the thermal springs remain inaccessible high up in the east and psion mountains. this doesn't upset the travelers too much even though they've covered nearly four hundred kilometers on snowmobiles to get here. we're a team aren't we actually even a team can get nervous or upset at times but it's no big deal we get some tea get some rest and then the next morning everything's fine again there are more mountains are also rivers for us to conquer. the participants of the expedition going back the way they came. to travel is this and they'll reach their cherished go next time. all the time i think it's. because of the. witnesses. to history in the making of. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . dozens of new civilian deaths are reported in syria as the arab league gears up to monitor the implementation of a peace plan but hundreds of mercenaries from abroad or allegedly fighting for regime change to. shifting to the straka stars are the future forges fresh ties with china after last month's deadly drone attack shattered it's already

forecasters monitor extreme frosts and climate changes which often occur in eastern psion hello. hello. if you would like to ask a question our expedition is heading across the eastern us sajjan yeah so we would like to know the weather forecast for the next few days. no sharp changes are expected a short period of percival tension including snow moderates temperatures are expected from ten to twelve below zero. despite the harsh winters in eastern cyan there is owns where snow never falls even during severe frosty periods. where the specialists believe the reason for such unusual zones is the strong wind that blows the snow way from such areas. local residents believe these places have magical properties. where there is a black rock in big black boulders. i had been told never to walk along that sacred place. i began thinking to myself so what nothing terrible will happen. so i sat up on a reindeer and went there. all of a sudden the reindeer panic and begin to turn back. i tried to rein it in but it kept refusing turning back each time then we both fell down. it all seemed as i

intervention to quote protect civilians from government security forces they spoke after a damascus psion air or believed protocol allowing observers to monitor a regional peace initiative to and months of bloodshed part of the opposition dismissed the deal as a stalling tactic syria has been increasingly isolated under sanctions from arab states the u.s. and the e.u. over its crackdown on the anti-government protesters the authorities say they are fighting extremist armed groups operating in the country r.t. sara firth has been to one of the flashpoints in the ongoing unrest. we're here in the embattled city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background it's really hard to the sheer insurances that the civilian population here lives here as we call of the wait a month after month they've had to endure this conflicts to deal going violence is taking its toll. there are neighborhoods that are being suffocated surrounded by armed groups there many people who have been kidnapped who had enough who did we do deserve this holmes is being described this is the incident world series t

we have videotape of a rick santorum visit in western psion november fifth that was the first time sioux city had seen a presidential candidate in two weeks. you might shrug your shoulders at home but consider this. this is rock-ribbed republican votes. traditionally candidates spend a lot of time. in the summer there was a drought of campaign visits if you will lasting over a month. campaigns and candidates have not been as active in republican turf in iowa. we're just winding down towards the caucuses, martha. martha: boy, it is fascinating, steve. seems like this process relied a lot more heavily on the debates. that certainly helped newt gingrich. but in terms of that handshaking on the ground, important factor in iowa as it has historically been, have these candidates made a mistake in that regard? >> reporter: well the state party chairman is a polite gentleman by the name of matt strong but he believes candidates have overlooked western iowa. have a listen. >> that may be a mistake because one thing with we know the rock-ribbed republicans turn out on caucus night. even though the