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Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth

Documentary

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Jan 1, 2013

Patagonia is a place of extremes of vast ice fields and snow-capped mountains; of windswept deserts, and violent oceans. Survival here means being tough enough to cope with brutal winters, and canny enough to exploit brief seasons of plenty.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 5 episodes

Season 1

Amazon: One Jungle, Many Worlds,

The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world, and the richest ecosystem on earth. This film uncovers what makes the Amazon such a powerhouse of evolution; how it has come to home a third of all species on the planet.

52m Jan 1, 2013

Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth,

Patagonia is a place of extremes of vast ice fields and snow-capped mountains; of windswept deserts, and violent oceans. Survival here means being tough enough to cope with brutal winters, and canny enough to exploit brief seasons of plenty.

52m Jan 1, 2013

Venezuela: The Treasure of El Dorado,

Venezuela is famous for its lost worlds, its forbidding mountains, huge swamps, and impenetrable jungles, all seemingly cut off in space and time. Yet each is linked, by the mighty river: the Orinoco, the rumoured route to El Dorado, city of gold.

52m Jan 1, 2013

Pantanal: Brazil's Wild Heart,

Every year the Pantanal is drowned by immense floods, and then suffer severe drought. Yet, while people struggle, the Pantanal hosts some of the greatest gatherings of animals on the planet.

52m Jan 1, 2013

The Andes: World in the Clouds,

The longest chain of mountains in the world, the Andes run the length of western South America and dictate the climate for the whole continent. They include some of the highest peaks outside the Himalayas.

52m Jan 1, 2013