go we're happy that we can finally get on with our work in the shop at kernan the barracks in saw feldon is also home to a team of crack mountain troops experts in rescuing hikers and skiers lost in hostile terrain and residents of isolated communities cut off by the huge snowfalls as egypt has said you know my time in the air force of never known a situation like this or anything on this scale it's been quite an experience. for thirty's say the avalanche danger in the alps remains extremely high with more heavy snowfalls on the way. because it is a size of a disaster operation is not for problem as phil says the difficulty is that this year we've had nonstop snowfalls for eight days or was handled gratian survey continuing around the clock. our target is a stark continued failure of across southern germany and austria the emergency services are taking advantage of the window of better weather to clear the snow and reopen transport links. the arctic conditions are even hit parts of north africa snow and ice have blocked roads in northern algeria a region better known for its intense heat