main aim of the rally is to arrive in one piece and from the first to the last your speed is monitored. we had around four hundred kilometers to cover and it wasn't long before we started to. times with plenty of time to kill. me through the navigation. tell you which direction. means to go straight ahead. so if i say twelve o'clock two hundred. main street on foot two hundred meters ok. one hundred. want to talk. to one hundred meters turn to the right. the speed limit is sixty five it's going well. planned. five hundred meters is. quickly empty spaces as far as the eye can see it's tempting to

put your foot down for the judges always seems to be just around the corner waiting to check up on you. fourteen twenty seven thirty car number twenty the helmets are ok. i can see the first ten racers their helmets and lights are fine. so we've got about one hundred kilometers remaining tonight so that should be about three hours give or take on this road it's obviously very helpful because the military is giving me that instruction. assuming we have no unfortunate accident. we might just make it before it gets pitch black out. that's why lights makes this silent road even more eerie and it's hardly surprising because this is the notorious highway. the prisoners were sent up

to. in the late thirty's. this is a manmade right. it's built using spades and. four because of the tough working conditions. many prisoners well they just couldn't survive and they died on the road. and in those days. they didn't even bury the dead. let the bodies out on the road. just covering them with them with stones. so the bodies stay there forever. that's why they call it the road of burns. the story. is a sobering experience driving here and all mood was only improved when we passed the checkpoints and the cheering crowds. it was uplifting to think that the

locals would stand outside in these bitter temperatures just to cheer us on and we soon started playing games to pass the time although i was soon going to wish that i hadn't. something beginning with. blake yeah. yeah we're all all souls like. crap. i was so sorry for larry us. but in front. of. you know how much time we lose him.

james. of the twenty seven accidents it's come off the road it will hit me a loop. with. relatively close to somebody else no come in pull it out. because there's no way i'm getting back up that's. all realistically. have to see if we can prepare it's we get out as quickly as possible with a. stupid who. and where is somebody. well.

maybe this should do the trick. with a bit of luck since they can sort out money on this. earth. or something like. that but take it easy and don't read it up because i will make a silly i would like to argue with. you even the rights rights rights. book tour. we did but. no thanks to

me. the horse gets to live another day. with no brushes with the local wildlife. and a good night's rest. day one has been eventful and we haven't even got to the hard part yes states to was a five hundred kilometer journey to the town of. to some of you could see his wildest and most breathtaking scenery. the next morning everyone was up early and getting ready to go flags were adjusted and equipment loaded on to the cars. ok let's go. it was time to set off for hours here there's just nothing but you and the landscape. as. it wasn't long before we stumbled onto

a natural oasis. the local school the kluge or warm spring. well in this case it's all relative i suppose. when it's below freezing for almost eight months of the year something as simple as running water is a rare find indeed and when you do stumble upon a little miracle in the middle of the permafrost. you've really got to make the most of it. very refreshing. and it was the last break we were going to get for a long while because we were about to enter the most dangerous parts of the whole

highway. this is the. black clam. black because of the color of the loose shale which always threatens to drop down on your head. because your color is literally stuck between a rock and a very nasty drop. because this road is itself really narrow. the president says roughly one hundred two hundred fifty meters. that's going to be the biggest. so ever so slowly we negotiated the two hundred kilometers.

races. all around us. surprisingly. but finally we emerged at the bottom and on the road to the frozen and fascinating town of tomfool. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought.

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. lead. two solid days of driving had taken us from the to the town of tom tall just on the edge of the pole of colton. we still had a few hours to kill before our final leg. and i wanted to see more of this frozen rural community. but you do need to keep your wits about you. boy. what are you doing.

even children. and there must bombardment was just too much for one. more day to keep work or. well the youngsters don't seem to lack for energy but how about the rest of toms or around two thousand people live here in jury one of the hall sister continental climates in the world life certainly seems anything but easy but you know you're dealing with a tough community where ninety nine percent of them don't even have an insulated loo. despite the hardships most of the villages are happy here and playing the summers is one of their favorite pastimes. almost at the most gunnies the remember this traditional you could instrument it's

called the home morse it's been played for centuries among this book where it's a really interesting thing because it helps you relax and calmed down. when you play it your main cam in any stressful situation going on. when a person lives in harmony with nature and remains calm and free within themselves then they become very strong. and that means plenty of exercise whatever the weather. but a lot believe what andre was. saying about this group you need three it's hard. because he's going to break but i could let it go of

who. is going to run right into that house. are you going. to go through just getting started. while i just about escaped with my nick andre was ready for a fresh ing south. with a newfound respect for the people. i headed back into the center to watch something rather special. we timed to coincide with the area's poll of cold festival and things were just about to get started. with the blessings of the priest ringing in our ears but larry and i headed to our trusty toyota for one last effort. so this is it the final stage

after our accident we've still got quite a lot of time to make up but i am feeling confident. so today it's time to the tundra and all of the oil because. the last leg is a good old fashioned sprint finish. no worries about cliff edges here it's just straight pedal to the metal and home. we just had forty kilometers to go we weren't going to win but that didn't mean we weren't going to try. to go. twelve o'clock two hundred basis.

because hundred fifty mazes one hundred. fifty. guineas. oh i don't believe it. big. big and exhausting but we made it. we jumped out to wait for all fellow races to finish that time trials. and i went out to check on one of the drivers. oh you

guys congratulations thank you how did you go fantastic feeling. i was a reach. but it was a bit of a tricky road. almost all the taken and no it wasn't long before the spine is came out for. completion of the race in one piece but they had been a few hairy moments and i wanted to find out what keeps valarie coming back a year off to. get interested in motor vehicles when i was still a kid my dad had it and now i repair it with my own hands i love tinkering with cars. there are lots of different kinds of car racing today's was a speed rice which means a whole ton of adrenaline rush honestly speaking i liked it a lot. in contrast to the jeep tri face when i was just

a cross country race but here it's racing in its purest form. which finally made it to the famous pole of coach in one hundred twenty six they recorded a temperature of minus seventy one point two degrees here making of the coldest place in the northern hemisphere and the coldest and how to place on a. pole is the symbol of the basic cold if you use is one one in fakery and another in my books and that means that spring is on its way. we would having to enjoy quite such extreme temperatures so i was able to walk around the village without freezing to death but one woman who knows just how bad the weather can get here is the local meteorologist. the lowest temperature in february was minus thirty five point eight as a rule the lowest temperature is occurred just before sunrise if we're talking about minus fifty five that means temperatures may go up and down throughout the

day but the average is about this thing. here is a ditch cold air comes down here from the mountains and stays in the valley. as long as we don't have wind we have stagnation. if there is wind here then that would agitate things and it wouldn't be like this. despite the horse conditions visitors flock to cold every year even in the coldest months to see how the town gets through the winter. the most popular attractions are the local horses they may be small but they're tough as nails. you could horse is a unique breed considering that it's always lived around here. it's unique in the sense that it can withstand the bitter cold in winter temperatures drop to minus

fifty degrees these horses can handle the cold without a stable and don't need a lot of food they forage under the snow and don't need much attention. in a region where it's almost impossible to grow crops the horses are also popular on the dinner table but there are a few other local dishes i was keen to try out though and susannah knows the best ones by hot. rice. don't. you have to get. first. in. fact. this is a first for me so. what room.

after that. this is a piece of the local river that will be boiling up. good to get a bit of local flavor. as you can see making a cup of tea is not exactly a simple process here but while the kettle was on wheels or other ingredients. perhaps unsurprisingly they were cold. mixing. so when the going to get a sweater so you want something cold all through it. but in this place you don't even need a freezer just put it out on the window sill. our own car every morning when you're outside in our screen or something.

and i got a little color a surprise up my sleeve for them as well. well i've been enjoying some local delicacies my fellow races have been getting ready for the end of the polish cold festival and it was promising to be a great event. this is one of the social highlights of the year and everyone comes out to enjoy the fun including a few very special guests. this. month fifth of the. organization is working very rare and go through that and a very. good thing. for the people here.

they have very wrong month so if you did have a choice between the north pole and the poll of polls which one would you pick if you have the thing but i like to be here. with santa seal of approval it was time for a spot of lunch and this time i had something of my own to serve up so everyone's cooked a lot of local food for the festival but i decided what's wrong and bring a little bit of britain to the pole of cold and so i have an owner of my mom. mary brown famous chicken casserole. but if i manage to do it justice so let's see if we can get some take his. oh it was all i do use go blue. focus. because it all with bacon and vegetables who cooked it i could see it really yes. but i would like it and pleased.

who really casserole. at my mum's recipe. from england. to look at this this. i reckon my moma be proud of this i've got an curing i'm going to kill around the block already i have a daughter your age. it seemed that my career is a market trader was often running and soon we had an empty saucepan. i think we're going to get really annoyed with me every day for stealing their business. and the food wasn't the only success of the day seems to me james brown from forty england . rather we can now go back to you know the rain island away g eight leaders i giving

our final statement on the summits results the russian president vladimir putin is addressing the press now let's listen in economic crises and other problem. we decided to promote world trade eliminate protectionist barriers and not create new barriers for the flows of the nest men. and yourself very important element of our universal economic rules and should be based in the framework of the w a t we also agreed to move forward at regional integration you will get nowhere new markets and they will facilitate cooperation and employment with you we discussed different aspects of tax avoidance tax criminal acts of necessity to improve transparency of

fighting against offshore zones which will stimulate development of. different countries including the less rich countries we also spoke about discussing it in a wider scope during the g twenty meeting and syndicate is in russia. british presidency. supported promoting business activities. as well as facilitating work in extracting industries search particularly pertinent for developing countries. confidence mount many building measures are very important it will be new database of all. larger transparency should be also introduced we gave special attention to this in russia but he said we on number twenty in the rating from one hundred ninety one states on

transparency fiscal transparency and from seventy seven countries we are number ten in the projects and transparent budgets for. international development goals have also been discussed within the outreach format with the heads of governments in states that were invited as well as international organization is discussing international issues clearly in particular attention was given to syria we. suggested that we should work together within the g eight in the framework of geneva conference the bloodshed has to be stopped. and this is what we called for this can be achieved only a by political and diplomatic means that we take the view that any weapon. provision me in. the opposition and.

as a result is a resulting measure for chemical weapons use can and he is with us abate the situation we discussed other matters of. peace process in the even far east in our sub-saharan africa and i mean north africa. with drug trafficking has also been mentioned about him when he decided to seek for political and diplomatic measures. in north korea. and their nuclear iranian program has to be given particular attention and in the majority of all the issues discussed how it is stated in the you communicate as of the first. january to president putin russia will be the president is g. eight. obviously will take into account what has been done by the british colleagues as well as all the decisions that will be taken during the g. eight g.

twenty meeting i invited my colleagues to force a taste of june two thousand and fourteen and the meeting of the g. eight will the summit of the your the g. eight will take place in sochi friends we have about twenty minutes for questions and answers and so please but that much we do ask your questions. or your. blood similar to matter which a lot of attention has been given to your discussions and meetings with president obama we waited for this for a long time could you please let us know. exchange of a communique so as the issue of m d missile defense has been very stale and has there being any more a movement forward yes we did we spoke a lot about the. about decide.