Its something that its very worth protecting live long become a symbol for dramatic changes in the ones eternal ice. At the moment the ice still presents a natural barrier powerful icebreakers a needed to get through it russia dominates the arctic sea routes. This Nuclear Powered icebreaker has seventy four thousand horsepower its the largest most advanced vessel of its kind in the world even ice sheets four meters they can open on for captain Dimitri Norbu solve. This ice breaker can reach almost any location in the arctic ocean. The battle for the arctic is coming to a head russian scientists are concerned about a unique emancipate. There for years and more could be more powerful more heat so they have a break the device. This russian giant isnt the only one here. A good thousand kilometers further south in transit the norwegians are moving a different kind of steel done ten to position. This is the song got enabled our oil rake it cost almost a billion euros to build the norwegian companys stock toil hopes to discover enormous oil reserves here and has penetrated further north than anyone else of. The manages on his way to the heart of the rig the drilling platform. All with the latest news that this is just a Small Business the large thats what does the whole job and its all its all going to say at the plant all the engineering is all around the small sticking up out doing all along. No other all over again the world is well protected against the cold it can operate at temperatures as low as minus twenty degrees centigrade many areas at the rate ah hum etic a sealed to keep out the arctic cold. The important areas can be heated that means the any pad is always free from snow and ice thats absolutely vital for the. The supplies from the air are that only link with the outside world. To long goes off on the songa any. Safety drills are part of the crews daily routines. They get to the source of the problem within fifteen minutes which is within the Committee Time unit. Of course a country with a we know that lives have gone lost in oil business and hopefully it wont happen again because we are controlling the rest but this is stuff we can about we can have a look away from the risks because if we do that of course there were those small lives. Dish human and material left it is enormous and it seemed to one and. Yeah we like to make history. I know that if we if we discover an elephant as we call it it will be historical. Data and much more activity although which will be good for all for both me of all the business of course the optic is rich in Natural Resources oil gas was and precious stones have been harvested from here for more than one hundred years the retreat of the ice is now making the heart of the arctic more accessible experts believe there are huge oil and gas reserves there in the field at the crew of the tsonga and able to make their final preparations for their big trip none of them know what problems theyre about to face. The arctic ice has been in retreat for at least twenty five years older layers of ice in particular disappear. During the arctic oceans changing fast. Climate changes producing winners and losers. The prospects for polar bear as a bleak adapted to hunting seals on the ice they struggle on land. But arctic foxes need terra firma they now have to share their habitat for the birds the fact that large tracts and now more often ice free is a plus because their food sources are accessible for longer the russian ice breaker continues on its a voyage. This jog and what is called the Fiftieth Anniversary of the victory one of the people on board is yan breeder from germany he is the expedition leader on route to the north pole. In mind for dungannon and sponsors during the twenty nine trips that ive made to the north pole the amount of ice has really varied sheets weve encountered ice at seventy six Degrees North sometimes at eighty two degrees and. Thats why you see what we find this year. Then as they are theyre heading to the north pole fire the friends land archipelago it takes them five days for more months onboard our crew members tourists and scientists. The vessel has been equipped to spend very long periods in the ice it wouldnt need to find the poor for a year its a Floating City with a pool a gym and a launch on board get to. The ice breaker has more than a thousand cabins and rooms. The journey takes the passengers through a pristine landscape but that could be over soon. Or about their development of their military presence in the arctic or some the rational side of famous from canadian fire and also to their us they also develop their Arctic Military facility all countries. One reason is that no one can say exactly where the borders are apart from the maritime borders around greenland only those between the United States and russia have been internationally established other maritime borders such as between norway and russia on potentially explosive the status of the arctic ocean is unclear if enormous amounts of Natural Resources are found it could spark an International Conflict one nation has already made a move to stake its claim i consider this russian flick on the north pole floor is the same with American Flag on the move is the same. Demonstration of that we can go there rick and dive we can fly we can put so its hard but not at war like a big board game. Whether she likes it or not it is also part of the game son tests and there is such an enormously important for politicians and industry. Marias current task is to gather climate data all over france yossef land she has an anti arctic summit to do it the ships helicopter flies back and the trip to the north pole continues without the biologist while. The only residents on this island amaria and her team and lots of polar bears in the. Dream more days to the north tower. Spitzbergen. Norwegian territory. Was. The. Last. Greenpeace tries to get in touch with the russian trauma its only responses appearing. They werent particularly kindly disposed to us where said wed keep a safe distance and they said if we didnt come too close it would be fun but if we did they wouldnt be able to guarantee that theyd remain friendly and peaceful at. Approaching the troll is risky its currently fishing and has full nets larysa boy is visibly tense the russian crew might feel theyre being provoked. The uunet said they drag the ocean floor all the size of a football pitch and as high as a three Story Building they are huge and their dragged across the sea floor destroying everything in their power of. A short while later the russian captain changing schools and head straight at the greenpeace boat it has to turn away black is most in the arctic because of the retreat of the sea ice russian trollish such as this one can fish further and further north that has devastating consequences for the arctic ecosystems. Though life in the arctic is in danger a place thats a paradise underwater too its a kaleidoscope of shapes and colors. Special robotic cameras can dive down to four hundred meters greenpeace wants to use them to document the current damage caused by trainers from lovi europe including in germany. They want to trawl nets are dragged along the bed because this is a prime place for a card but you can see the scars they were funny once the beds. And examining the results are shocking. You can see the extent of the destruction. And yet fishing boats are heading further and further north we want to halt the spread of industrial fishing into currently untouched areas of the arctic were demanding that the norwegian government sets a protected zones in the maritime areas around spitzbergen. Greenpeace has won some battles to protect the arctic according to their own information businesses like birdseye and mcdonalds are staying away from fish from sensitive regions. Or maybe its a small breather for the fascinating world around spitsbergen. The tsonga enabler has started its journey. Its heading into the arctic ocean the crew searching for the new the most oil fields. The first challenge to see now is the narrow passage. Which is only preholiday little slide the ridges just about one hundred miles so we dont want to touch anything its also a kind of sensitive area for the area organizations like for instance greenpeace if they try to floors down. That that will be the place that this is your view. Of. The cutting edge oil rig is self powered just like a ship. The teams nervous running aground would put an abrupt end to this trip. On. The narran strait is exploited by. Greenpeace activists their protest plays well in the media they want to speak out against the dangers of the oil industry. Although the oil industry is in fact already investing millions to make oil rigs more environmentally friendly and safe and. I think we need those Organization Also as well because that they piss off that away right so if if if i call all the oil in this they will will will make the rules how we do it it would probably be cheaper right so they have to perth first the limits are a very coarse belt of together. Greenpeace cant stop the oil rig nobody knows what will happen if the song got enabler finds what its looking for in the arctic. And. Its two hundred nautical miles to the north pole. There cool says ninety Degrees North the russian icebreakers twenty four thousand tons are unstoppable. The team of scientists on board includes alex cohen from england hes a geologist from the university of cambridge and an expert on arctic ice and climatology. It probably is an important time in history for the arctic over the last few decades weve seen a dramatic change in the type of ice on the way to and from the whole i want to collect data on thickness and extent of sea ice and then when we get there i want to check the situation of the north pole and hopefully get some depth and salinity profiles of. Tourists can also travel to the north pole on the ice breaker for tens of thousands of euros per head they expire dition leader is careful in his calculations and i know that we wouldnt offer a. Trip to the north pole if we were exposing our passengers to a risk actually muslim but of course you have to bear in mind that in the high arctic youre far away from civilization so we have to weigh up the risk significant misson on filing we have to be prepared for all eventually elegies but nature will show us what our limits are what and things like. Travelling to the arctic is an exclusive and very expensive adventure which has limited tourist numbers to date but some scientists see advantages in changing that. I think tourism is a really powerful toll for educating people if nobody knew about the arctic nobody would care enough to save it so its really important that we bring people here and show them the arctic show them why it special and why its worth saving. Cruise liners can come as far north as this icebreaker and the captains pleased to have the tourism board they help keep the expensive vessel afloat financially it can travel at twenty two knot with two sets of turbines powered by Nuclear Reactors being the dominant force in the arctic costs billions the russians already have more than forty icebreakers. More sinister both your story russia doesnt just have plans its already building for a new Nuclear Powered icebreakers. One hole is already complete the second is about to be complete and the third is already in the dock. This is roughly what these new ice breakers will look like. Ice breakers are the key to the arctic more and more futuristic more and more powerful. But the battle for the arctic isnt just a battle for Natural Resources its also a battle for a living space. Where flying to a village whose days are numbered. Shishmaref is threatened by Climate Change as are thirty two other communities in alaska. The village is home to six hundred native in new piazza lask and improvise ation is the key to survival here theres no hope of. Brothers fred and johnny are hunting like many in the village they catch seal caribou and sometimes whale than native americans say they dont need a license to do it Climate Change has drastically changed down garment. Yeah in the past were crossing the first overseeing this would all be productive or boating here its very rare that were boarding in november people here live in harmony with nature civilization has given them a church to shops and a modern school but there are no restaurants or cinemas. They live from stone to stone every storm surge robs them of more of that home. Thats an important issue at the village meeting the consequences of Climate Change have to be monitored. Theres a playground here but as you can see were at war my fingers are feel. The playground that i grew up playing in is in the ocean this is the house that. My husband grew up in that is now on the ocean. Shishmaref has been shrinking for years in ten to thirty years the village could be uninhabitable. Several storm surges have destroyed many houses since one thousand nine hundred six the evidence of Climate Change is clear. Cant stand it is a biologist hes lived here for eighteen years. He shows us the traditional fridge used by the people up here a box in the ground right above. Permafrost layer but the permafrost has melted the house that once stood above it has been claimed by the sea without the permafrost the ground lacks the necessary stability the sandy island is easy prey for autumn storms. The biologist is a teacher at the local school Climate Change is a constant topic here none of the children will be able to live in shishmaref when they have grown up using their home is a scary truth for some time now theres been another worrying development a plague of dead birds yeah this summer. We are seeing lots of dead sea birds washing up mostly northern fall of ours and. Short sales are waters that the sea surface temperatures this year or a little bit warmer than normal the food sources that they have so we are seeing. You know that we see that the fish eaters were dying off first and washing up and then some of the plankton eaters. Shishmaref had to act and voted to relocate. The younger villages where in favor the older ones against. The village. The Climate Commission is stuck in the middle this is a the map within about words because where she explains the move to the mainland on the map theres around ten kilometers between the two locations but there will depart for the villages because the move will also mean an end to fishing the move will cost three hundred Million Dollars and its not clear who pay donald trump definitely wont the hunters around that by his denial of Climate Change they want rapid assistance theyve got theyre going to have to move us very soon otherwise it will be washed off the map. Shishmaref isnt just a smooth village in the middle of nowhere its also a symbol Climate Change threatens miami venice and hamburg to. The russian icebreaker has come to a stop for a search in the icy waist. Alex cohen is literally on thin ice his goal is to explore the meltwater ponds theyre filled with fresh water and are a food source of the many tiny creatures in. This scientist collects important data that allows him to draw conclusions about Climate Change yes there is a Climate Change happening at the north pole and we can prove that through long term data sets you cant see it easily on a year to year basis because its a noisy signal but when you look at the decade or data sets that were collecting then its a very clear signal. The last few miles to the north pole. But who really am that. The political status of the north pole area is completely unclear canada denmark and russia regularly lay claim to it because an underwater Mountain Ridge connects to them men and regions. Of the countries around the arctic region are currently addressing that question. No but they would say after organiser theyre doing research and off filing applications with the United Nations to say how far the continental shelves extend the data doria. So once its proved who owns this territory this rage it wont become part of that States Territory and it will get it through it all with the left but that state will get the rights to the Natural Resources in that motion. At last the time has arrived at ninety Degrees North the actual roof at the end its an emotional moment for land and the captain. Wants the eyes can support the seven ton anchors the passengers are allowed to disembark. That the north pole the people from twenty three nations form a circle and stand in silence for peace on earth maybe with a sense of awareness that that peace is under threat because of the changes in the arctic. The optics a magical place will it stay that way in the future. The struggle over the arctic ultimately could draw many countries into the conflict. But in the end its up to all of us to preserve this unique landscape the air. Glad. To. Play. Our. Cards twenty one of the sixty film festival. 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