a snowmobile may fall through the ice if any moment. reducing the risk to minimum the tourists travel in a special formation the first snowmobile plows through in front and is then followed by the rest. we need to prove the ski. one two three. is just three hundred kilometers as the crow flies from the starting point to the hot springs however the expedition doesn't have the luxury of flight so it may take up to two weeks for them to cover the distance which is peppered with many obstacles. the cyan mountains will form from ancient volcanic rocks during the last ice age. the classes slid down creating shock peaks and deep valleys. the glass is then settled into lakes giving birth to rivers with this water. and when they covered with thick ice of intricate shapes. form over the bow the more of the shape of the waterfall changes swan story maybe even twice a day changes occur as years go by this year the shape of the blocks of frost and icicles are squad different the pattern is never repeated. not far away from the waterfall there is a p

the snowmobiles will take the lead. their task is to look for a convenient track and pave the way over deep snow dr james then followed in their wake. today we have a difficult day today is the first day of the expedition so we need to learn to work together temperatures will drop to thirty below so will be difficult this is the lead dog cheyenne and this is amadeus these two dogs are also experienced this is chinook and this is. the grand cross on the shore of lake quito symbolizes the start of the expeditions first stage it serves as a good omen for those who have safely returned to from a journey across the lake and for those who are about to set off the crosses there for a reason as the lake has an reputation. legend has it that the lake takes separate feiss if it doesn't in any particular here then it takes two or three people in the following year. the trail winds through remote parts of korea's north the long history of this land gives it a mystical. the expedition's destination is a point in the arctic circle si

another snowmobile tows the broken one back the main convoy of snowmobiles. most of the distance by going through the narrow strip that was once the old border between russia and finland. the own border divided the lake almost into directly opposite the famous. cliffs. the lake was formed by one hundred twenty eight meter deep take tonic fish in the earth millions of years ago. of a is a word from the language that was spoken by laplanders who lived many years ago the word means road. for a long time the lake served as a link between the west in the east there was a time when convoys of dog sleds would take goods from sweden and finland to korea and russia over the lake smooth ice. this is where smog literacy used to store contraband they would make arrangements for smuggling them across the border there was two way traffic in those days people bought it things money played almost no role here most of the trade was done by exchange and gets. one of the outposts of the national park is on the lake shore the expedition will make its last stopover before a final