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mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. coming up. at our teen years we have a different thread. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not. good. at. you guys stick to the jokes i will hand over the stuff that i've got to. in early september biotic northern soup is a busy maritime highway. all of russia's nuclear powered icebreakers are at sea clearing up tough on shipping. the crews here have to say when you're in the arctic you have the whole world your

feet. through follows russia's northern boundaries offering the shortest passage between europe and asia passing through seven northern cities. well then three hundred by horns. the nuclear. leaves. 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 in the with the crew. morning good morning yes it ran a year beautiful and 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 this is it 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 played properly he likes everything to be good and he likes beautiful women actually he just loves all women.

just like all men like. i should know what. the floors icy cold and my feet up. on. something warm on their feet because they would just freeze. yes it is cold here we are in the arctic. this ice breaker was purpose built for the arctic. to. crush it a shape which squeezes the ice crushing it beneath the vessels weight the propellers are designed for speed. the time 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. in sight now the captain showed me the charts and up to the north of. the northern land is so much ice that if the wind which it would quickly drift towards us with blocking the way. on the surface life on this ship may seem like any other as you'd expect the crew works establish shifts for hours with no rest days each crew member works his designated station. keeping the ship systems of peak performance 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 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 what starting up the ice breaker which includes checking the reactor system takes about a week it's a lot more tricky to starting a car about it till 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

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 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 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 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 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 this is 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. if 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. 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 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 just five degrees. slowed down. into the wake of ok into the wake. central control room ridge lower it to ten percent. joined the fleet at four and took its place in the convoy. presence from the icebreaker. chris. this is.

greetings from the line. thanks. 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 break 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 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 u.s.s.r.

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 to fit atomic engines into planes and ships. no 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. distance it may look as though the ship's across in clearwater but in fact the ice breakers are driving many tons of ice from the pumps with an ingenious device known as a new metric 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 in a 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 much time on board eleven thirty good day lunches whatever teach everyone. today along with the yellow by judge and fifty years icebreaker. we will continue to leave the beach and the russian navy ships.

with currently in the left at sea twenty miles northeast of the come for most of that private island. mito a deadly alliance without a clear mission decades after the end of the cold war this washington led alliance continues to exist and expanded after an ambiguous adventure in afghanistan behind we seen change in libya nato now look somehow in some way to absorb ukraine which is meet those gambit.

demands a legendary force nine zero degrees. it's interesting. 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 blunt you're right near the entrance he's forward will shift and return. it's understood. for the gators each trip is a new first time. changes dramatically in just a few well as the ice will 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 they will vanish but if we get a northerly wind blowing through here. on the fleet. 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 new ice 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 were 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 dex 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 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 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 for i cost one eight zero . the icebreakers peel away and he's asleep behind nelda other ships waiting for the help.

we escort 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 train drill after lunch. starting soon. get in position. work can 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 can't say 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 rumors jokingly referred to as news from the galley or abbreviated to while was what one woman said. dimitri is confident that he's no 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. 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 there's just one bloke it's a. good move on without. a geisha across the arctic is much more active now. there's not so much. to be done in the. us.

is much quicker than the best. twenty two days to reach. forty days make great 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 up my children one time i came home and they were small the 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 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 been so 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 they're going to do in the new year no wasn't there when my wife left the maternity home last 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. boarding. stand might emerge. daily by. the seamen who sailed east know the most

latitude to happy knowing that if they're ever in trouble in the arctic sea ice breakers are there to help. when he's hard to get through the ice because sailors come to get us the trouble of the fuel it's about. all this is they saw no reason. to. give a quarter. number three just give. up all my 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 go big 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 that 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. from the time.

to. three months. of food. because it's. just as many. perishable food that they need. and then ships that are just put to sea will deliver fresh fruit and vegetables. watch out careful. pairs. oranges are fine but nothing. 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. been everywhere. we have. here at the polar bear. ways. east. the fleet is waiting for them on the ice border. for. fear of her we followed you and your daughter without your pretty. feet. is the

northernmost town of russia across the straits lies america and the other hemisphere. the crew has just two hours to wall cone so midland as evening descends on the. it's still early morning able to find the time difference because the ship remains on a home post telling tomorrow she'll sailed west. the fleet awaits safe passage through the ice.

billets the location the boys still remember. how to do it well there's of the ten thousand said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. please please. please. you know.

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