Polar Regions

S01E09: World's Coldest | Fierce Earth

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 T...

Living with the cold: finding food | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

The clever strategies people use to locate and gather food in freezing climates.

Surviving in the cold | Fierce Earth

The team gets some tips on how to survive if trapped in the cold, including how to build an igloo!

Living with the cold: migrating with animals | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

How communities follow animal migrations to survive harsh winters.

Living with the cold: sustainable hunting | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Traditional hunting methods that protect fragile cold-region ecosystems.

Yukon ancestors | Fierce Earth

Clare and Mike meet some descendants of the first people to live in the Yukon, and they learn about their ancestors way of life.

Why is the Yukon so cold? | Fierce Earth

Due to a lack of sun and high mountains blocking any warmth from the sea, the Yukon has little opportunity to get hot.

The Yukon territory | Fierce Earth

The team visit one of the coldest places on earth, the Yukon territory where the border of the Arctic circle runs right through it.