Episode 2 Preview | Wonders of Water
Visit wonders created by water, and learn the challenges created for residents.
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Episode 1 Preview | Extreme Wonders
Visit extreme locales that test their inhabitants to the limit.
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Episode 3 Preview | Surviving Against the Odds
In some of the natural wonders, people must push themselves to the limit to survive.
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In Brazil Villagers Use a Natural Toxin to Paralyze Fish
In Brazil, indigenous peoples use a natural plant toxin to paralyze hundreds of fish.
In Brazil Villagers Use a Natural Toxin to Paralyze Fish
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Earth’s natural wonders are beautiful, but survival there takes bravery and ingenuity.
Earth's natural wonders are parts of the natural world that nature has carved on such a scale that they defy belief. For human beings, survival within these extraordinary places can pose great challenges. Yet human ingenuity makes this possible.
Earth's natural wonders are parts of the natural world that nature has carved on such a scale that they defy belief. For human beings, survival within these extraordinary places can pose great challenges. Yet human ingenuity makes this possible.
Episode 2 Preview | Wonders of Water
Visit wonders created by water, and learn the challenges created for residents.
Episode 2 Preview | Wonders of Water
Episode 1 Preview | Extreme Wonders
Visit extreme locales that test their inhabitants to the limit.
Episode 1 Preview | Extreme Wonders
Episode 3 Preview | Surviving Against the Odds
In some of the natural wonders, people must push themselves to the limit to survive.
Episode 3 Preview | Surviving Against the Odds
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Photos from Season 2: Life at the Extremes
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Anton Maleodrov, Mammoth tusk hunter, in Siberian permafrost.
Ben Finney
2/11
Vanuatu seascape.
Russell Leven
3/11
Medko, Nenets reindeer-herder, on his annual migration. Yamal Peninsula, Siberia.
Mairead Maclean
4/11
Cattle mustering in the Australian Outback.
Russell Leven
5/11
Villager attending baptism. Tigray, Ethiopia.
Alistair McCormick
6/11
Alpine landscape around Zermatt, Switzerland.
Russell Leven
7/11
Saltwater crocodile.
Mairead Maclean
8/11
Firefighters tackle blaze in Amazon rainforest.
Mairead Maclean
9/11
A Congolese villager.
George Pagliero
10/11
Ira, the former village Shaman, prepares for fishing expedition. Matto Grosso, Brazil.
Mairead Maclean
11/11
Kamaiyura people in ritual costume dancing to appease the parrot spirit. Xingu National Park, Brazil.
Mairead Maclean
About the Show
The "Earth’s Natural Wonders" series tells the stories of some of our planet’s most spectacular places and how they have shaped the lives of those who live there.
Across the world, there are several breathtaking sights — Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon, the Amazon Rainforest. While these natural wonders are awe-inspiring, they do not stand in splendid isolation. People and animals live in these places, and each wonder has shaped their existence in fundamental ways.
Many of Earth’s natural wonders are among the world’s most inhospitable environments, each presenting unique challenges for their inhabitants. Yet, in even the most extreme and remote parts of our planet, people do survive.
What makes these natural wonders so extreme, and what are the challenges to human survival within them?
In this series, we’ll discover how humble humans have come up with ingenious strategies for survival in these far-flung and astonishing places. We’ll learn how survival techniques are now being forced to evolve quickly in the face of change, and we’ll find out how human resilience, ingenuity, and bravery overcome the most extraordinary odds in the great struggle for life.
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