Synopsis
From the Arctic to the southern USA stretches the largest forest in the world. David Attenborough roams from north to south through this spectacular woodland.
- Programme: The Living Planet
- Episode: 03: The Northern Forests
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1984
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