just the ship's clock it's quite likely they'll never belong to a cult either the with the crew jealous. morning good morning yes it was no you're beautiful it's a glow done 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. 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. cabbage but. i should know what by now. 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's 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 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 but the captain showed me the charts and up to the north of the seven the northern land is so much ice that if the wind what's changed. but there's a very big difference. this looks like a fairly simple ship really she's not symbol and all. the time is equipped 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 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 in starting a car. 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 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 which 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 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 and be the first apostles exams because it is now i'm in charge of everything to do with nuclear safety radiation safety is another department's responsibility that 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 car a gauge that connects the car and sees this as 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. that and all the way back again. 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 long naval 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 i just five degrees. slow 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. chris. this is. from the line. thanks. this exercise provides

a unique opportunity to see all of russia's nuclear powered ships together. and call them big red. lights. fifty years of victory is one of the most powerful ships in the world it can take us three meters while the white icebreaker has. a smaller and even lead the fleet into frozen siberian river rescuers. when i was at school and the fifth grade i guess they told us about the first nuclear powered i spray. 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. know how to get to petition can 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 a normal one of them ever failed to complete an assignment. we shouldn't cross the line and come any closer 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 their 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. she just didn't 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. if you're lucky you get to see it from the bridge all the time. i chose this job as a child so much time on board eleven thirty good day lunch is served whatever teach everyone. today along with the yellow by judge and fifty is a picture of icebreaker. we will continue to leave the beach of ten russian navy ships. we're currently in the left of sea twenty miles northeast

of the come for most of that private island. lodging twenty fourteen promises we alternated an exhilarating winter sports and he's here to join me and he's an hour away i may have an update on the last of our love hate news team for some cheap twenty four tape. on our team. senior u.s. state department official victoria nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine said on tape with many have claimed all along washington's plans to overthrow the elected government in kiev on this edition of call stuff we call this embarrassingly changes the political battlefield in ukraine.

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command selection her nine zero degrees. interest sieved. 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 is a big block to your right near the entrance to or it will shift and return. understood. gaiters each trip is a new first time. changes dramatically in just a few. never remain the same for more than

a few minutes. something else you can see strips of ice now. vanish but if we get a northerly wind blowing through. the fleet so thick that it's almost impossible even. 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 should 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 gotta go no sit sit look at or look she's wearing a red dress. even

if the first officer sees as he is hanging from the mast i'm getting. the icebreaker led the military convoy for almost four days the toughest stages behind them will be clear water until all the way to the new siberian islands. i breaker captain we've undertaken a unique operation perhaps the first of its kind in russian naval history every one of the russian federation for 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 have 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 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 her number

is yours twenty one let's look it up. there won't be a drill today look. you know it's there i'm breaking all the rules i've let my station early. goes they're 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 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 it's not all yours some of it's 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 kits 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. 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 block it's. across the arctic is much more active now. not so much. is

never gave to be done in the. us. is much quicker than the. twenty two days to reach. the. take forty days. crew and fuel costs. of using the north sea with. technologies advancing the climate is changing. role materials are 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 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 better than most spent thirty five years here just like they're going to soon or middle students 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 last any of our children are the son or daughter 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. the nordic stand might emerge. daily by. the seamen who sailed east know the most latitude happy knowing that if they're ever in trouble in the arctic sea ice breakers are there to help. when he's hot to get through the ice because sailors come to get you off the trouble of the fuel it's about. listen to the soloist. if you. give a quarter. you beat your own money for the number three just get got. no.

money album or ship. marketed done. a lot of. the nordic has safely be discarded through the ice. she's able to make her own way to a safe harbor. you know look good there's nothing in ventris about so work it's mostly rich seeing them. 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 digging it in a bowl but after spending all this time it see them.

at the center of the northern sea route but no one can go ashore. gaze with. much to be done. to transfer people groceries from the time. to. the. three months. of food. because it's. just as many. perishable food than they need. and then ships that have just put to sea will deliver fresh fruit and vegetables. watch out careful. pairs. oranges are fine but not. 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 food. everywhere . we have. separate ways. east. the fleet is waiting for them on the ice border. for. fear of their earlier we told you in the dog or without your

critical data feed. the northernmost town of russia across the straits of 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 which isn't a time difference because the ship remains on hope post time to morrow she'll sail west. the fleet awaits safe passage through the ice.

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