the koehler peninsula within the arctic circle is russia's northernmost point a roof of sportsman skiing in the mountains has been hit by an avalanche rescue as of the care oscar regional rescue services receive 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 old sue 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 happened in the shuttle and everything became unfastened. i sensed i was tumbling down at top speed linen enormous mass of something pressing on me it was like being under a stamping press group. i cannot say how long all that lasted i was told the avalanche was on the move for only four or five seconds but to me it seemed like an eternity with enormous blocks of snow and ice reduce everything in their path to smithereens they sweep away tre

the koehler peninsula in russia's north home to the q.b. massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi's would pass the snow here between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skis could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends on the snow's composition the speed of avalanches varies between seventy and four hundred kilometers an hour man can do nothing in the face of tons of snow rushing down to such a velocity. and yet people do live in the mountains they study avalanches to be able to protect themselves from the beaches skiers and snowboarders tempt fate by taking to the mountain slopes. in this weather station in the q.b. 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