. >> this time of year in northern siberia, temperatures fall to 60 below 0. man is braving the frigid temperatures to share the gospel of jesus christ with remote tribes. i traveled to the arctic circle to meet him. >> locals call this place yamla. >> it means the end of the world. >> in many ways it is. >> no roads here. people use frozen lakes and rivers to get around. >> latitude 70 degrees north. longitude 70 degrees east. the yamal peninsula sits in the deep frozen tundra above the arctic circle. i am putting on my last layer of clothing. >> temperatures here fluctuates minus 30 fahrenheit. it is a little after 6:00 a.m. peter hoody, our siberian guide does last minute checks. >> that right there folks is reindeer skin. this is our slay. in essence, this is how we are traveling into the tundra on the back. >> the sleigh is attached to a snow mobile. >> i have to make sure we have enough rope in case we get stuck. >> is this dangerous? >> yes, it is. destination this morning a four-hour journey deep into the wilderness to meet a no maddic family. we stop

there is somewhere in northern canada and siberia. >> it's brewing. >> for example, cold air in siberia can sometimes get here in about ten to 14 days. there are signs that the pattern may be turning the corner just a little bit and allow some of that cold air to come over the polar regions and down into the eastern u.s. this is ten or 14 days for more away. so in the meantime, no real concerns. we will all continue to enjoy saving all this money on our heating bills because mother nature is playing softball slow pitch today. downtown washington bathed in wipter sunshine. it doesn't feel like a winter morning at all. temperatures 30s and 40s. we're climbing into the low and mid 60s in many low cases. be ready for a gorgeous saturday afternoon. right now with the sun shining in washington temperature up to 41 degrees. light wind out of the southwest only three miles per hour. that be wind will increase a little bit later on this afternoon out of the southwest 10 to 15 on average. good kite flying weather. 45 in gaithersburg. 32 in na ma sass. with that sunshine you're up in the lower 40s

and around into northern russia and siberia. they saw scenes like that. let's look at the forecast for today. good morning, starting off with temperatures below freezing in many locations in virginia and maryland. closer to washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties now are near 30 degrees. later today we'll climb into the upper 40s with increasing clouds after a sunny morning. and then cloudy tomorrow, tomorrow morning might have a few sprinkles, maybe a little sleet north and west of the metro area. there's a slight chance of that. with temperatures above freezing, should not be causing problems. then highs reaching the upper 40s tomorrow afternoon with a greater chance of rain moving in. looks like occasional rain thursday through midday friday. then drying out on friday afternoon with a little sun coming back. highs in the low 50s. sunny and chilly on saturday and turning colder sunday into monday. and tuesday, as well, remaining quite cold with highs only in the low to mid 40s. how's traffic? >>> volume is increasing in our area. but still n

these are scenes over northern norway, and these were similar scenes, as well, in canada and alaska, as well as in siberia and the northern parts of europe. they were able to see scenes like that. amazing. >>> here locally, we're dealing with cold temperatures under a clear sky. i was hoping we would see the aurora last night, but we were just a little too far south to see. we are in the low to mid 30s in arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, parts of northern virginia down into the 20s as is around the blue ridge. shenandoah valley and into the mountains, many locations there are below freezing. even a few spots at the eastern shore below freezing. parts of southern maryland, too. we have a few clouds passing over us. we'll have them off and on this morning. a lot of sunshine. sunrise at 7:20. climbing into the 40s as we get more cloudiness into the afternoon. upper 40s, perhaps near 50 later this afternoon. and then tonight, cloudy, and by dawn tomorrow, maybe a few sprinkles, maybe sleet. we ought to be above freezing. a greater chance of rain tomorrow during the middle of the day, afternoon an

unsuccessful and its northern nationalists look to exit the three hundred year old union favor of an oil rich future so they have lines are the special report is next hour we're off to siberiawhere the ancient tradition of shamanism is still alive today. the sons. of beriah a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced chairmans east of lake baikal begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the onlookers according to popular belief ordinary people are not supposed to see the shamans eyes at such moments because this might cause.

unsuccessful land as northern nationalists look to exit the three hundred year old getting in the favor of an oil rich future. as we have lined up next our special report and we're off to siberia were the ancient tradition of shamanism is still alive learn more about it in our special report. the sun sets and siberia a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced shamans east of lake by count begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state of trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the onlookers according to popular belief ordinary people are not supposed to see the shamans eyes at such moments because this might cause them harm then the shamans crown comes into play this headgear is fashioned out of iron and has horns on top chum and say that as soon as the invoked spirit makes its appearance in the form of a cloud the ho