Dot com science and research for asia. Those who won twenty snow and ice have come to the right place here less than fifteen centimeters this is just your typical with your day here in montreal. In japan children learn how to fly while the big news is police slaves. At minus sixteen heavy draft horses of the strongest. In russia that people keep fit and whom theyre familiar with winter costs. I said but you dont drive the. Straight couches straight continents the same level. Thanks. To our. Panel the yard at the nyssa pole Services Department six oclock in the morning theres no time to lose the employees have to salt shovel and sweep before the city awakes last month has a population of one point six million and sees more than two metres of snow for each winter its not quite that much today thank. You yeah last. Maxine feel the need is dividing up his shift the city center needs to remain possible to vehicles half a Million People and a hundred and sixty thousand cars travel on downtown every day thanks for making the money you know the bankers are rich we have to remove the bulk of it before russia starts. To get it that things are you know all the snow is pushed from the left side of the road to the right side. Where we take it out later. And what the hell out in montreal they call this like snow for laughs theres no snow at six in the morning in o. B. Hero. But its definitely freezing cold on japans. Northernmost island at minus sixteen degrees celsius. Gio the one with the blaze is harnessed in front of the sleigh for some Early Morning exercise a gentle giant who weighs around a ton twice as much as a regular horse. Will go careful hell come this way. This is a loaded with concrete also weighs half a ton this is a Training Session not on snow but on a rubble track just. The way a few hours. In a country thats hand to heft a sumo wrestlers these animals are here is. The a use to do of something oh the poor animals but you know what they like the hard work thats hard to understand for outsiders but we live with these horses twenty four hours a day lets get all the most valuable if they werent happy they wouldnt look so happy you know today that today the last call i thought of the one that call you up course right away. Its the largest shared home for people and horses in the world five hundred giants and two hundred handlers work at the racing stable then ill be here they dont live side by side just a thin wall separates book geo from his coat in my and his family in my eyes wife and daughter have to help out who says they say are their lives. Because without it all what tio is due to take part in the upcoming race. Is the last thing you want. Its just. The. Draft horses once what the fields and helped build up this settlement in the rugged north after the arrival of heavy machinery the workhorses state and was switched to racing. Were off to russia. When own a gun lake freezes over the any way to get to land is by hovercraft. It takes messes new been said fund to alice to travel the sixty kilometers across the ice to reach their workplace. The and. In hindsight it was impractical to build a World Heritage site in such a remote location but well nobody could have known three hundred years ago that this good chad would be so famous one day the eat. The vine is stuck in the frozen shoreline vegetation the man will have to complete that journey on foot. The cons of a tour and the carpenter have been working here for years. When we started the whole structure was leaning and the foundations were brittle weve been able to correct that were constantly measuring its special to work with this was a bit of it was. Just a look most of history still its hard to imagine how the people cut it centuries ago with the technology we dont understand anymore and yes its just a small. Id like to. And more about that so focus on the low to the most. Wind weather and worms have all caused Serious Problems for this magnificent structure in kerry the land of sixty six thousand lakes its located far beyond St Petersburg and home to baz moves lynxes and foxes. Its half the size of germany which has a population of just six hundred fifty thousand. Visitors are welcome. Its the perfect occasion to put the oven on to bake. My biscuits with minute filling the tundras oncet to pizza resit was. Antonin and is eighty four and an ina aqim ovah has come for tea cheese seventy five the to remember very different kinds of winters it used to be much colder and there was a lot more snow we jump off the roofs into the snow and wouldnt look at the worship which he got and the children had to fetch firewood we started collecting it in the spring. We fetched it from the woods with the horses and then we chopped it up with an axe. That mystical that waiters we had a chain saw those were good times. These two women have been friends for half the lives they still take to our long walks together in the woods every day rain or shine because its better to wear out than rust out. Over in canada life in downtown montreal continues amid a heavy snow floury such conditions typically cause severe disruptions in countries like germany. Gets a lot better and the this is nothing unusual for montreal we have conditions like this for months. The most important thing is to clear the main traffic trees and the song thank you so thats our jobs but its. Just. Two hundred kilometers of roads need to be cleared. As well as three hundred sixty kilometers of sidewalks. Plus countless because. Its not tempting whether to venture out into and fortunately theres a way to avoid it the entire city center is connected underground. Songs one knows his way around. The only. Welcome to my guided tour of hidden montreal is we have a whole network of tunnels offices shops and restaurants can be accessed through them that even temperatures of minus thirty five under snow storm are no reason to stay home versus the. Residents who live near a subway station can reach their office or go shopping even in the worst weather. The french people they think that we go to school in the only one city that we live the whole life is slept through its a cliche thinking that we have a so bad. In church where a year or so people are just living on the ground the will of winter we go winter outside but we have this if we dont want to go outside here. Shopping and cinema or even art all spread out across thirty six kilometers of tunnels. This is the map of the underground city there are two subways the green one goes to the shopping district the orange one to the business and financial district this is for the all of the main station hotels and the foodland eyestrain are connected to the Tunnel Network says sois who impressively manages to complete the majority of the route walking backwards. And let me say this is a house that. Was. Walking back word is a technique that we have and so i know im supposed to know where im going if im a professional guide so walking backward i need to have trust of my people so they tell me if im going to hit the wall or something. But thankfully he manages to complete another tour without an accident in here and surprisingly to come out. We make a big leap to the other side of the globe support on her. Love that. No other city has produced as many accomplished speed jumpers. Their training using a human flight simulator. But you just go to thats how children learn the proper body posture and they lose their fear of jumping the you know. The ski jumper wearing that number forty one has no fat tire is believed to be invincible. He tells us that his dream is to participate in the World Championships after hes won then he wants to go on to win an olympic gold. This fighting spirit pleases the coaches and parents. At first i was worried about my boy but you get used to it and now i want him to win that he must. Eat even a Student Competition starts with the Japanese National anthem because then not just him with a fun. The you also know they had a great ski jumping legend. Is over forty now its about time that the young generation put in some hard work and achieve something. Theyre here to pop some atmosphere this support on noise team is equipped with a drum a megaphone and a whistle. And. Although lots of girls now do ski jumping the club still code jump boys. Are. The most talented of the moral here is eleven year olds. Hes won fourteen consecutive competitions can anyone be ten. Theres a come. Petition head too and if its true that all girls love horses then fifteen year old chihiro lives in paradise. Ive grown up with horses i want to be a jockey. But i have to lose a lot of weight for that unfortunately. Shes preparing to cio for his big race. The right accessories for his mane all vital says her mother me dawtie. And of it all here but its a. Huge state with pink resents reminiscent of how little kitty and cherry blossoms. We women arent usually involved directly with the horses or the train and. We all eat together and we cook we help keep the stables clean. We try to support our men at work as best we can. Or study. In my the coach doesnt reveal whether hes happy with the grooming or not shortly before the race he has other concerns. And theyre very good morning and welcome to our ice fishing competition fourteens are taking part with two fishermen each about just. This boating spirit is also strong on the icy expanses of lake on a guy in care of aliah the local event agency is hosting a fishing competition there are prizes for catching the smallest the largest and the first fish. And to break all corn and is up for the challenge of the middle of winter is a tricky time for the highest. The water is extremely cold and the fish are very lethargic theyre not in the mood to bite mike walkley youre welcome i know more hurts but the best time is early in the morning and in the evening. There you know. But not before the experts have checked that the ice will hold the yield. The ice is fifty centimeters thick nothings going to happen it only gets dodgy when the ice is seven centimeters. The ice rescue service we dont have much work in winter. Was they didnt we get busy in spring march april may. Because weve raised awareness there are now fewer accidents in the years to be with. Us the information flow warns readers dont jump or run no chance andre is going to do any of that the only passenger in a hurry here is mary ann from the event agency shes doing her rounds with the sniffer dogs to ensure competitors dont smuggle in and then pretend they cool dont. Want to show them that no matter what they might. Want to show you what. They are. And today is a rule abiding participant hed never do anything like that or doctor to be i do this for Health Reasons nothing is healthier than getting it to size out in the fresh air you use all your muscles when youre ice fishing or shoulders your back and your legs this is much better than a treadmill or a stationary bike in a gym. Or just. A small perch it could be a winning fish good luck. Show low side. Smoke from the chimneys of the paper factory bellows into the sky calm sets in among the participants ice fishing is first and foremost a spiritual exercise. Of the refurbishment of carlie as World Heritage site the wooden transfiguration chad is way behind shadowed. But the process is complicated. By frame of hundreds of Steel Structures and clamps secures the interior the old builders didnt even need nails. To. Unload your tongue for a wood construction this is really a huge complex we have to make sure we copied the old construction technique and recreated like it was originally. And then we use the same materials everything has to look the same. Theyve been dismantling its log was piece by piece like a large scale version of pick up sticks to it it is to do with your just is what we had to divide the church into seven belts that we removed one after the other before reinstalling them once they had been restored. Were currently working on the fifth belt weve set it up here in the hole next door. Which is. The carpenter and conservation are ordered by the construction skills of the anonymous masters who left these towers to the world three hundred years ago. The winds getting rougher and. In montreal its blowing the clouds away. In the urban canyons of the city and on the sidewalks of the suburbs its time for the big clear up this city has to move twelve million cubic meters of snow and sleet every season thats two hundred thousand truckloads. Machines have come to swallow up the early shift piled up on the right side cub. Youre just going to do its hot in downtown montreal because the people just walk everywhere nobody looks where theyre going as there are delivery trucks and buses all over the place we have to maneuver between them with our equipment on this new possible job but someones got to do it pick. Something in the mall you see where. The snow is removed to special sites outside the city just get it out of the way. C. T. V. News with it so we talk a hearty. Good afternoon montreal by lunchtime the morning snowstorm isnt making any headlines. It would have to be more severe for that says laurie graham. Shes a t. V. Weather presenter in a city that regularly drowns in snow. Less than fifteen centimeters that this is just your typical winter day here in montreal its once we get into twenty thirty centimeters of snow then it becomes interesting it becomes more of a news story. While forty centimeters have been dumped on the forecast from montreal is now freezing rain followed by plane right through the rest of the day today and we saw this storm coming in about a week ago so already a week ago we were warning people that it looked like there would be some significant snow fall coming into montreal on tuesday its not uncommon for montreal to see snowstorms with fifteen centimeters its not uncommon for us to see freezing rain we usually get about ten episodes of freezing rain during the winter season. And every time it covers the winter forests with crystals an hours drive from the city we find the canada we see in picture books. There and thats. The realm of the red maple leaf is also the home of maple syrup the province of quebec produces more of it than any other place and no one sells a greater variety of maple products then stiffened food in his farm shop to the. Course we have maple syrup. Glass or plastic or metal bottles here we have maple butter we have maple chocolates gold nuggets sugar covered not people caring now seventy people need to get here and maybe slowly. Assented. Here there are certainly different people. Maple syrup the maple syrup childrens books the cookbooks and on the rules in the three hundred c. Ten maple syrup Speciality Restaurant theres the friend bedded face of piaf oshea the maple syrup king and stefans father. The one whos done sing with the wolf light dog. I ran. Out an order time round. No i wouldnt i would like to water to the south of the sun because because its the real sees and hears what youre trying to call the the fireplace or the. Cave action. Pierre is seventy and already knew as a young man want was good to him he gave up his office job and travelled the world again he bought fifty hectares of maple forest and started falling. As a satellite to go to work in a traffic study day at the office to come back on a traffic ticket. They have no sense of accomplishment and then youre back in the traffic going to morning i especially there the office and the people talking about we can hardly retirements and youre always on like in a waiting state because they cant make do n. Time without office walk even here because the maple sugar farm is a top Tourist Destination seventy thousand visitors heat the course of the wild every year or what they believe the wild to be. Was. But to enhance knowing they can as it was with no new supplies are being delivered to the kitchen the business never sleeps Food Accommodation Company trades seminars School Classes and wedding parties and stephanie is busy with a new idea maple syrup popsicles. And when we are inspired. To a little less. Now you know. Now still no. Now. The sapporo noise team is ready its high time to. The youngsters the ones the japanese ski jumping a says the asian is pinning its hopes on flying distances measuring between three and twenty five made his that fills parents and coaches with pride all the participants get three jumps and its an exciting day because the favorite by far is having a bad day. Out of. His last jumbo they decisive after fourteen consecutive victories the eleven year old cant even imagine anymore what its like not to win. The. Odia is messed up some way his rival is cheering. Hes not on the podium this time. His father used to be a ski jumper himself he knows what the problem was his landing technique hasnt been perfected. The a celebrity that gets you have to concentrate better on landing you have to practice your technique constantly it doesnt matter how badly you jump you have to finish it cleanly. But you have to work even harder to get in a. Tight hes not in the mood to listen any more he wants to be alone winning seems so easy losing however takes practice. No than japan is another region that seen a lot less snow than usual. Climate change or just coincidence its enough a pretty picture but not for records and its enough for the children winter fun outside the racetrack and obey hero the kids are entertained so that the adults can gamble in peace and quiet. The locals love gambling casinos are banned here but Sports Betting is allowed. With the white markings on his face and the pink residents in his main is in good shape says. His jockey you know youre. Going out on well with him and we never argue. But you cant just win a race with pleasantries sometimes you have to give clear orders. To. The live broadcast on the internet starts with a fanfare. Is in the forecast track is also money to fall. But then he really gets going. Stop fighting. Wow. He even takes the lead until such canno can no net arrives thanks. To our thanks said conall can no net is on track seven he takes the lead it looks like the cio has lost steam but he gives it his own lead come the second best but its a big success for the gentle giant thanks to what you know he doesnt have the perfect nature for a racehorse. Hes much too friendly go down with other horses get angry but hes placid and he puts up with anything. One is done with and that. This town wouldnt win a beauty competition with its hotel blogs. Nobody bets and is not far from support of nevertheless its a popular resort for the japanese it has hot springs a large number of Chinese Tourists have started coming in recent years too they enjoy the too narrow and want to see snow. There are young men assembling basins down at the sulphur well red and white a festive color combinations. The market of were setting up the us to fill up with what you know to just splash around in it or not know why. This spring water still has a temperature of sixty two degrees but itll cool to a pleasant thirty in time for the water fight. Can sue kay hamada dons a traditional outfit hes a roofer but tonight hell be dealing with evil spirits. Its a custom in japan to chase away evil was a big celebration in the middle of winter. We throw beans at leavell spirits which drives them away. After that well be safe from bad surprises all year long what city. Thats how it comes to pass that a horde of hairy demons mr ahmed toure is here playing the flute surprises the chinese gasps and joining the boat for a photo. It would have been inconceivable in the past for the proud japanese demons to perform wild folk dances for vacationers from china but it would appear that nothing is as it was but. Nowadays they throw peanuts instead of beans even though their effect on evil spirits hasnt been properly researched. And things are getting serious in the shadow of the paper mill on lake own a gun. Was there to say i want to. Contest inspector the show. The competition is over theyve got to stop fishing larry around stop noncomplying contestants who were far from one time only caught one proper fish there werent many about it. There was a lot more action up here. On. Thank you he was and today doesnt feel hopeful that hes won anything but his tiny patch turns out to be an excellent catch he wins the singles category and with his friend fallon added he also when is the team category. That doesnt really think much of such mass events. But hes nevertheless a little bit proud. He denied his winning fish to a good cool as much as it applies. To. The. Ever in canada a school class is visiting the maple sugar farm to taste the winter menu in an atmosphere of gannett coziness the cold and the east and the sheet of the the. The entertainment and on beyond everything supposed to be like it was in the good old days the shouting and for canada that means the days of trappers and bloggers who will who were invited to imagine looked like he. Was pm he is making a fire again this time his lighting the old stove although all the cooking now takes place in the big kitchen next door where everything tastes of sweet illusion including the piece in its yellow piece. For a bit of nickel syrup on a. Hundred. Peoples ways hum range homemade beans and we use a my last is in the the beans. Here is a me feels good because everybody reminds them of their own so people arrive here and. This is a this is really great now this is something that we forgot about our us or this is something that they can identify too because tradition. Is just a pair of jeans its just everybody well. Stefan wears a colorful woollen qua belt over his jeans while he skillfully makes music with odd looking springs both are available in the city the national offer customized to order online from the comfort of home. To musicians in hawkeye i dont want quite as comfortable the spectacle starts in the utmost of wintry conditions. What looks like Christmas Trees are devils clubs and theres a whole lot of clubbing going on here to the man a stamping rice into mash. A traditional new years day. But then finally the time arrives for the wild man and the skimpy outfits. The its not really clear what exactly is happening. Just this much. One group was red head band the other white and head band of the leader has to be captured and. That gives the winners luck in business in the new year. That are still with us and the others will say healthy that way everyone wins the war you. 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