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03:48Remember, it was the Siberians who, crossing the Bering Strait 20,000 years ago, were the first
03:54ready to set foot in America.
03:56In the 13th century, Gendis Khan invaded Russia, which took three centuries to liberate itself.
04:00And later still, in Moscow, in 1689, Tsar Peter the Great would become the absolute ruler of Russia.
04:06He wants to make it a great modern power and travels to educate himself.
04:10My friends, this is the height of absurdity. The Tsar now only listens to the foreigners in his entourage.
04:15We, the old nobility, paléguée. And that's why they think we cut our beards.
04:19What? Our beards?
04:21His Majesty the Tsar.
04:28Gentlemen, beards are no longer appropriate in a modern country. They must be shaved.
04:33But have we always worn beards?
04:35This tradition comes from our most distant past.
04:39Actually, what interests us is the future. Hey, barber!
04:42No !
04:46You refuse to obey your emperor?
04:48No, no, we obey too.
04:50Beards are not civilized, of course.
04:53Yes, we need to be modern.
04:55Yes, like that.
04:57That's not why.
04:59Oh !
04:59It's more marrow.
05:00It's more marrow.
05:06If you could see yourself...
05:08And you, aren't you a little ridiculous, look at yourself.
05:13Peter I had Saint Petersburg built, which would be the capital of the North.
05:19Take a look at this, my dear Kirillov.
05:21Saint Petersburg overlooks the Baltic Sea and Europe.
05:24Here, to the north, is Arkhangelsk.
05:26But its port is frozen for half the year.
05:28We are also on the Black Sea.
05:30But the Turks control the strait that leads to the Mediterranean.
05:34This is Siberia.
05:35But I don't even know how far Siberia goes.
05:39An expedition needs to be sent there.
05:42I appoint whomever you need, Your Majesty.
05:44A Dane, an excellent sailor and cartographer, who serves our navy.
05:48His name is Vitus Bering.
05:50Okay, Ivan.
05:51But he needs to understand that.
05:54We have absolutely no idea where we are going, nor what we are going to discover.
05:58Done, all of this remains secret.
06:00Understood.
06:01Oh, of course, Your Majesty.
06:03It will be an exploratory expedition.
06:05That's all.
06:06Yes, but the natives who were explored will have to pay the tax.
06:12Hey Kirillov, what about your beard, huh?
06:18I paid the tax to keep it, Sire.
06:21My beard is not a symbol of tradition, but of wisdom.
06:24But I certainly hope so.
06:31Captain Vitus Bering, Your Majesty,
06:33and Lieutenant Alexei Tchirikov, who will accompany him.
06:37Two trusted men.
06:39Bering, I appoint you first-rank captain in the Imperial Navy.
06:43You will go to eastern Siberia, where you will build two ships.
06:47Then you will follow the coast to see if Siberia is joined to America.
06:50We'll see what happens next.
06:54Bering will take two years to cross Russia and reach the port of Otoshk.
07:07Now, I think we should be arriving at the port of Otoschk soon.
07:12Right, Vitus?
07:23Tell me, my friend Otoschk, which way is it?
07:27Otoschk? But you're already in Otoschk.
07:32There is no oak, no elm, no forge.
07:34Neither a nail nor a house to sleep in.
07:36But how are we going to build a ship, and with what?
07:39With those kinds of jobs.
07:40And if we can't nail the boards,
07:43Well, we'll sew and glue them.
07:45Sewing and gluing them, but that won't do, will it?
07:47Alright, let's get to work.
07:53Come on, come with me, Alexis.
08:00We're going to get some ropes.
08:06Here they are, the ropes.
08:23Hey, pass me the pass!
08:32And you think that thing is going to hold water?
08:35Ah, that'll hold.
08:36We're going to double the boards.
08:44Alexis, look!
08:45Supplies and equipment.
08:50The sails, you haven't forgotten the sails?
08:53Of course not, Captain.
08:55Oh !
09:00That's good, Kitroff.
09:01Load the equipment.
09:02What's in there?
09:04But...
09:13There, in six months, Bering had another ship built,
09:16The Gabriel is stronger and larger.
09:23And he set off towards the north.
09:28The Averique must be around here.
09:30Yes, but at what distance?
09:31Maybe 20,000, maybe hundreds.
09:33With this fog, you can't see anything.
09:35There, Vitus, there!
09:37An iceberg!
09:38Straight ahead!
09:39Babor, all of them!
09:40Babor, starboard, full speed ahead!
09:47And I said babor, idiot!
09:49You're going to wreck our boat!
09:54Take cover! The iceberg is tipping!
10:25You, you, and you!
10:27Jump onto the iceberg, quick, quick!
10:32Plant a pickaxe there!
10:37They part ways with a spear, they part ways with a spear!
10:43They were rushing, they were incompetent!
10:46SO ?
10:56Save!
10:56It was about time!
11:00We must have crossed the strait without seeing it.
11:02But what is its width?
11:04Do you have any ideas, Alexis?
11:05No, but we can go and see, can't we?
11:07No, no, no, no, too dangerous.
11:09Winter is coming, we risk being trapped by the ice.
11:12Let's go home!
11:12You have failed in your mission.
11:14You've wasted the Imperial Navy's money for nothing.
11:17You're not even Russian, Captain Bering.
11:20Have you betrayed us?
11:22He doesn't care.
11:23What is he talking about?
11:24We went all the way to the Arctic Ocean.
11:26And we have demonstrated that Siberia does not touch America.
11:30These men have done an extraordinary job.
11:33They did what Peter the Great asked of them before his death.
11:36And I will confer with Empress Anne, who succeeded him.
11:40Thank you, gentlemen.
11:43His Majesty Peter the Great made Russia a great power.
11:46His work must continue.
11:48Our explorers have done a remarkable job, Your Highness.
11:51And the Empire can extend all the way to America.
11:54Do you realize, Your Majesty?
11:56You're right, Kirillov.
11:58Send a large shipment.
11:59Yes, Your Majesty.
12:00You have free rein.
12:01Okay, now.
12:02At your service, Your Majesty.
12:04My friends, this will be the greatest expedition the world has ever known.
12:07We will prepare it carefully.
12:10The Russian Empire was immense, but what lay beyond the ocean?
12:14Were there other lands that no one had colonized?
12:17This is what Bering was to discover.
12:19Is everything ready, Captain?
12:21Yes, anything but scientists.
12:22They've been preparing for two years.
12:24I've had enough, and they're going to know it.
12:26At the Academy of Sciences.
12:34THANKS.
12:41Gentlemen, the expedition is ready, and we leave tomorrow.
12:43No, not possible.
12:45We are not ready.
12:46And we're not in a hurry.
12:48Well, me too, and I'm tired of waiting for you.
12:50I'm leaving tomorrow.
12:51If you're interested, you can join me in Yakutsk.
12:53Otherwise, we'll manage without you.
12:56What part of the night.
12:57No, but who does he think he is?
12:59He's not even Russian.
13:01Ah, because you are...
13:03German.
13:04And me, French.
13:06Do you also have something against the Dutch?
13:09Or the English?
13:10SO ?
13:12Okay, you take care of the scientists.
13:15Ahead.
13:16See you soon.
13:17An incredible expedition will set off in the spring of 1733.
13:22More than 2000 men and women, sailors and soldiers, farmers, cooks, livestock breeders, blacksmiths, carpenters,
13:28They embark on an adventure that will last ten years.
13:32As for the scholars of the Academy,
13:35We are not ready yet.
13:39Not yet.
13:41Come back later.
13:47We're almost ready.
13:53We are ready.
13:54Come and take inventory.
14:00But, but how many of you are there, tell me?
14:03600.
14:03600? But you are 600 scholars?
14:05No, come on.
14:07But we have our staff.
14:09But what staff?
14:10Well, our secretaries, draftsmen, cooks, servants, sommeliers, maids, chambermaids, tailors,
14:19booksellers, bodyguards, shoemakers, interpreters.
14:24They speak ancient Latin and Greek.
14:26Ancient Latin and Greek? May the Lord have mercy on us.
14:32And here are the telescopes, barometers, magnets, clocks, mapping tables, and the working library.
14:39And this?
14:40That, that, is a Bordeaux wine to accompany meats.
14:44Chablis is for fish, Sauternes for desserts, champagne for celebrations.
14:50And that's it, that's really it.
14:52Along his journey, Bering will launch several expeditions to the polar regions.
15:07And three years after his departure, he arrived in Yakutsk.
15:25Alexis, there you are at last.
15:26And what have you done with the scholars?
15:29They're arriving.
15:29Well then, let's get to work.
15:30Look, there's still everything to do.
15:32And we have neither accommodation nor provisions.
15:39Oh, shut your mouth!
15:50Bering left four years ago.
15:52He didn't even reach the ocean.
15:54His expedition cost a fortune.
15:56And what does it bring us?
15:57We must trust him.
15:58Shipping is very difficult.
16:01Good morning, gentlemen.
16:02My name is Georges Steller.
16:03I am a naturalist and I know about medicine.
16:06I absolutely must go and join Bering's expedition.
16:09It's an extraordinary expedition.
16:11Unprecedented.
16:12I can't miss any of this.
16:14But the expedition is far, very far away.
16:16But I want to join her.
16:18It's very dangerous to be alone.
16:20Listen, I assure you, gentlemen, that I will be of great use.
16:23Just give me permission.
16:25If you wish, but at your own risk, young man.
16:29Ah, oh, but it's...
16:31Ah, oh, ouch, ouch, ouch.
16:50Is Captain Bering here?
16:52No, he just left Irkutsk to go to Yakuksk.
17:00Is Captain Bering here?
17:01No, he just left Yakukst to go to Otoksk.
17:21Oh, oh, oh.
17:24Oh, oh.
17:30Oh, oh.
17:36No, no, no, no, no.
18:01No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
18:08no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
18:12no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
18:14no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
18:15no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
18:15no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
18:30A starboard tack, Captain, but...
18:32Oh, but he knows, in a sense.
18:38Kitroff is still not here.
18:40We're leaving anyway.
18:42Heading for Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka.
18:49I'm looking for Captain Bering.
18:51He left Totsk for Kamchatka.
18:54Oh, that's not true.
18:55If you want to join him, come with me aboard the hope.
18:59What about that?
19:00At this point.
19:02Let's go for hope.
19:07The Kamchatka coast is not far away.
19:19And Bering?
19:20Over there, on the east coast.
19:44I am taking command of the Saint-Pierre, Alexis.
19:47To you, Saint Paul.
19:49We're going to set our course...
19:49Captain Bering!
19:53Oh, Captain Bering, my name is Georges Steller and I am a naturalist.
19:57I also know medicine very well.
19:59I've been chasing after you for four years.
20:00The admiralty gave me a mission order to accompany you.
20:11I can't see anything at all.
20:13There, there, is the seal of the admiralty.
20:15It is signed by Ivan Kirillov.
20:17I'm willing to believe you.
20:18Your timing is perfect, our doctor is ill.
20:20Alright, let's go.
20:22Hey Kitroff, you're here too?
20:24Capeste Northeast, heading towards America.
20:28At your service, Captain.
20:36We lost them.
20:38We will find them again later, in America.
20:43But where are we, Captain?
20:44We can't see anything.
20:45We are approaching the coasts of America.
20:50Look, Steller.
20:51This is America!
21:00I wonder if there are any inhabitants here.
21:02I'm going to go and see.
21:04And George Steller will be the first European
21:06to set foot on Alaskan soil.
21:19Person.
21:19They fled.
21:21But look at this jet.
21:21It's a jet from America.
21:23These birds do not exist in Siberia.
21:25This is America.
21:25There is no doubt.
21:26This jet is American.
21:28And I also saw some plants
21:29that cannot be found in Siberia.
21:30We need to explore the inside.
21:32No, it's too risky.
21:33We are lacking food.
21:35And we are 2000 versts from Kanshaka.
21:37We need to go home.
21:38Many men are sick.
21:40Myself...
21:41Scurvy.
21:43I have herbs to treat that
21:45for a certain amount of time.
21:50It's a west wind.
21:51You have to see it.
21:52It's going to be a long process.
21:55We have no more water.
21:57but we are near the Nile
21:58And we will stop there.
22:04We need to find a sheltered bay.
22:06All right.
22:07I'm going.
22:13That donkey broke our last rowboat.
22:16We need to head towards the riverbank.
22:39All you have to do is drop me off near the fire.
22:44I don't have much longer.
22:46Listen, my young friend,
22:47the Saint-Pierre must be dismantled
22:49and build a smaller ship.
22:51This is your only chance.
22:53Yes, Captain.
22:54Get some rest.
23:06Look with your eyes.
23:07Thousands of eyes.
23:28They left.
23:30This is fox island.
23:35No, it's Bering Island.
23:38The captain-commander is dead.
23:44Now we need to survive the winter.
23:46To begin with, we go hunting.
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24:18Strange boat.
24:20I wonder who it could be.
24:26Alexis, you are alive, Steller.
24:29Oh, and what about Captain Bering?
24:32He died on an island which I named after him.
24:35Bering had accomplished a superhuman task,
24:37covered insane distances
24:39in appalling conditions.
24:41Along his way, he had cities built,
24:43forges, an agricultural center in Troyes, and livestock farming
24:46and above all, discovered Alaska
24:48which will become a Russian colony.
24:49But Maestro, Alaska is not Russian,
24:52He's American, right?
24:54Indeed, the Americans are going to buy it
24:56about a hundred years later
24:58and find gold and oil there.
25:00This will be an excellent deal.
25:01which will bring them thousands of times
25:04the price paid.
25:05But that's another story.
25:13The explorers
25:16discovered the world,
25:18They made the earth round.
25:19these synopticians
25:21will still find
25:23paths to be forged
25:24and then offer them to the souls
25:27as one offers a peace apple
25:30to you, to us, to me
25:32I believe.
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