when you're this far north of the arctic circle, there's daylight for 2h hours during the summer, andy to harness that energy, bizarrely, to keep temperatures inside below freezing. look at this! it's like a winter wonderland. what you first meet here is the ice bar. i hope the drinks come with ice, yeah? all of them. so, all the ice here comes from the river. everything, everything from the river. yes. so, it's in the cycle with the river and it's going back, like the ice glasses. so, the ice glass... you have a drink from the ice glass. when that evaporates, back into the river. if you want, you can ask the bar tender, can i bring it with me and throw it in the river? of course. it's extremely environmentally friendly. yes, it is. there are 20 rooms in this new, permanent hotel, each uniquely sculpted by artists from all over the world. there is a different theme in every suite. the name of the suite is oh, dear. i really love this room. it's amazing. the ambience. .. the detailing is just incredible. i am speechless. it feels like something out of alice in wonderland or the lion, t

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 in fair island they say why you keep it there. home to only fifty thousand people and eighty thousand sheep. it's also cold and wet. and the straining a lot. and in darkness for more than half of the year. went. it feels very clue blooming. everything it's like shock 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 of finding something they yearn for. i've come to find out what it is. 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. and as the local running stop the pride of the islands and of his parents mary joyce a

. >> but the two did manage to film these images at the arctic circle.en are catching the young, gray belugas. they can be trained. but the older ones, once they turn white, cannot. when the hunters come, the white belugas try to protect their young and often get caught in the nets. many die. >> t they get sent to china on these old, rusty boats. they spspend days i in little tububsn in the scorchihing heat. >> during loading or unloading, many belugas' necks break. amusement parks pay between 40 and 100 thousand euros for a young, gray beluga. the trade brings in millions. >> the problem is growing because there are more and more dolphinanariums. in russia theye being bubuilt all the time. they're lucrcrative. but e exps to china are also o increasis. it's as if an epidemic has broken out: every city wants its own dolphinanaum. so thehe business is booming - and the oceanariums s are gettg g biggr alall the me. the e chinese e as want to haveve the very bibigg. e ananimals for ththese aqua-pas are bought from russia. more and more people are getting inv

. >> but the two did manage to film these images at the arctic circle.en are catching the young, gray belugas. they can be trained. but the older ones, once they turn white, cannot. when the hunters come, the white belugas try to protect their young and often get caught in the nets. many die. >> t they get sent to china on these old, rusty boats. they spspend days i in little tububsn in the scorchihing heat. >> during loading or unloading, many belugas' necks break. amusement parks pay between 40 and 100 thousand euros for a young, gray beluga. the trade brings in millions. >> the problem is growing because there are more and more dolphinanariums. in russia theye being bubuilt all the time. they're lucrcrative. but e exps to china are also o increasis. it's as if an epidemic has broken out: every city wants its own dolphinanaum. so thehe business is booming - and the oceanariums s are gettg g biggr alall the me. the e chinese e as want to haveve the very bibigg. e ananimals for ththese aqua-pas are bought from russia. more and more people are getting inv

narrator: nevertheless, they managed to capture these images at the arctic circle. men are after the young, grey belugas, which can still be trained. once they turn white, that doesn't work anymore. the older, white animals try to protect the younger ones. often, they get caught in the nets themselves, and die. >> on these rusty, old barges they are then transported to china. for days on end they are left in little tubs, often in scorching heat. narrator: many animals break their necks while being loaded. amusement parks will pay between 40,000 euros and 100,000 euros for one young, grey beluga whale. a lucrative business worth millions. the film is now screening in some russian cinemas. the filmmakers want to change people's attitudes, as documentaries have done in western europe, the u.s. and canada, where wildlife conservation laws are much stricter. it's illegal to import animals caught in the wild. few people are aware of the issue in russia so there were shocked reactions to the film. >> it's good that films like this are being made in russia and the situation

bipartisan congressional delegation by the senate energy and natural resources committee in the arctic circle. as you know, the alaskan senator, lisa murkowski, is the chair, and i find her company and her invitation to be consistent with the department of energy's or department of interior's policies. number two, flying late at night to the great state of montana on invitation to meet the great governor of the great state of montana and to speak at the western governors' association the next morning. number three, many traveling to and between -- in traveling to and between the islands of the united states virgin islands. as you are aware, interior has the federal oversight of the territories from the virgin eye lance to palau -- islands to palau, and the virgin islands are part of that. and i was invited and accepted the invitation to be part of their 100th anniversary of transition of power between danes and america. and i was privileged to attend with governor mapp and the prime minister of denmark. i also took military air with secretary per due. so he and i could go out and meet with th

bipartisan congressional delegation by the senate energy and natural resources committee in the arctic circle. know, the alaskan senator, lisa murkowski is the chair and i find her company and her invitation to be consistent with the department of interior's policy. night two, flying late at , ithe great state of montana met the great governor of the great state of montana. and to speak at the western governors association the next morning. number three, traveling to and between the islands of the u.s. virgin islands. as you are aware, interior has the federal oversight of the territories from the virgin islands to allow -- pilau. i was invited and accepted the invitation to be one -- part of their 100th anniversary of the transition of power. i was privileged to attend the ceremonies with the governor and prime minister of denmark. witho took military air secretary perdue. he and i could go out and meet with the wildfire land cruise in in montana.rews we also lost a firefighter fighting those fires. military air with the president and the vice president. when asked by invitation. flying ono

bipartisan congressional delegation by the senate energy and national resources committee in the arctic circle. senatornow, the alaskan and murkowski is the chair, i find her company and her withation to be consistent the department of energy's, or department of interior's policies. number two, flying late at night in the great state of montana on invitation to meet the great with the department of energy's,govef montana, and to speak at the western governors association the next morning. number three, traveling to and between the islands of the united states virgin islands. as you are aware, interior has the federal oversight of the territories from the virgin islands to palau. the virgin islands are part of that. i accepted the invitation to be part of their 100th anniversary of the transition of power between them and america. i was privileged to attend the ceremonies with the prime minister of denmark. i also took military air with secretary perdue so he and i could go out and meet with wild farmland cruise in montana as the fires happened year after year. i might remind you, we also lost

the ways in which it might be affecting climate elsewhere so for example there's so there's an arctic circle. that essentially keeps a lot of the cold air in the arctic. there is a theory that what is happening is the ice melts then. decreases that is to say there's less heat being reflected more heat being absorbed and what then happens is hot air rises it disrupts that search that current that's going around the arctic and last what we talk about when we when we talk about you know these huge arctic gusts of arctic weather coming down into more temperate zones and that is why for example that you could be in new england and suffering very very cold winters and it being a consequence of climate change. you know one of the interesting. parts of your your article that i didn't really kind of know existed to you took part of it was this kind of tourist trade. as you mentioned earlier of this working vessel but you know it kind of brings. people to the north pole. and one of the elements is the kind of pros and columns of. eco tourism. how is that affecting the region and what are those pros an

washington and paris no region demonstrates the issues urgency and relevance more than the mysterious arctic circle surrounding the north pole and accessible to most ordinary tourist the north pole does get a small number of dedicated travelers every year on board a nuclear powered russian icebreaker and among them scientific writer karen mulvaney who joined us earlier to reflect on his experience. getting back to the polaroid well i want to for those watching at home you know i think it's one thing to address the problem and recognize the problem is that you know what is the solutions to what can we do at least we know anyone who's followed this knows long term solutions to climate change obviously but you know reducing our c o two but what is there any short term changes or short term solutions that we can throw in act. to help hold back this ice melt or is it just something about this boy. well look there's a very real concern specifically with the arctic. that it is in arctic sea ice is in what some experts have called a death spiral that walk happens as the ice melts so more water becomes more

without a chance to fix the alleged infractions, the drive-by lawsuit shuttered the doors of arctic circle. the american with disabilities act has made tremendous progress, increasing accessibility. but small businesses across america are being targeted by serial plaintiffses who troll for minor corrective a.d.a. infractions. if the business had no nthsed, they could cure the problem rather than pay the shakedown by the lawyers. my bill, the a.d.a. reform act, requires businesses to be notified of an alleged violation and be given time to fix the issue before a lawsuit can -- can commence. if businesses fail to correct the infractionses, the plaintiff can and should sue. it's time to stop attorneys from lining their pocketbooks off the backs of the disabled americans and small businesses in our country. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, i rise today to call on my colleagues to please join the urban ag

one flight was to the arctic circle with a congressional delegation, the other one was traveling to the virgin islands, and another one was to wildfires out west, listen to what the secretary of the interior said. >> all of this travel was done only after determined by multiple career professionals at the department that no commercial options existed to meet the promulgated schedule. and importantly, the flights were only booked after extensive due diligence by the career professionals in the department's ethical law division. >> also pushing back on private flights taken by scott pruitt. all of them received prior approval to the epa council. one case that really hangs out there is the hhs secretary tom price, some $500,000 for private flights. yesterday, he said he would pay back 51000 out of his own pocket for his seat on the some 26 flights. he is still on thin ice, though, with president trump who told us repeatedly, sandra, that he's not happy what happened. by the way, comparatively speaking, the administration source gave me some data. from january 22 september 19th, the first y

when you're this far north of the arctic circle, there's daylight for 24 hours during the summer, andhis new, permanent hotel, each uniquely sculpted by artists from all over the world. so it'sjust me, and my beautiful ice bed. who's in here? 0h, hello, ade. ijust made your room ready. oh, wow! what temperature is it in this place? minus five. it reminds me of my first council flat, when i couldn't afford heating. you will become very nostalgic when you sleep here. because the room is literally freezing, you need special gear to survive the night, including a sleeping bag that can withstand temperatures of minus 25 centigrade. this is your bed. you have a normal mattress but the frame is ice. will this keep me warm enough in minus five degrees? yes. this sleeping bag is for winter purpose. i'm lucky enough to have a suite, which comes with a warm bath room. if you panic and you can't stand it, you can hang out in here as well. oh, i geta warm room! yeah. of course, i won't be spending much time in the warm room, other than to just get in. my guide, stefan gives me some advice. what pe

. >> the senate natural resources committee and the arctic circle.ator lisa murkowski is the chair. and i find her company and her invitation to be consistent with the department of energies or interior policies. number two, flying late at night to the great state of montana on invitation. invitation to meet the great governor of the great state of montana. and to speak at the western governor's association the next morning. number three. and traveling to and between the islands of the united states virgin islands. as you are aware, interior has the federal oversight of the territories from the virgin islands to palau. and the virgin islands are part of that. i was invited and accepted the invitation to be part of their 100th anniversary of the transition of power between danes and america. i was privileged to attend those with the prime minister of denmark. i also took military air. with a secretary perdue. so he and i could go out and meet with a wildfire land crews in monday. as the fires happen year after year. i might remind you, we also lost a

bipartisan congressional delegation by the senate energy and natural resources committee in the arctic circle. as you know, the alaskan senator, lisa murkowski, is the chair, and i find her company and her invitation to be consistent with the department of energy's or department of interior's policies. number two, flying late at night to the great state of montana on invitation to meet the great governor of the great state of montana and to speak at the western governors' association the next morning. number three, many traveling to and between -- in traveling to and between the islands of the united states virgin islands. as you are aware, interior has the federal oversight of the territories from the virgin eye lance to palau -- islands to palau, and the virgin islands are part of that. and i was invited and accepted the invitation to be part of their 100th anniversary of transition of power between danes and america. and i was privileged to attend with governor mapp and the prime minister of denmark. i also took military air with secretary per due. so he and i could go out and meet with th