episode description
Meet the creatures uniquely adapted to life in the deep freeze. Animals have evolved to live on every corner of the planet - but none are as resilient as those who live in the coldest climes. We’ll reveal the surprising adaptations earth’s cold weather creatures have evolved to survive. This episode takes us to lands of freezing temperatures, scarce food and shortened daylight hours. Flourishing amidst ice and snow is one of nature's extreme challenges. At the southern tip of Chile we follow a lost Puma as she searches for her mother in a blizzard. In Finland a brown bear desperately searches for his last meal before entering hibernation for the approaching long, cold winter. In the vast national park of Yellowstone, a pack of wolves hound a herd of elk through the deep snow. And in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, a Lynx uses his incredible eyesight to track down and kill even the smallest prey. For all animals winter brings unique challenges. But nature’s toughest creatures have found incredible ways to survive in our planets coldest regions. Whether it’s finding food, impressing a mate, or avoiding the worst of the weather these animals have evolved remarkable adaptations to outsmart the cold and succeed in the relentless struggle to survive.
