in early september the arctic northern sea is a busy maritime highway. russia's nuclear powered icebreakers are at sea clearing a path for shipping. the crews here have a saying when you're in the arctic you have the whole world your feet. through follows russia's northern boundary offering the shortest passage between europe and asia passing through seven northern seas. well then three goodbye.

the nuclear. 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 bolt either and nor will the crew joe. morning good morning yes it llano your beautiful well done and don't forget your hat. sukhamoy has ruined my hair now.

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 old women. just like all men like guys with fish cabbage but. i should know what. the floors icy cold and my feet are cold too. 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 it a shaped hole which squeezes the ice crushing it beneath the vessels weight 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 c. as the time quickly carries 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. captain show me the charts and up to the north of the seven the northern land is so much ice that if the wind which changed.

but there's a very big difference. this looks like a fairly simple ship really she's not symbol of all. the time here is a quick with a reacts 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 thanks to this power plant but the vessel has no need to pull into port for refueling. the nuclear fuel is only replenished once every five years. to the calls of what

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 still it was letting us know and you can't 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 the 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 on 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 which it is on top of that the exams are extremely difficult as well examine the 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 series of exams there are two applicants competing for the job and the quickest is the winner dimitri is determined to be the fastest in be the first apostles exams 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. the cairo 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 be my first tour was on the by god. 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. it.

and all the way back. and that's. one two three four five six. finally catches up with the fleet in 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 convoy to cross the strait. and you just the position we can take your place or maneuver between will it just come alongside or approach i 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 four and took its place in the convoy. presence from the icebreaker. chris. this is. from the line. thanks. provides a unique opportunity to see all of russia's nuclear powered ships together. and call them big red. lights the fifty years of victory is one of the most powerful ships in the world. three meters while the. a smaller and even leave 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 ice. 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 us 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. no bob to be staged without the nuclear powered russian icebreaker fleet they proved themselves extremely reliable in all the years they've been in service. a single nuclear accident a normal one of them ever failed to complete an assignment. we shouldn't cross the

line and come any closer it should maintain distance 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 past with an ingenious device known as a new message washing system. it's no easy task never gave this many ships through so much ice. normally there are no more than two ships. total of fourteen. ships just and 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. time on board eleven thirty good day lunch is served one of the teach everyone. today along with the yellow and safety. icebreaker. we will continue to leave the seat of ten russian navy ships. are currently in the laptev sea twenty miles northeast of the come from also that private island. think. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy correct albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of

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a good run but it won't. be shown starforce never. had. such national finish line of the boston marathon. not at. my home and hearing some of my colleagues. you know you made so much more said nine zero degrees. this interest sieved oh roger. that's the real dimitri hopes the first officer will tell him exactly what tests he needs to pass but no it seems is not the time to ask. if there's

a big block to your right near the entrance he's forward will shift and return. it's understood. for the gators each trip is a new first. every route changes dramatically in just a few ls the ice will never remain the same for more than a few minutes. so if there's something else to consider you can see strips of ice now but if a southerly wind blows they will vanish but if we get a northerly wind blowing through here. so thick 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 noise that the radar display looks quite blank every crew member needs to concentrate more. regular event in autumn. has already begun to appear and that always means fog. altitude 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. right i better go no sit sit look at or look she's wearing a red dress. if the first officer sees us here hanging from the mast i'm kidding. the ice breaker led the military convoy for almost four days the toughest stages behind them will be clear water now all the way to the new siberian islands. by breakers captain we've undertaken a unique operation perhaps the first of its kind in russian naval history

every one of the russian federation 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 coast one eight zero. the ice breakers peel away and leave the sleaze behind nelda other ships waiting for the helm. we escort the sips and head back to the hundred. ships from the east will have arrived by the time we get there and will 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 get 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 boat number is yours twenty one let's look it up. there won't be a drill today look you know this is i'm breaking all the rules i've let my station early. goes are saying there's no drill it's cancelled was that a joke in the end it was a full bore the icebreakers jokingly referred to as news from the galley 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. becomes

almost 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 it's just one bloke it's a. good move on with. across the arctic is much more active now. not so much. is navigation to be done in the. us. is much quicker than the best. twenty two days to reach. forty days the. crew and fuel costs. of using the

north sea with. technologies advancing changing. becoming more expensive but. very differently. everything. with domestic problems life is very different here my wife and i were. life i've only spent fourteen at home i missed those years i spent at sea i didn't play a part in bringing up 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 but it's better than most spent thirty five years here just like they're going to

soon all middle students i first saw my son a year and a half after he was born and they're going to do in the near 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 leaky is above the water line but still leaving it in a spike 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 break a sail has come to get you off the trouble of the fuel it's about. listen to the

soloist. you must. be there on monday for the. number three just get got to be nice there's. no. money up ownership. marketed done. a lot of. the nordic has safely discarded through the ice. she's able to make her own way to a safe harbor. you know go which is good there's nothing in ventris about the work

it's mostly read 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 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. gaze at the. much to be done. to transfer. from the time. to. the. three months. of food. because it's. just as many. perishable food that they need. and then ships that have only just put to sea will

deliver fresh fruit and vegetables. watch out careful. pairs. oranges are fine but. when they'll be able to go home next. week because i've just been on vacation. and. it's. just a bit like groundhog day. but she has.

always wanted to take. the east. the fleet is waiting for them on the ice border. for. fear of her we followed you with your daughter without your out. to the street or. the northernmost town of russia across the straits lies america or the other hemisphere. the crew has just two hours to wall cone song and as evening descends on the. it's still early morning of both of those in a time difference because the ship remains on home post time to morrow she'll sail

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