Its good link up or not freezing and were doing a snow cave here so far its going ok. But my face hurts. These little bits of snow and ice blow right into your eyes and it. Is a very fun north of europe and a few inhabitants than anywhere else on the continent and know well our winters longer and harsher than in the north of norway finland and sweden. This is a journey through the frozen north to meet people in the lone winds up. Again. During the polar nights people roar a borealis the Northern Lights dons. The parking lot in told vic you know all the norway mot invade vic dolmen and her fellow students prepare for an. Discussion together with their teacher lars clem pic the students were about to embark on Survival Training but according to the Weather Forecast a heavy storm was approaching. What i. Thought last is a teacher at the Adult Education center which only offers outdoor courses Survival Training is part of the curriculum. A. 20 year old freedom brockman had been looking forward to this day for weeks like everyone else here this was her 1st time taking part in this type of training. Class knows exactly how to motivate his students. Guys tomorrow the sun is coming back at last. Iraq. Ok. With 20000 inhabitants is the largest town in the north of norway the students travel to told vic located some 30 kilometers from all to. The group trekked through the forest for 5 kilometers there was hardly any wind but that would soon change almost all of the students were wearing state of the off clothing to protect them from the cold and wet fly zone polson all and had also packed something else. You know that. This is a reindeer skin. This 1st store air between its hairs so it becomes really warm and minimal enough for the fundamental to go thats why its so nice to lie on it. And why the saami have been doing it for thousands of years old double. Modern came to the north because she wanted to experience the winter here. That thats. The best part of the winter here are the Northern Lights no contest. How do you do that but i also like the snow and cold air. That. Wasnt. The only annoying thing is the ice. You slip and fall all the time. Prieta is from denmark was Snowy Mountains are rather rare. Thats the beauty of our activities you dont have to be good at them you just have to like them thats the most important thing we dont even want to be fast we just want to have a good time together who fought for. The prof. Wind down to the approaching storm. The students were instructed to form pairs and dig caves just under the top of this icy slope it sounded simple enough but some had trouble climbing the slope maren and freed up again working their way up sideways. In. Both equipment and people kept slipping down the hill but nobody was injured in. A force 10 storm was raging but that didnt frazzle mara after all it was why she had booked the survival course and that you caught up humans were not born to be couch potatoes you can always encounter this type of weather if you go hiking here in the north south and think of it i think its great to try Something Like that said because you could one day find yourself alone in a similar situation and were all doing this to test our limits. And. By this time the storm had all of the far north of europe and its icy grip roads were closed and people hid away indoors. Finally created man and could get into their shelter after 5 hours of scraping and shuffling that cage was almost finished. Before joining the Outdoor School theyd never experienced polar nights frieda the danish girl was surprised. There were no us and scared it is much darker in denmark now right from the start i like the fact that theres so much snow here so its quite bright at least compared to denmark where it rains all the time in winter. If. If we add a lot of our breath forms condensation which should run down the side of the walls here but that only works if we can get the sailing really round otherwise the water will drop down on us tonight and wake us up its about of the earth so ok. Outside the storm was raging at minus 12 degrees celsius while inside the cave the thermometer showed a comparatively pleasant 0 degrees. By a 2 to evening. Ok were ready. I have 3 i think weve done everything we can to have a good night that we have really good sleeping bags will underwear up and really warm socks. Everything is going to be just fine. Obamas are so i thought this. Freedom martin were feeling groggy they decided to turn in for the night. What are you. Going to. Ringback ensure left to sweden the viking spirit lives on at temperatures as low as minus 34 degrees celsius hundreds of people jump into the local river. For 4 days straight every february the sound of chainsaws fills the center of so left a hole nobody minds though on the contrary the volunteers cut the ice of the shell left the oil never into manageable blocks and build a proper ice water pool and i know a tradition that started a decade ago. 296. 00 participants were expected at the official scandinavian winter swimming championship. Behind jaco increase discreet appearance looks a daring spirit it was jaco who had the idea for the crazy contest. That all across the middle hurt their nicest thing about this swimming tournaments is that we can offer people Something Like this at all we show people how they can have fun even when its freezing cold and dark. Can you really enjoy the cold come you thought of. Not to you can enjoy everything that nature has to offer here. By you not complicated at all just pack a hole in the ice jump in the river and swim 11 or so and thats all there is to it. Its great. If you. Think. The following stroom has been an avid ice water swimmer for 30 years now this was her last Training Session before the next days competition. We all know where the next nearest the scene is a unique experience theres nothing like it. Its beautiful its cold and its the reason i always look forward to winter so much on with you because you get to experience this woman on the house. Eve i was ready to take on tomorrows relay race. Together with crossed loving friends the article founded the happy friends of the cold and dark association. That evening this years swimming tournament began with an unusual event poetry recitals in the ice each bad recited his or her poem in the ice cold water caught in care beilin reflected on the blissful joy she feels in the icy river yeah it can numb you that score but you have a mass in there you can pick. Your heard it cant guess youre the only foreigner among the 4 i suppose its was john who comes from ireland he had never experienced minus 20 degrees celsius before. Seeing. 2 this poetry slam is popular with the audience its a welcome alternative to tedious long lectures. All the immediate used to always come this. Next it was johns turn this is his ode to cold revealed that he was more experienced with a fine arts than with ice water. Thats Medicine Cold dont join. I see the light didnt start there are times i hear the sound of a great winter not our lives joyous northerns snowflake. John finished his poem but his shaky delivery didnt get him to 1st place that spot went to current with her cool disregard of the prevailing temperatures that there was. There. After the real sportbike than the next morning. A bag from a well known Swedish Company was repurposed as a flag for the race. The temperature was a balmy 18 degrees celsius below 0 during the 1st championship it had been under culturally minus 34 hours for the spectators seem to feel a little cold on this one as. There was no good luck in celestia all those who dared to get into the icy pool a senior softies in jacos defends his job as organizer meant he couldnt swim today his club entices both experienced athletes and unsuspecting tourists into the bitterly cold pool. According to somewhat reliable sources no participant has frozen here yet contestants even seemed lively and energized after the ordeal oh extra cool like mikhail the ice water meditator. There are no more to moderate like being alone in the water we are not it can be dark too many different yet i know that there are other people who also like ice dips and its wonderful its fantastic i know this is something completely different but fantastic all the same on policy for. Your friend the biggest event of the year in shell s. D. O. Ends with the awards ceremony next year the club will again invite the happy friends of dark and cold to an icy dip and several 100 participants will accept intruding evolve course for her this is the perfect way to enjoy the nordic winter the 2nd there are likely even me climbing into the icy river and. And my gold medal of course even if nobody else in our age groups ram it down the still it was fun you know give it up it was. 2 a load. The old. In the. Locker mock him sweden is one of a Cultural Centers for the sun may be Indigenous People of sup may. Qatar is a well known musician and artist here in winter she spends a lot of her time sketching. The 39 year old is sammy sup may used to be referred to as lapland and its people who are called lapps but like most samir kuntar arena rejects these terms as disrespectful like many of her peers she rediscovered her cultural roots. Proper want to walk when my grandmother died i didnt know where i belonged or what i really wanted thats many of my classmates went to stockholm to find a good job there yes had my inner voice told me no that isnt for you so youre 14 so i moved back home so this is where i belong i moved back and havent regretted it for a 2nd. There its untasted here from perth. Caterinas husband is a reindeer breeder they have 2 children so theres a lot of work to do at home nevertheless because our being a goes into the forest almost every day at minus 23 degrees celsius her cheeks tingled but she still couldnt resist visiting the forest. For the her to me and. This is my studio so to speak. This is where i go to find peace and inspiration and they are so. You know i feel alive to get out indoors you feel very restricted your thoughts are not as free as here in the forest are coming to. The school i need that and i think that Everyone Needs to get out of their own for all away from. The here because its important in order to feel that you are a part of nature so a marked man and they. Are not true enough. Caterina is famous for king skills which is similar to yodeling and an important element in sonic culture. Too soon or we havent lived here for 10000 years ever since the inland ice retreated like enables us to pass on our stories from generation to generation. Its easier to your ear and reminisce in a bad way than to just stand there telling stories the us is our way of remembering. Many tell ancient stories but caterina also improvises others in a socalled studio. Where are. They. Then. The old. The old. The old. And the. And the. The norwegian russian border a region steeped in history lies near the town of kid cant guess. Im torn cullinan is out on a norwegian yacht fjord less than 10 kilometers from the border im town is russian but has lived in kid contests for a long time he met his low wage and friend beyond while out i stifling. Here the 2 men were traveling to a rec they wanted to dive down to a new it wouldnt be easy. Im so on wanted to find out if he can offer tools for tourists who come here to dive. Normally the men would have had to solve their way into the ice but today a boho was sufficient for the anchor. At a comparatively mild of 12 degrees below 0 celsius but ya feel it and wasnt completely frozen over. The 2 men have undergone extensive specialized training to handle both experienced ice divers. Go over to your hearts u. A. I. Says frozen very nicely here again. You can never see it like this from above. This is unique really variable 30 you every time it looks different the whole world you know. And its incredibly beautiful when the sun hits the ice and the rays are then broken up in the water below would such a separate thing you know. There will be a lot of down there its like you have a roof over your head. You definitely cant get through that so you have to be a lot more safety conscious to talk. On says he has never panicked when diving in winter no matter how thick the ice above him was. The 2 friends dived down deeper and deeper under the ice to the wreck of the johann flower bomb a German Military freighter that was sunk here during the 2nd world war. While biarne was checking entrances and hatches for possible diving routes he came upon a king crab these crabs are a delicacy and theyre not very fast movers beyond took note of the spot on the jacket and continued swimming. Or lying. The entrances to the wreck prove tricky bjarne wasnt yet sure if im tone could risk taking tourists. But a few minutes later beyond had come to the conclusion that keen divers would be able to cope with the underwater top. Before they resurfaced beyond swam back to the king crab he just had to avoid the claws. In the movie 19th quarter their dinner for that day. Back of the sufis gun stashed the crab on the ice floe he needed to be alone for a little tradition of his awoke on the underside of the ice. On song stowed away the equipment hes all too familiar with king crab scrolls. But its no good oval office now the claws are quite dangerous the crab cant move them quickly but want to grab something with there it keeps on squeezing like a Hydraulic Press in a theory it could cut off your finger if you can model what it is but. Just a few years ago king crabs well a veritable plague. Rabbit called no walk in these days we dont often find craps this big anymore. Piers and they come from the order of the 10 leg lock started their claws evolved from legs over time through evolution one of the books. They also have a pair of legs that they no longer use. Those are hidden here under the shell and help them to reproduce there is to move wish it would also even we put all of these together 123 and so on we have 10 in all like a lobster to be. Flowing out of the telly. Im drifting back to russia with gentle irony untold looted to the uneasy feeling many my wages have about their russian neighbors several people here would like to see anton actually drift back to the shores of mother russia on this flow. But anton chooses to hop back onto the norwegian ice. That night he n. P. R. And would cook that crab and the diving tourists could start coming to a successful day. Ringback i am. Near the norwegian town of altar to an 18 year old girls headed into the forest with their dogs who. Good ok empty gun case you act and were going to hunt and fish all weekend long they were going to sleep in a tent at minus 21 degrees celsius if. You want it all right we have respect but were not afraid i know what we have to do to not freeze but you have to have respect for the call that if you dont things become difficult right. Now although shes still a teenager guru is already known across nature crazy norway the summer before she hiked several 100 kilometers through submarine on her own. Casio has been her best friend since childhood. The girls say that by no means loners on other weekends they go to the movies with their friends all go out and party. But. After a few kilometers they left the forest path and began looking for a camping site they didnt have an end destination in mind. For. The girls had been trampling the ground flat for 10 minutes with moderate success so far. A Pleasant Side effect there was staying warm post Cross Country skiing i that it was. There is no business when theres this much snow its really hard to pitch a tent thats why we have to create a halfway solid ground here 1st by stomping. Its important that the ground is completely flat and is even as possible all that. Up there yet this is the way a good 10 floor should be. 20 minutes later they were ready to pitch that tent the temperature was already minus 24 degrees celsius. As youre a little older mumbly i dont think youll ever be immune to the cold but you can get used to feeling cold. I love you know what if you grew up here you probably tolerate the called a little better than if you grew up on say gran canaria. You dont go to. Early in the evening. Or into a quiet valley they left the dogs at the camp. For good oh found traces of snow grouse here on past trips and the 2 girls are in luck fresh tracks in the snow. Oh oh. The girls built a trap. They put young branches in the snow because snow grouse love the fresh bug zombies. Only one passage leads through the tangle of branches with a very thin snag inside. Then once that this is the hardest part because now i have to fasten the noose you know how do you want the bird to get caught in it. Its very important that you dont do anything wrong with the noose thats all the knock it has to be big enough. And has to be attached very firmly 6. This is only now when its ready lets say the nooses about the size of an orange. It should hang about 4 fingers high above the ground. Then we have to fix the branches of the. You know like this flatten it so the grouse can run through the roof the quality holds up. So. Yes. The next morning before breakfast you know im casio hope to warm up dance known all over norway the button factory. Part of her was that. Some of her friends of thinking about moving south she was lower back im or even abroad after high school but not google or i thought a bit ago i couldnt imagine living in a big city. We love nature here too much for that you can just go out and do stuff like this speak you. Know stuff like come to 6. That trap quarter but during the night. I dont feel sorry for it go and cast you have take a more pragmatic approach but for a lot although this bird had a great life and this trap is really humane it runs in and 2 seconds later its dead thats very different from for example. Chickens so they live in small cage of get to know natural food and live only so that you can make meat out of them but this is much better and i mean you met. Thank. You. Thank you. Fueled by that success the next one to catch a trout theyve been told there are many in this lake. You know. The girls drilled the holes in the ice a few metres apart they reflected on the weekend slowly coming to an end. Its sort of this one welcome to contact it was a real challenge because it was so cold. Oh well medicare and its been a long time since ive been on a tour and temperatures like these and fought it. But now ive gained some more experience. And even though i was freezing at times its good to know how to dress properly and how to get enough exercise so but i will say it was really interesting to catch the grouse and we almost saw the sun but i do wonder what do you so its