TV SERIES · 2017
Mountain: Life at the Extreme
Documentary60 min per episode
Across the Himalaya, the Rockies, and the Andes, this series follows the animals and mountain communities that make a home in some of the planet’s hardest terrain. Douglas Henshall and Pete McCowen are among the featured faces as it moves between sheer cliffs, high passes, and remote valleys shaped by altitude, weather, and isolation. The focus stays on survival at elevation: how people work, travel, and endure in these landscapes, and how wildlife adapts to cold, thin air, and steep ground where every movement is dictated by the mountain itself.
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