faster and faster. now the battle for the optics resources has begun. looking at this and it's one of the last untouched regions on earth where people have left few traces it's something that it's very worth protecting. days long become a symbol for dramatic changes in the ones eternal ice. at the moment the ice still presents a natural barrier powerful icebreakers are needed to get through it russia dominates the arctic sea routes. this nuclear powered icebreaker. as seventy four thousand horsepower it's the largest most advanced a vessel of its kind in the world even i she'd still need to stick a net problem for captain dimitri norbu soft 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 the unique emancipate. departure for this. work to be more powerful more heat so they have a break the device. this russian giant is not the only one here. a good thousand kilometers further south in. the norwegians are moving a different kind of steel giant into position. this is the song enable our oil rake it cost almost a billion euros to build the norwegian company statue oil hopes to discover enormous oil as i have seen here and has penetrated further north than anyone else so far. the manages on his way to the heart of the rig the drilling platform. going on with them is the fear that this. just a small to sustain life that's what does the whole job and it's all it's all going to say about the plot all the engineering all just all around this morning speaking about doing all along. you know 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 that the rake off the met at a sealed. to keep out the arctic cold. the important areas can be heated that means to help pad is always free from snow and ice that's absolutely vital for the crew the supplies from the air are that only link with the outside world. to long goes off on the song got any. safety drills are part of the crew's daily routines. they get to the source of the problem within four minutes which is within the committee a time limit. of course a time there was fear we know that lives have gone lost and an oil business and hopefully it won't happen again because we are controlling the rest but this is stout with another we can have a look away from the risks because if we do that of course for the small lives. this human and material effort is enormous and it's only two one and. yeah we like to make history. and i know that if we if we discover an elephant as we call it it will be historical it will day and much more activity off. which will be good for all for both me and for the business of course the arctic is rich in natural resources oil gas ores 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 that their big trip none of the. i know what problems they're about to face. the arctic ice has been in retreat for at least twenty five years older layers of ice in particular are disappearing the arctic oceans changing fast. climate changes producing winners and losers. the prospects for polar bears a bleak adapted to hunting seals on the ice they struggle on land. but arctic fox is 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 icebreaker continues on its voyage. this jug and what is called 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 my forgotten on unsponsored during the twenty nine trips that i've made to the north pole the amount of ice is really very sheets we've encountered ice at some to sixty ratio of sometimes at eighty two degrees and. that's why you see what we find this year. then as they are they're heading to the north pole fire the friends use a land archipelago it takes them five days from. onboard our crew members tourists and scientists. the vessel has been equipped to spend very long periods in the ice it wouldn't need to find a poor for a year it's a floating city with a pool a gym and a launch on board kitchen. the ice program has more than a thousand cabins and rooms. the journey takes the passengers through a pristine landscape but that could be zero the soon. development of their military presence in the arctic course on the rational side the famous from canadian fire and also for their euro as they also developed 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 state gets claim. the russian flick on the north pole. floor is the state with the american flag on the moon is the same. demonstration of the mc and go there rick and die for rick and flight we can put so it's. not at war like a big war game. whether she likes it or not it is also part of the game son tests and their research are enormously important for politicians and industry. maria's current task is to gather climate data all over france yossef land she has an anti arctic summit to do it the ship's helicopter flies back and the trip to the north pole continues without the biologist. or. the only residents on this island amaria and her team and lots of polar bears. dream more delegates to the north tower. spitzbergen norwegian territory. was. the. greenpeace tries to get in touch with the russian trulia it's only responses a ruling. they weren't particularly kindly disposed to us where said we'd keep a safe distance and they said if we didn't come too close it would be foiled but if we did they wouldn't be able to guarantee that they'd remain friendly in peaceful. approaching the troll is risky it's currently fishing and has full nets larysa boy is visibly tense the russian crew might feel they're being pro. vote. the units of a drug over the ocean floor of the size of a football pitch and as high as a three story building they're huge and they're dragged across the sea floor destroying everything in their path. a short while later the russian captain changes coups and head straight at the greenpeace boat it has to turn away makin smoke in the arctic because of the retreat of the sea ice person truly such as this one can fish further and further north that has devastating consequences for the arctic ecosystems. the life in the arctic is in danger a place that's a paradise underwater too it's 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 tourists from levy europe including germany. the border patrol nets a dragged along the bed because this is a prime place for caught what you can see the scars they only. at 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 we're demanding that the norwegian government sets up 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 mcdonald's a staying away from fish from sensitive regions. maybe it's a small brain. for the fascinating world around spitzbergen. the song enabler has started its journey. it's heading into the arctic ocean the crews searching for the northernmost on the field. the first challenge now is the narrow passage of which is only three hundred thousand wide the radius just about one hundred s. so we don't want to touch anything it's also a kind of sensitive area for the organizations like for instance greenpeace if they try to fly was down. that that will be the place itself. the cutting edge oil rig is self powered just like a ship. the team is 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 us as well because that they push yourself 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 and make those bad of the other. greenpeace can't stop the oil rig nobody knows what will happen if the song got enable finds what it's looking for in the arctic. it's two hundred nautical. miles to the north pole. they're cool says ninety degrees north the russian icebreakers twenty four thousand tongues are unstoppable. the team of scientists on board includes alex cohen from england he's 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 we've seen a dramatic change in the type of ice on the way to and from the pole i want to collect data on thickness and extent of sea ice and then when we get there i want to check the situation and of. 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 their explanation leader is careful in his calculations wouldn't i know that we wouldn't offer a trip to the north pole if we were exposing our passengers to risk literally muslim but of course you have to bear in mind that in the high arctic you're far away from civilization so we have to weigh up the risks sic not stick misson on finding we have to be prepared for all eventually allergies but nature will show us what our limits are ones like them since i. travel into 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 talk of educating people if nobody knew about the arctic nobody would care enough to save it so it's really important that we bring people here and show them the arctic show them why it's special and why it's worth saving. cruise. linus can't come as far north as this ice breaker and the captains pleased to have the tourism board they help keep the expensive vessel afloat financially it can travel a twenty two knots with two sets of turbines powered by nuclear reactors being the dominant force in the arctic costs billions the russians only ready have more than forty icebreakers. working as of the locals historic russia doesn't just have plans it's already building for a new nuclear powered icebreakers. one hollers already complete the second is about to be complete and the third is already in the dark. this is roughly what these new ice breakers will look like. ice breakers other key to the arctic more and more futuristic more and more powerful. that the battle for the arctic isn't just a battle for natural resources it's also a battle for a living space. where flying to a village whose days are numbered. shishmaref is threatened by climate change as authentic to other communities in alaska. the village is home to six hundred ninety of a new path alaskans improvise ation is the key to survival here there's no hope of . my brothers fred and johnny are hunting like many in the village they catch seal caribou and sometimes whale then native americans. they don't need a license to do it climate change has drastically changed their environment. yet in the pouch we're really are crossing the first now we're seeing this would all be frozen foreboding here it's very rare that we're 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 their home. that's an important issue at the village meeting the consequences of climate change have to be monitored. there's a playground here but as you can see we're at war my finger is it is. the playground that i grew up playing in is in the ocean this is the house that. my husband and 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 nine hundred ninety six the evidence of climate change is clear. can stand it is a biologist he's lived here for eighteen years. he shows us the traditional fridge used by the people up here a box in the ground right above the 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 are grown up losing their home is a scary thing. for some time now there's 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 mars and. shark tails or 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 thirty to relocate. the younger villages where in favor of the older ones against. the village. the climate commission is stuck in the middle this is a the map within it that or it is where she explains the move to the mainland on the map that's around ten kilometers between the two locations but their wills apart for the villages because the move will also mean an end to fishing the move will cost three hundred million dollars and it's not clear who pay don't want trunk definitely won't hunt has around that by his denial of climate change they want rapid assistance they've got they're going to have to move us very soon otherwise it will be washed off the map. shishmaref isn't just a small village in the middle of nowhere it's also a symbol of climate change threatens miami venice and hamburg to. the russian icebreaker has come to a stop for research in the icy waste. alex cohen is literally on thin ice his goal is to explore the meltwater ponds they're filled with fresh water and are a food source for 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 we can't see it easily on a year to year basis because it's a noisy signal but when you look at the decadal data sets that we're collecting then it's a very clear signal. the last few miles to the north pole. but who really knew that. the political status of the north polar area is completely unclear canada denmark and russia regularly lay claim to it because an underwater mountain ridge connects to their mainland regions . of the countries around the arctic region are currently addressing that question. no but they would say after all because of their doing research and filing applications with the united nations to say how far the continental shelves extend the data doria. so once it's proved who owns this territory this rage it will become part of that state's territory and it will get it. but that state will get the rights to the natural resources a little bit nauseous. at last the time has arrived ninety degrees north the actual roof of the world and it's an emotional moment for you and the captain. once the eyes can support the seven ton and has the passengers are allowed to disembark. at 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 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