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Nature & Travel. Pandemic Odyssey

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In 2019, a team of Russian sailors set out on a trip around the world in a steel yacht. Unfortunately, when they got to Chile, the COVID pandemic interfered, and they had to delay their trip for eight months. Once they got together to complete their journey, COVID caught them again — in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and their voyage ended not as they expected. What happened?

Добавить в избранное Nature & Travel. North Pole: Inside a Russian Atomic Icebreaker 15:14 RT brings you an exclusive report from onboard “50 Years of Victory”, the world’s second-largest nuclear icebreaker. Our crew went on a dangerous but exciting expedition to the North Pole to explore one of our beautiful planet’s most mysterious and the least accessible parts.

Добавить в избранное Lifestyle. Granny Blade 25:39 Galina Chuvina lived quite an ordinary life until, on a whim, she decided to try her hand at knife-throwing. That was seven years ago. Fast forward to today: she has over 50 titles under her belt, including a world championship. But despite her astounding success, she lives in a crumbling house in the small town of Sasovo with only cats to keep her company.

Добавить в избранное Social Issues. Elephant Boom COVID Gloom 12:39 It might seem like Africa wasn’t hit by Covid-19 as hard as other countries. But, unfortunately, fewer infections don’t mean a smaller impact. While travel restrictions and the subsequent collapse of tourism might have contributed to an unprecedented elephant baby boom in Kenya, many locals found themselves in a desperate situation. For Kenya, no tourists mean no work. So, will Kenyans manage to deal with this significant crisis?

Добавить в избранное Nature & Travel. Me and My Lions 25:44 Aleksey has been a lion fan his entire life. So when an opportunity presented itself, he relocated to South Africa and sold his Moscow apartment to rescue 8 lions about to be put down. But now he is fighting another battle: in an attempt to put a stop to canned hunting — chasing lions in enclosures — the South African authorities threaten to close all farms, killing lions in the process. So Aleksey has to come up with a plan to save his pets for the second time. Will he be able to do it?

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Добавить в избранное Lifestyle. He Traded a Paperclip for a House 27:32 1 In 2006, Canadian Kyle McDonald conducted a series of trades and exchanged a simple red paperclip for a real house. Likewise, Ruslan Chistyakov, a Russian blogger, decided to start a new life and do the same. But was he just as successful?

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Добавить в избранное Social Issues. Girl Power: Hindi Style 25:01 2 Women in India still have little or no rights and are frequently abused and raped by their husbands. So Sampat Pal, an activist and a local hero, created the Gulabi Gang, which welcomes women in difficult situations and offers them protection and assistance in solving their family problems.

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Добавить в избранное Lifestyle. Freegans of New York 27:08 2 These New Yorkers have money to buy food, but they think it’s a good thing to dumpster dive for food that goes unsold and uneaten. They are called freegans and they save food from waste. An astounding 100 million tons of food is trashed in the US every year. So why let a perfectly edible bagel go to waste? New York’s freegans rummage in garbage bins and show how much good food is thrown away just because it doesn’t look perfect, or it’s approaching its expiry date. Check out how to eat in New York for free, and help curb the US food waste problem.

Добавить в избранное Lifestyle. Cinderfella 27:18 Yury led a simple life as a street cleaner in the Russian city of Ufa until one day, his photographer friend posted photos of him on Instagram. Then Yury’s life changed completely, as he became the city’s most famous model.

Добавить в избранное Nature & Travel. Never Furget 26:00 In the Never Furget documentary, scientists, travellers and nature enthusiasts explore the fate of the harp seal population of the White Sea in the Arctic. Years of hunting, global warming, and food shortages has put the harp seal population on the brink of extinction. So what future awaits the cute seal pups, and if they have one? Find out in our film.