within the arctic circle is russia most point. being in the mountains has been hit by an avalanche rescue as of the kid regional rescue services received requests for assistance they do not know how long it will take them to reach the scene a lot depends on distance the terrain and weather conditions they have vivid memories of what happened to a group of skiers from st petersburg a few years ago. is one of those who know all too well the full force of an avalanche feels like. do as i approach the edge to get ready for the descent. you know i was knocked over with such force from my gloves and hat in the shuttle and everything became unfastened. i sensed i was tumbling down at top speed with an enormous mass of something pressing on me it was like being under a stamping press group but i cannot say how long all that lasted through i was told the avalanche was on the move for only four or five seconds but to me it seemed like an eternity was enormous blocks of snow and ice reduce everything in the path to smithereens they sweep awa

massive is situations close to the town of one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is one of the instruments of the avalanche safety service it records dozens of readings several times a day snow and ground temperatures wind direction solar activity and precipitation all those factors affect the snow and its structure the station staff uses them as the basis for political reform casts concerning avalanches. what triggers a sudden movement of snow in the mountains resulting in a formidable natural disaster. finding the answer to that question is the job of scientists to some petersburg's hydra me to relaunch a cool university one of the factors triggering an avalanche is nothing more unusual than snow evaporation little flakes turn into vapor even at very low temperatures. in the top layer of the snow escapes into the air. but as it settles on large snowflakes turns into us. as a result snow in the lower turns into large round crystals. just makes the top most slide over the ground pellets. the only way to fight it is to get them to move before they begin sliding dow

or is a ski resort within the arctic circle originally it was meant as a place where the people of the town of killed lost can spend their vacations today tourists from across the country come to visit. we were going there for ten days but trouble struck on the second. memories of what happened then are so vivid in young's mind but it seems as though it was just yesterday was in fact several years of passed since the accident in many ways that incident changed his life. and if you look at the slope from below you will see a clearing between the trees and it is there because frequent avalanches sweep away trees standing in their path i did not know at the time that the slope was avalanche prone. none of the people who came to that slope could even imagine the outcome. free riders make a special point of looking for wild slopes to ride over version snow. for the past ten years yevgeny cliff a cough has taken groups of free riders from the city of your coast to the mom i pass on the southern shore of lake baikal. the lake in the air cooled screech in is the world's largest body of fresh w

but the arctic circle could be massive for it and it would be a fantastic overalls and if there's well but given the situation that we see now what lessons do you think that b.p. and have learned from this saga. well. listen the. lever policies are potentially interesting. for the for a. strong learning lesson i think especially for b.p. legal so much especially b.p. and the chairman and the c.e.o. got to bring the policies into the deal otherwise the company continues its weakened position and if you carries on like this then it could be some changes to the top level of management and the company to the point where it's subject to a possible so you. see a trader at the capitol thanks very much for joining the program and sharing your thoughts on this issue. now let's take a look at how the markets are performing this hour crude continues to rally after opec failed to agree on increasing outputs this raised fears of supply shortages later this year light sweet is trading at one hundred dollars us per barrel brant is that around one hundred eighteen dollars the stock talk saying europe

the tedious and difficult task of conducting tests interim four hundred kilometers north of the arctic circle tell you traffic one of the few scientists worldwide who is not only industry payroll does research on the effects of genetically modified food on the health of humans and animals. when an organization like fish is eating and if they modified feet. then did don't know what happens then there's the next. consumer comes in that the fish is eating take a modified bird you really eat the fish. which extends the genetically modified food has changed the fish to both the beach extent there is still connected modified d.n.a. present in the fish to be six then you will be exposed to this in the next instance there is no. experimental data to indicate what happens in the case. we are no go into the experimental animal departments very are doing feeding studies in rats. defied ingredients food and d.n.a. construct. this is a very unique experiment in the sense that it's a first experiment. will vary and you have these scientists told that you can detect any difference between these rats groups

massive is situations close to the town of one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is one of the instruments of the avalanche safety service it records dozens of readings several times a day snow and ground temperatures wind direction solar activity and precipitation .

massive is situations close to the town of one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is one of the instruments of the avalanche safety service it records dozens of readings several times a day snow and ground temperatures wind direction solar activity and precipitation all those factors affect the snow and its structure the station staff uses them as the basis for political reform casts concerning avalanches. what triggers a sudden movement of snow in the mountains resulting in a formidable natural desire.

she had found what she thought were the bodies of seven miners on a tiny remote island near the arctic circle off of norway. and they... c-span: how'd she find them? >> guest: well, she had gone--she would--she'd been--with ha--it was sort of a coincidence. she had--she'd learned that that was a--an area of permafrost and then she started investigating to see if there might be any bodies there. and she found about these seven miners that had journeyed off from norway to work in the winter in the mines on this little island, and they had gotten sick with the flu on this--on the boat on the way over and died practically as soon as they arrived. she learned that they were buried in marked graves and she learned that--and then she got permission to dig--from the norwegian government to dig into those graves and try to get the--the miners' bodies, so she had to raise money. and she was raising money any--from the government, private industry. c-span: this may not be a fair question, but why is a canadian asking the national institute of--of health here in the untied states for money to do a resear

then above the arctic circle, just like in sweden, for us, same groups, but up in the eyes and which akes the coastal states, those are the arctic ocean, there are indigenous population, that's also why. so most of our population again would be nonindigenous, so i throughout the figure, say, 300,000 or something like that, much smaller number would you be indigenous. but there would be indeed related issues. what they are related to i would have to again refer to some experts, but those will increase also as the climate will warm up and probably going away, probably a number of -- particularly if you haven't institution. and also why we should include those that are interested because if there's one thing i've learned is that global related matters, you will at some point be interested in global health issues, or in helping which take place very remote from where you are. that's only a question of time, not a question of whether it is relevant. >> thank you. specular very correct about the health issues. for example, the mercury levels among indigenous people in the arctic are quite h