Polar bears spend much of the year out on the solid ice, but when the white land cracks, it’s time to move on. Their latin...
(03:02)The Arctic fox can tolerate temperatures down to minus seventy degrees Celsius by shunting blood flow away from its legs to...
(03:51)The Arctic ice blankets an area twice the size of Australia. Animals have adapted to live above and below its fickle surface....
(03:02)Siberia. Not only a frozen wilderness, it is a region of incredible diversity. Of precarious beauty and endangered animals,...
(01:07)Worldwide, ants are so numerous their total weight is almost as much as the human population. A force to reckon with. Workers...
(02:59)This desolate wilderness suits the red fox. Foxes don’t hibernate. They grow thicker seasonal fur to survive the minus...
(03:11)In the mountain regions, Arctic foxes aren’t so lucky. Where normally a half a dozen cubs would frolic, only two undersized...
(02:51)In the east, a mysterious place called Ussuriland. Here bizarre turtles dodge the soup dish. In temperate forests, bears hang...
(01:07)Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...
(03:09)This is Lake Baikal. This record breaking lake holds twenty percent of the Earth’s fresh water – as much as all five of...
(03:14)Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.
(02:57)With a face like a kangaroo and a vampire’s teeth, the musk deer makes his timid way through the woods in search of lichens....
(03:01)But the slippery bark of this birch proves this long horned beetle’s undoing. The mob rushes in to overpower it, dousing it...
(01:30)One of the rarest animals on the planet. Few people have ever seen one – or ever will. The Amur leopard. About 30 remain in...
(03:02)As Ravens greet the morning, warmly insulated Eurasian wolves shrug off the cold. These social animals live and hunt in packs,...
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