Synopsis
Survival expert Ray Mears travels to the most inhospitable places on earth and discovers how indigenous people have survived. He takes on the Canadian Arctic and learns survival techniques from the Inuit.
- Programme: Ray Mears' World of Survival
- Series: 1
- Episode: 01: Arctic
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1997
- Geography | Climate Zones and Biomes
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S01E04: Savaii | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S01E04: Savaii | Ray Mears' World of Survival
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S02E03: Headwaters of the Orinoco: Venezuela | Ray Mears' World of Survival
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S02E04: The Coromandel Coast | Ray Mears' World of Survival
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S02E05: The Barren Lands | Ray Mears' World of Survival
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