Life In The Snow

Duration: 57'46''

Synopsis

Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands, from the polar bear mother helping her cubs to the owl searching for food.

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More clips from Life In The Snow

Adaptation of Black Bear | Life In The Snow

Adaptation of Black Bear | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 4'09''

Having woken up from hibernation to an unexpected cold front, a mother bear attempts to keep herself and her cubs alive.

Adaptation of Polar Bear | Life In The Snow

Adaptation of Polar Bear | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 5'29''

An exploration of how polar bears have adapted to living in freezing conditions.

Adaptation of the Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

Adaptation of the Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 3'27''

An exploration of how the artic fox's coat has adapted to survival in arctic winters.

Adaptation of the Owl | Life In The Snow

Adaptation of the Owl | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 2'55''

An exploration of how the great grey owl has adapted to catching it's prey.

Adaptation of the Reindeer | Life In The Snow

Adaptation of the Reindeer | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 3'31''

An exploration of how reindeer have adapted to living in freezing climates.

Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow

Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 2'38''

How wolverines have adapted to finding and eating food in the snow.

Hearing of an Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

Hearing of an Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 2'07''

The Arctic Fox's sensitive hearing is crucial to the the process of tracking down prey.

Hibernation | Life In The Snow

Hibernation | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 1'56''

How mammals have adapted to hibernate during the winter in freezing climates.

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3: Alaska | Arctic with Bruce Parry

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'26''

Bruce travels to Alaska, America's last great wilderness, where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas.

Emperor Penguin - Caring | Wonders of Nature

Emperor Penguin - Caring | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'50''

An emperor penguin watches as her baby is born. It shows the harsh habitat and the climate they live in, the cold Antarctica and...

3: Arctic - Life in the Deep Freeze | Human Planet

3: Arctic - Life in the Deep Freeze | Human Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 58'48''

The remarkable stories of some of the extraordinary people who make their homes in the Arctic, the harshest environment on...

2: Greenland | Arctic with Bruce Parry

2: Greenland | Arctic with Bruce Parry

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'07''

Bruce Parry journeys to the far north of Greenland, home to the last traditional Inuit hunters, and learns how climate change is threa...

4: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

4: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'39''

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to the...

Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'48''

The first leg of Simon's Scandinavian journey takes him from the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to the frozen wilderness of Lapland ...

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'35''

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains how glaciers move.

06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II

06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'19''

Our frozen planet is changing. We meet the scientists dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean for animals, p...

5: Winter | Frozen Planet

5: Winter | Frozen Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 57'51''

During winter, most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet'...

04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II

04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'02''

Antarctica is the most hostile of earth’s frozen worlds. Yet even here, life finds a way not just to survive, but thrive.

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2023 | 58'06''

A journey through the world’s coldest realms with the most-loved animals from the series, including emperor penguins and one of the l...

4: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin

4: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'02''

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan Trek, leaving Everest base camp on the high road to Lhasa as he takes a look at ...

Ice and climate change | The Secret Life of Ice

Ice and climate change | The Secret Life of Ice

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'45''

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates the ability of ice to preserve carbon dioxide and thus demonstrate how our climate has chang...

Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice

Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice

BBC Four | 2011 | 2'38''

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how glaciers grinds down rock.

6: Svalbard | Nature's Microworlds

6: Svalbard | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'00''

In the northerly region of Svalbard, Steve Backshall unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of each year in the home of the...

Glacier colour | The Secret Life of Ice

Glacier colour | The Secret Life of Ice

BBC Four | 2011 | 2'30''

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains the different colours of glacier ice.

Polar Bear - Mother and Baby | Wonders of Nature

Polar Bear - Mother and Baby | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2015 | 1'50''

A mother and her baby polar bears explore their habitat.

Polar bears' habitat under threat from glacial melt | Planet Earth

Polar bears' habitat under threat from glacial melt | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 2'04''

David Attenborough discusses the effects on polar bears of melting Arctic ice caused by global warming.

05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II

05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'00''

In the far north of our planet lie vast frozen lands of snow-covered forest and open tundra. These are lands of extremes that push animal...

1: Arctic Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

1: Arctic Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'45''

Steve Backshall visits unexplored parts of the world. This time his team is kayaking in the Arctic - they face pe...

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A ray pup kicks | Animals with Cameras

A ray pup kicks | Animals with Cameras

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Chimanuka and Marhale | Gorilla Family & Me

Chimanuka and Marhale | Gorilla Family & Me

BBC Two | 2015 | 1'55''

Gordon Buchanan observes a totally different side to Chimanuka's behaviour: he is caring for an orphaned baby.

Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet

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Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world,...

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

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S2E3: Hyena People of Ethiopia | Tribes, Predators & Me

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'58''

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BBC Two | 2017 | 2'55''

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Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan

Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'58''

Gordon Buchanan heads to Canada at the peak of bear season to discover what life is really like in the tiny town that's become k...

Episode 1 | Arctic Live

Episode 1 | Arctic Live

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'58''

Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve follow the story of the Arctic. Tonight, Simon travels to an unspoilt corner of Greenland that could bec...

Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow

Finding Food in the snow | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 2'38''

How wolverines have adapted to finding and eating food in the snow.

Competitive mating displays | Lost Land of the Volcano

Competitive mating displays | Lost Land of the Volcano

BBC Two | 2014 | 2'26''

Gordon watches on from the canopy as two Raggiannas perform their majestic mating displays, and manage to secure a mate.