Synopsis
This Fierce Earth special takes viewers on a journey to one of the world's coldest and most hostile places on the planet - the Yukon Territory in Canada. The team meets people who call this frozen place their home and finds out which animals are perfectly adapted to life in a sub-zero climate. They also get first-hand experience of surviving its freezing and life threatening temperatures and Leo attempts to climb a huge wall of sheer ice.
- Programme: Fierce Earth
- Series: 1
- Episode: 9: World's Coldest
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Geography | Human and physical geography | Climate zones
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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