powerplant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or how are lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the very real. power struggle on r.t. . these researches will cover almost 3000 kilometers in trans polar aircraft and they'll stay here until the antarctic summer returns.

snow in the very heart of antarctica has one amazing property. when the temperature drops below minus $55.00 it becomes a drive frozen sand if a plane lands on it friction instantly sheets it skis which then refreeze solidly onto the runway. that's why planes can only fly between mid december and early february just 2 months in every year for the rest of the time the people are completely cut off from the outside wall. so. watch a supply is drawn from the snow. the

station sits more than 3500 meters above sea level that that altitude even the fittest of people time very quickly due to the low oxygen levels. borders most issues to the purity there sort of put us. through. nearly as you were working sort of. the door opener with the mood what is a bruce hopes that you show. but the. conditions here are truly unique human the average temperature in december and january falls below minus 30 and in winter minus 80 is par for the course. at most very pressure is 40 percent lower than on the mainland and there's less oxygen in the. joint pain and nosebleeds all symptoms of a climate as ation it can take a whole months for

a body to adapt. through duder of those who are bullies and it was approved we could see if the person you are with to be. better suited to move. richelle so the soviet union at that time went to watch the station because it was the further farthest place from the coast from anywhere in the guide was the most challenging place i mean the way the soviet union wanted to show how good they wear the hunting very extreme conditions so the thought was more important the gore won the scientific one now is different this iteration is very much driven by science. all of antarctica is covered by an ice sheet that can be up to 4 kilometers think that's enough to cover the entire planet in a 50 meter thick layer of ice. if you're already

a person. even. with a boy. with a good. it was one of the biggest geographical discoveries in the 2nd half of the 20th century scientists had long suspected that there was a lake the size of europe subglacial lake vostok contains water that is millions of years old. but to reach it you have to drill through the so-called atmospheric ice formed by the snow that has fallen in antarctica.

one theory is that the lake formed because the ice sheet above it melted under the pressure of its own weight another is that the one you can't always existed even before antarctica froze over and that the ice sheets simply sealed it in. that state is a. good thing or the. british it's a look at them as a short at the social into the just 2 of the. late 20th century saw the 1st attempts to reach the lake by drilling through the kilometers of ice that concealed this unique body of water. that it was fair to their concerts and there would be.

the borehole was dubbed 5 g. one and drilling began in 1809 serviette french and american members of the joint expedition at the bus station all took part. in my work as are they did tours studies of the past climate in the antarctic their ice cores been drilled they're about 10 centimeters in diameter and up towards 3 kilometers known. researches from various countries drill through the antarctic all using their unique methods but only at the russian station have drillers managed to reach the ice boundary. and the lake water where they stopped. apparently there's no way to take water samples

from the lake without introducing contaminating microorganisms. soufan we have no way of knowing whether there is life in the most ancient water on earth but paleoclimatologists have found material that is just as valuable for their research. yes it's the only archive where you can have similar tain as lee stored that temperature history of the earth and similar tain as lead to the same times also the composition of the atmosphere of these times so we can directly go into the ice and find ot the contents of this atmosphere is specially sealed to. and from this c

o 2 measurements we know form from the last 800000 years. with the only. person we have that isn't what do. you want to do with. studies of this engine dice have yielded serious scientific results we can extract data about the earth's climate hundreds of thousands or even millions of years ago how from tiny bubbles trapped in the ice for millions of years this new group of people by their them should even be spent on put there so the short folks need to get a share to look from obama we've got with a monster but if we have brought it here was the reporter got that in those who didn't because they can both wish they were then you prefer the macos but of political 1st go to push them at the web version if they're in a group of birth further north of here. from these studies research is now know

that greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane have occasionally built up in the atmosphere leading to a warmer climate then hundreds of thousands of years later levels decrease again resulting in ice ages. it's to get access to a major. 1000000 year. it's a kind of an enigma we don't really know what happened we expect that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is responsible for this challenge and this is what we want to check how much carbon dioxide was a get a 1000000 year before. so perhaps the global warming we see today is just a period in the planet's climatic history and people have nothing to do with it for are we excess arista climatic calamity after all these are the questions paleo ontologies to trying to answer here in antarctica.

or. people. who are poor. who. researches from every country represented in antarctica purely scientific objectives but politicians have another goal it's what a cool presence. the quality of presence on the polar continent is a symbol of a nation's capability and strength. the extent to which a country can influence antarctica's future depends on it. the

usa australia france germany china japan india chile and other countries have stations in antarctica in all more than 50 countries have a presence and they're. signatories to the antarctic treaty. so i would do this for him. it's just. a moment of truth is coming soon the 959 treaty expires in less than 30 years. when that is the beauty of the absolute beauty that these tensions do not matter in the scientific community in trouble maybe because of a medical emergency or because the weather just closes opportunities for science in one area then the cooperation is there to look how can we best help each other attentions do not come into it at all on the grassroots level of doing on top to

research and it is a wonderful example how the international community can come together and how we can overcome other issues and work together. polar explorers abide by rules agreed 60 years ago the only legal activity in respect of antarctica and its inhabitants his research. into good. people. in truth the native inhabitants aren't always happy about the attention.

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but i wanted to go with this thought it. fit with. what you should. do it was but would you believe that one time t. do with the above video to meet you. i mean is it is an amazing amazing place and i think you should be prepared to go and go there and feel your place may invest the suddenly feel very small. how do you cope with such an enormous overload politicians come to the rescue. but i still feel. when we're going to. need to do. one of these.

mid-winter probably brings the biggest holiday to antarctica. everyone celebrates the. no matter which country they're from. the mid winter celebrations mean that half of the season has passed and every day takes you closer to going out . the americans have a reputation for coming up with fun ideas and they've decided that everyone must celebrate mid winter to get up the autumn area. take when tour film festival or the.

antarctic film festival is drawing near. for the 1st weekend of august at the american mcmurdo station mcmurdo is the largest station in antarctica it's a small town with a population of almost $1500.00. the festival consists of 2 parts 1st the open category entrance upload their amateur films of any genre about any topic the only restriction is on duration it can be no longer than 5 minutes 6 why just 5 because a common antarctic problem has a low speed connection. we have back in the 2nd category is for films made in just 48 hours

a day on friday festival organizers announced the rules and on monday all participants upload their entries which are shown to the entire population of mcmurdo and the jewelry delivers its verdict the winners are announced in several nominations just like all good movie festivals best film best actor best writer best camera work and there's an audience. so ward. all of antarctica's inhabitants abide by laws some of the feathered and aquatic varieties abide by the antarctic laws of nature others by the provisions of the antarctic treaty.

treaty. by mental. issues adopted in the early 1900 and part of that whole protocol is about how we under the treaty to manage the environment better things about mineral exploitation.

the rules governing antarctic life specifically states that any country exploring the continent must leave only pristine land behind them that's what explorers do every year when a large ship arrives for a shift change. can be burned and all glass and scrap metal is collected to be shipped out to the mainland. you. know. later the scrap metal and glass is loaded into a container and taken to the ship by tractor and helicopter.

6 next. who. knows. what the load. if. it were people. built. this. for instance would be 14025 kilometer.

every antarctic station of every country has similar mile markers it's a symbol a reminder of home and a subtle sign of the state's identity. what's the good of a commission after just want to thank god thank you up with the choice you judge what to do you try to tell you don't need to do what you did. for now the harsh climate hinders colonize ation in antarctica but in the future if it warms this southernmost continent really could be settled.

cannot turn to prime political interests to have stations in the arctic this economic interest some limit. but it turns out that signing the antarctic treaty doesn't mean that the countries that ratified it have withdrawn their territorial claims over the continent to nearby areas. some of the claims are enormous. the beauty of the antarctic treaty is the oil nations who have made those territorial claims put them aside completely and as you know some of the territorial claims are overlapping but all of that is put aside entirely because the continent is dedicated to scientific research. it will be a real shame if the antarctic values imbedded in that treaty of

a perfect community of free citizens in gauge solian research and scientific progress should ever sink into oblivion this should be a place for true freedom equality and human brotherhood on this fragile world of ours. something seemed wrong but all wrong just don't call. me old yet

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