inside the melting arctic circle. where the elusive polar bear is clawing for survival as their environment disappears beneath their feet. these powerful killers are moving inland towards humankind and fiona the hippo born premature and unlikely to survive now a bona fide celebrity with millions watching her learn to swim and take her first steps. then it's off to the amazon to find the beautiful and rare pink dolphins. how scientists are working to bring their numbers back. and later, the safari continues in nairobi, kenya, where hotel guests are up to their necks in giraffes, the gentle giants butting into bedrooms, even pan >> i usulyon't kiss on the first date. >> this is a special presentation of "nightline," "into the wild." here now juju chang. >> hey, everybody, thanks for joining us. we'll begin with the journey to the edge of the earth where americans are under increasing threat from polar bears. now moving inland in search of food as their habitat and numbers dwindle. amy robach is with scientists racing to

one cause of the worsening pollution in the arctic ocean could be the gulf stream. it carries a little from southern regions north which then gets stranded as the current sinks deeper. more and more deborah is a riving in the arctic ocean disastrously it's become a dead end the plastics and the plastic litter that's visible is only part of the problem. melanie batman demonstrates the effect of the elements on plastic litter it decomposes into micro plastic particles. in recent years the researches have taken regular samples from the seabed and examined them for mike her plastics. this year not for the first time the results were deeply worrying. i am going to be demand for both the optician this is a sample of sediment from the arctic ocean from a depth of two point five kilometers in the new year and we'll analyze it in our lab on heligoland ok. i found our analysis last year revealed approximately one thousand to one thousand five hundred micro plastic particles which is really quite considerable but with lots of snow on. and tell relatively recently the researche

you'll find other members of our species in every corner of the planet including the arctic. but the garbage reproduce is even more mobile than we are. the apparently pristine nature here is not nearly as untouched as it appears. it was only recently that researches found life forms under the ice sheet of the north pole chris stations. water sponges and completely unexpectedly corals. yet this newly discovered habitat is under threat just slightly further south another group of scientists from the alfred vegan institute captured these images of plastic pollution and other waste for fifteen years melanie batman has been observing the spread of plastic debora in the arctic ocean it's a depressing development. moving bits of a mess of a sort used in industrial fishing this also looks like it's used in fishing this is some unspecified plastic fragment. and we see a lot of the sort of thing on the seabed two point five kilometers under the surface kilometer of us out here for. in one thousand nine hundred ninety the scientists began conducting long term research in an area that sp

we have managed to cooperate for almost twenty years since the creation of the arctic council in fact it's more than twenty years but we know that our secretaries at the top like to go to congress and say whoop and get. money for new weapons stations so that then there is the the pentagon people do well research people who actually know and see behind the narrative that's popular but then there's the narrative and american people assessing whatever it is that they hear and see in the t.v. so when when you do things straight or when others do things you usually imagine yourself doing it like you imagine like this is what you do so that's why the others do it for instance i'm sure like for americans russia crimea russia syria is the same thing as americans going to libya or iraq or afghanistan for that matter but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to a border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america

we have managed to cooperate for almost twenty years since the creation of the arctic council in fact it's more than twenty years but we know that our secretaries at the top like to go to congress and say whoops and get to my. for a new weapon say she says then there is the pentagon people do well research people who actually know and see behind the narrative that's popular but then there's the narrative and american people assessing whatever it is that they hear and see in the t.v. so when when you do things straight or when others do things you usually imagine yourself doing it like you imagine like this is what you do so that's why the others do it for instance i'm sure like for americans russia crimea or russia syria is the same thing as americans going to libya or iraq or afghanistan for that matter but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to a border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america and

paul also worked tirelessly to protect america's interest in the arctic. his leadership helped launch the arctic coast guard forum and he made a top priority to ensure the united states military can project american might all the way to the poles. one of the first times i met the admiral last year i asked him what do you need? he replied sir, we need ice breakers and we need them badly. now you are getting them. [applause] and to be specific i'm pleased to report the coast guard is on course to receive its first new heavy ice breaker in more than 40 years and plenty other ships and boats and equipment and everything you need. our new budget, just passed, $700 billion this year, $716 billion next year. you are going to be very well taken care of. you will have to split that with a few others. we're splitting it up a little bit but that's a lot. never been anything like it. you'll have the greatest equipment in the world and we make the greatest equipment in the world right here in the united states. we are committed to a military and security budget that fu

we have managed to cooperate for almost twenty years since the creation of the arctic council in fact it's more than twenty years but we know that our secretaries at the top like to go to congress and say whoop and get. money for new weapons stations of this than there is to the pentagon people do well research people who actually know and see behind the narrative that's popular but then there's the narrative and american people assessing whatever it is that they hear and see in the t.v. so when when you do things right or when others do things you usually imagine yourself doing it like you imagine like this is what you do so that's why the others do it for instance i'm sure like for americans russia crimea russia syria is the same thing as americans going to libya or iraq or afghanistan for that matter but really it's so much different because russia crimea is like united states and florida and russia syria is actually really handling immediate threats of homegrown terrorism extremism right next to the border it's not a will or over the ocean for us you know everywhere for america an

carnival culture a close look at the festive tradition fast enough in the swiss town of basel and arctic abode we visited a norwegian couple at their luxury cabin. we start off with a photographer who loves a frill he doesn't track wild animals or travel through dangerous areas bustin van it chases storms whenever the weather is wild rain pouring wind howling he grabs his equipment and hurries toward the eye of the storm hoping to capture the perfect picture of mother's nature's mayhem over the years he's developed a real knack for it and at age twenty five has established himself as one of germany's leading weather photographers. not the most easy mother nature. that's john found out he's a full time storm chaser. slits of four that's the last photo i took of the super cell above adlington on july twentieth twenty thirteen which produced a massive fail storm in the picture you can see my storm chasing team colleagues sprinting the banks of the continent the doors were still open to us it was germany's most devastating thunderstorm ever in just thirty minutes a caused three billion euros

for this special episode of a thrice we're going on board the greenpeace icebreaker arctic sunrise following one of the biggest campaigns in the environmental movement is ations history witnessing the spectacular biodiversity and the many threats to life from climate change to a good fishing as a team of scientists photographers and ocean experts set out to prove these vos remote waters must become an antarctic ocean sanctuary. before i set off down south i'm going to find out a little about the journey i'm about to embark on tucked away in this maze of old london streets something quite extraordinary. ever since i was a boy i've been mesmerized by tales of the golden age of antarctica exploration of the early twentieth said. names of polar explorers like roald amundsen and captain scott. well this is where some of those expeditions came to get them aps it was really because of the low good to see this is a kind of treasure trove of past exploration to come out of that. turns out mankind has forever been hooked on the concept of a mysterious continent at the end of the world this from the fi

the arctic is swimming in garbage and it gets worse every year. millions of plastic particles are polluting the seabed in the arctic ocean. but why does litter pile up in this remote region of the world. researchers from germany are trying to get to the bottom of this mystery. to morrow to dig next d.w. . on upright along the river elbe nichole for a leaf can play my game is becoming more and more popular especially for touring so naturally i'm really excited about today's trip along the algorithm for biking along one of the most varied paths in europe. there's the challenge to discover nature and culture using muscle power. sixteen d w. o. this is eleven years come july from bunny and let's go right to our correspondent who is in central istanbul and we have our political force you're in the studio along those stories in just a minute but first this. news just in the perspective closer d.w. . a good woman in fighting for the face to be taken seriously in the world of work here's what's coming up women's talk hot dog. the female superhero maybe mo

arctic versions of air defense systems and other main battle systems. has there been any feedback on whether or not those arctic modifications of the systems have been successful and whether or not those systems are functioning in that environment, or if they have largely failed to adjust for the harsher climate? >> so publicly, they'll say yes. yes, everything is working. and i -- they don't really discuss as much as they used to challenges that they're facing. i've noticed this trend with the current military leadership over there. they would discuss more openly when they would have technical problems or there were delays. you don't see that as much any more. so i can't say whether or not they're actually having problems, but they're certainly not discussing them as much. >> they also actually keep some of their very old systems that are just still really reliable. and they have lots around for spares that are also -- actually have amazing mobility. so some of the systems that are still in use in the north and the far north are, like, soviet air syste

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including around the arctic. alaska is what makes the united states an arctic nation my state has more coastline than any state in the country and don't know what's under the surface. we're seeing a significant increase in vessel traffic, resource development in arctic waters. hydrographic surveys are a critical part of the maritime safety and environmental efforts nationwide, they're especially important in the arctic. mr. speaker, there's 550,000 square nautical miles in the u.s. arctic exclusive economic zone, otherwise a 200 mile limit. it would take decades to survey even half of that space. noaa designated 35,000 miles as survey priority areas and estimates a range up to 25 years to survey those areas if resources remain at their current level. alaska waters are under survey. they were last surveyed in 1899. the river is the most effective route to deliver food and goods to coastal and inland villages in western alaska and the last on-the-ground surveys were completed the same year gold was discovered in no

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. >> where is the process of the defense spending bill in the arctic? >> a little behind still trying to move their operations bill along and we've seen a handful of the provision spells starting to move and will have a vote early next week on the veterans affairs and military contraction bill and what package related to that which incorporates some of those military spending. the goal of lawmakers is to try to move these more quickly than they have in the past intimately this is taken late in the year or even in this use case sometimes into the next calendar year and we are here from lawmakers is a we can get this done before the election and we think we can get it done before the start of the new fiscal year so we will see if they can do this time. >> deputy editor with monitor times and you can polyps reporting under, as well as lee a change thank you for joining us. >> no, thank you. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capital store. the bus is on its 38 stop in juneau, alaska asking folks what's most important issue in alexa.

she was the chair of the arctic economic conference. she has also served in leadership positions at her alaska native regional corporation, the national congress of american indians, and she is ready to lead an organization that needs to be led, needs leadership. so she's clearly qualified. and, mr. president, sometimes there can be confusion in terms of the laws that this body passes. well, in 1971 the congress of the united states and the president of the united states signed the alaska native claim settlement act, what we call ancsa back home. as senator murkowski mentioned this set up not reservation systems like we have in the lower 48 but a very innovative approach to alaska native claims for their lands. 44 million acres of state and federal land went to the possession and ownership of the first people's of alaska. very innovative. and we created, this body created alaska regional corporations, village corporations of which all our alaska native people are shareholders. my wife is a shareholder. my daughters are shareholders. tha

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it says that china has now declared to be an arctic power and so the north arctic rule took for shipping is going to be open over the next few years not quite yet that will take some times of but china now will be closer in relationship with russia for investment in the northern siberia and at the same time countries in europe or even the one i come from i come from italy we are looking at a closer relationship with russia perhaps a real discussion and maybe lifting the sanctions against russia and again china is again being seen as the people to a role in helping. getting closer relationship such as i want soft power economic ties and the opportunity to expand its inmates meant to see you know peaceful investment into the first of all central asia ok can i get out say thank you well that g. seven summit that we touched on ended with an escalating round between the u.s. and canada after leaving the meeting early for his trip to singapore don't trump withdrew his backing of a joint communique signed by the group's leaders he blamed it on what he called weak and dishonest statements from t

counting classified think wins in the end arctic. or attach a treasure to your chest for a bit of research citizen scientists and countless opportunities to contribute for researchers it's been a boon for data collections. you can get lots of different samples in lots of different involvement from things that you couldn't if it was just you in your lab you know then you're sort of scope of what you can reach out to is limited and getting lots of people help with that only makes your results better in the end. big data from the beehive these swarms at the university of braman are monitored by sensors to measure air temperature and humidity where the. cameras record how often these buzzing beauties leave their hives. and this microphone seen behind the mesh registers this. sounds of the in six this data helps scientists toast implicit better understand the cause of their gradual extinction. went off you have been looting vo if you feel we need large amounts of very data from different locations and diverse conditionings in order to hel

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many have never heard about this tiny country at the door of the arctic circle especially in tropical thailand when i told my friend that i going to be unfair and they say why you go to keep it there yes. home to only fifty thousand people and eighty thousand sheep. it's also cold and wet. and the strain. a lot. and in darkness for more than half of the year. went. blooming. everything it's like. because we come from one country and big country and then here is so small. but stay a while and something happens in a place that seems like it's on the edge of the earth women from afar a finding something they yearn for. i've come to find out what it is it's. hundreds of women from asia moving to the faroe islands and being from a warm climate myself i can understand how they survive one long dark winter let alone the rest of their lives. they marry far always men often who they know little about but don't assume they aren't in charge of the destinies to find love you have to take a risk. just the local running stop the pride of the islands and of his parents mary joyce and dan thompson. m