the nuclear time you leave. judge will. spend four months patrolling the northern sea route despite passing through ten times owns the crew will never adjust the ship's clock it's quite likely they'll never pull into a port either the nor will the crew jealous. morning good morning yes it's wrong no you're beautiful well done and don't forget your hat . two point has ruined my hair now. ah. the captain and the first officer said here they don't like holes in their

bread i have to put more bread out because the navigators sit here and they eat a lot. of the possibly the most unlike the tables to be laid properly he likes everything to be good and he likes beautiful women actually he just loves all women. just like all men like. cabbage but. i should know what i now use the floors icy cold and my feet in a cold stew. on everyone here way or something warm on their feet because they would just freeze the weiss yes it is cold here then we are in the arctic.

this ice breaker was purpose built for the arctic. the heavy pack ice would crush its big shaped hole which squeezes the ice crushing it beneath the vessels wait the propellers are designed for speed but when the need arises the time you can reach the quite respectable speed of nineteen. she makes an impressive sight of sea. quickly to lend assistance. a russian military fleet is heading along the northern sea route there approaching a tough area and several ice breakers will be needed to clear a path for the fast flotilla. there may be no ice in sight now that the captain showed me the charts up to the north of the seven the northern land is so much ice that if the wind what's changed.

but there's one very big difference. this looks like a fairly simple ship really she's not symbol and all. the time here is a quick with a reactor and a very complex security system. only a handful of people have access to this room and even they have to wear special clothing and footwear. it's the nuclear reactor that provides the ship with its enormous power it's thanks to this power plant that the vessel has no need to pull into port for refueling. the nuclear fuel is only replenished once every five years. whether to the calls of

which is starting up the ice breaker which includes checking the reactor system takes about a week it's a lot more tricky than starting a car about it till it was letting us know and you can shut it down that easily either each and every system needs to be started separately of course. on the inside the ship is massive easily equal to a large seven story building a newcomer could easily get lost in the enormous leverage leading to the engine room. i would say for twenty three years everyone cheats this shit with respect because she's the one who puts the bread in our tables ask anyone aboard even their wives and we were sure that we've always been considered the navy's elite because the training is very tough and it's hard to get your foot in the door here it is on top of that the exams are extremely difficult as well examine those things that. dimitri is new to the nuclear navy he's preparing to apply for the

position of fourth aleck trickle officer. if he's to get that first appointment he'll have to pass a series of exams there are two applicants competing for the job and the quickest is the winner dimitri is determined to be the fastest been be the first apostles exams because if it is not i'm in charge of everything to do with nuclear safety radiation safety is another department's responsibility of every tiny detail is laid down here nuclear safety is a very serious business and we have special guidance to follow it's quite a thick book. the crew is getting ready for a long covering the southern shoals of the arctic ocean. the channel through the current gates that connects the seas was the official start

of the northern sea route. the car route is a reference point it's where the tour begins and ends. at all nancy kyra gates after them it counts for nothing. but it was twenty two years ago in august that i started work here. and i wanted to get married at some point. in my first tour was on the vi guy. and i met a guy there they warned me love only lasts until the car gates then he'll forget you but he didn't. get blasted up to the gates and beyond you've

got it and all the way back. and that's. one two three four five six. the time you finally catches up with the fleet and the . military ships have been given a special task in the arctic but there's nothing between them and their destination . provide the only means for such a long convoy to cross the strait. and you just the position we can take your place or maneuver between will it just come alongside your approach just five degrees. slowed down. into the wake of ok into the wake. central control room to lower it to ten

percent. joined the fleet at forty and took its place in the convoy. presence from the icebreaker. grid. this is. why. thanks. provides a unique opportunity to see all of russia's nuclear powered ships together. because. the fifty years of victory is one of the most powerful ships in the world it can take us three meters while the. a smaller and even lead the fleet into frozen siberian river rescuers. when i was at

school we had a fifth grade i guess they told us about the first nuclear powered. because the lead and as i sat there listening i thought my god all of these guys are real heroes as is their fantastic. legend and i could never even help with thought that i myself might be just as fantastic a real hero like them. the first nuclear powered icebreaker was commissioned in the one nine hundred fifty nine the whole world was talking about the u.s. making the atoms of mankind the phrase atom for peace became a popular expression. skeptics jokes that the soviet union was obsessed and even wanted. planes and ships. to be staged without the nuclear powered russian icebreaker fleet they've proved themselves extremely reliable in all the years they've been in service. a single nuclear accident and no one of them ever failed to complete an assignment. we shouldn't cross the line and

come any closer. it may look as though the ships are crossing clear water but in fact the ice breakers are driving many tons of ice from the pumps with an ingenious device known as a new message washing system. is no easy task never getting this many ships through so much ice. normally there are no more than two ships. total of fourteen. ships. i was supposed to be aboard the vygotsky the ship behind us. and it's about my daughter was born in july and i thought i should take a break so i took a vacation and now i'm catching up on the most important thing is that my wife understands that i have to go to sea and doesn't worry i'm. here again to look at beautiful it is. the ship behind us. or if you're lucky you get to see it

from the bridge all the time. i chose this job as a child so it's time on board eleven thirty good day one just one of a teach everyone. today along with the by judge and fifty years treat icebreaker. we will continue to leave each of ten russian navy ships. currently in the left at sea twenty miles all these all to come from also that stop an island.

right on the sea. first for you and i would think your. an army for a split. and still. be in the know. on.

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know you made so let nine zero degrees basically it's interesting we've. seen the dimitri hopes the first officer will tell him exactly what tests he needs to pass but now it seems is not the time to ask. there's a big blow out you're right near the entrance he's forward will shift and return. understood. each trip is a new first. every route changes dramatically in just a few us. never remain the same for more than a few minutes. something else to consider you can see strips of ice now but if a southerly wind blows there will vanish but if we get

a northerly wind blowing through here. so that it's almost impossible even to make the lights on the ship in front. of. visibility was absolutely fine. maintaining convoy formation at such close distances three why some fog is a major challenge. the ships are surrounded by so much ice that the radar display looks quite blank every crew member needs to concentrate. the. regular event in autumn. has already begun to appear and that always means fog.

oh this is it we're laying the table for dinner and there is a lot of work to do you wake constantly on the go because if you take a break and sit down to chat even for five minutes you'll be late so we just can't do it. despite the fog and two meters of ice the crew maintains a regular shed you will. learn i was cleaning me in a day when she heard her favorite song so she stopped what she was doing and went to listen to the music. i write i gotta go no sit sit look at her look she's wearing a red dress. even if the first officer sees as he'll hang me from the mast i'm kidding.

the ice breaker lead the military convoy for almost four days the toughest stages behind them will be clearwater mail all the way to the new siberian islands. breakers captain we've undertaken a unique operation perhaps the first of its kind in russian naval history every one of the russian federation of nuclear power to ships was involved i wish to express my gratitude to the ice breaker crew and wish you luck and safe passage in this region turn right course one hundred zero degrees by course one eight zero . the ice breakers peel away and he's asleep behind an elder of other ships waiting for the help.

we called these ships and head back to the hundred ninth meridian all the other ships from the east will of arrived by the time we get there and we'll run back and forth again. when the ship is alone and. the crew usually try to organize a variety of tasks that involve every seaman aboard today there are rumors of a training drill off to lunch. starting soon to get in position. working day quite extreme around here. the notice board informs each crew member where they can find their allocated lifeboat seat. which is my life boat one which her number is yours twenty one let's look it up. there won't be

a drill today look. i'm breaking all the rules i've let my station early. goes they're saying there's no drill it's cancelled was the other joke in the end it was a full bore the icebreakers jokingly referred to as news from the girlie or abbreviated to while was what one woman said. dimitri is confident that he's now well prepared he wants to pass the exams first and has already spoken to the first officer about sitting the test tomorrow was not all yours some of his on. and official policy yes i got you thank you. you're welcome you say. much the same. thing the changes of the ships trailing in its wake good day duty

officer to central control room where discarding the tanker. which will take approximately one more day other than that no other news have a safe shift. dimitri has passed his test with flying colors and he'll take up his new post in a matter of days. completely free of ice making it the busiest time of the year. we covered the whole lane across the arctic and there was no ice anywhere but if there's just one bloke it's. across the arctic is much more. to be done in the there's

a lot of work for us and. is much quicker than the best. twenty two days to reach. forty days making the. crew and fuel costs. of using the north sea with. technologies advancing the climate is changing. and roll materials are becoming more expensive but. very differently. everything when you it's home with domestic problems life is very different here my wife and. life i've only spent fourteen at home i missed those years i spent at sea i didn't play a part in bringing out my children one time i came home and they were small and

next they were grown ups when i worked in the far east i used to bring back clothes and things boots for example for my eldest daughter and when i got home it turned out they were already too small so next time i brought bigger ones but by the time i got home they were too small as well. and i've had enough of the sea in the arctic. that it's basically so much spent thirty five years here just like they're going to. soon as i first saw my son a year and a half after he was born and going to do the annual no i wasn't there when my wife left the maternity home laughter any of our children are the son or daughter was the other yes we're turning around to go and help the nordic she's damaged. yes. the nordics leak is above the water line but still leaving it to be dangerous the ice breaker receives a new water to leap the stricken vessel into clear water. nordic stand

by to morrow. daily by. the seamen who sailed east know the most latitude to happy knowing that if they're ever in trouble in the arctic the ice breakers are there to help. when he's hard to get through the ice because sailors come to get you out of trouble. it's about. listen so they saw no reason. given for. you to be their own. number three just get got to be nice there's. no. money or ship. marketed done.

a lot of. the nordic has safely be discarded through the ice. able to make our own way to a safe harbor. you know which is good there's nothing in ventris vessel work it's mostly rig seeing them. we do the same things and almost never come ashore. which is a pity because it would feel great so walk on the ground again. to go to the thing that would enable but after spending all this time it see them. at the center of the sea route but no one can go ashore. with.

much to be done. to transfer people. from the time. to. three months. of food. because it's. just as many. perishable food that they need. and then ships that just put to sea will deliver fresh fruit and vegetables. watch out careful. paris. oranges are fine but not. when they'll be able to go home next. because i've just been on vacation. and. it's just

a bit like groundhog day. but she has. ways to take. the east. the fleet is waiting for them on the ice border. for. fear of her we followed you with your offer without your critical to meet.

the northernmost town of russia across the straits lies america and the other hemisphere. the crew has just two hours to wall cone song and as evening descends on the ten it's still early morning able to find the time difference because the ship remains on home post time to morrow she'll sailed west. the fleet awaits safe passage through the ice. this is obviously more for the ladies because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rape

they really needed to buy guns environ how to use them i'm. sure this is the one that i want to go away from once again it's the fear factor for all women are definitely the target of the gun loving one you don't kill them when you're killing money but if somebody would you would piss with her. i've noticed that more and more if that's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to guns to protect their family and young girls shoot out here too so we do have a pink or. more kids young kids choke on food than are killed by firearms if being armed made us safer in america we should be the safest nation on earth were clearly not the safest. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse

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more success for the host nation on big ice with a bronze medal in short track that's after the russian team took figure skating gold with a commanding performance in the team event. for the sour switzerland puts its economy at tryst by narrative approving a proposal to keep foreigners out in defiance of a long held agreement with brussels. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten they were just collateral damage. and travels to the us state of arkansas to try to calm the residents of mayflower to say last year is also held the no choice but to flee the area to protect their houses.