1 00:00:10,734 --> 00:00:12,333 I'M BEAR GRYLLS, 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,734 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE 3 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,734 IN SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME AND DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH, 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,200 I'VE GOT TO LAST A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 5 00:00:21,266 --> 00:00:23,533 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,767 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 7 00:00:25,834 --> 00:00:27,300 NOW I'M IN SIBERIA, 8 00:00:27,367 --> 00:00:29,600 THE COLDEST PLACE ON THE PLANET... 9 00:00:29,667 --> 00:00:32,500 IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN. 10 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:34,533 ...WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,667 TO A MIND-NUMBING -90 FAHRENHEIT -- 12 00:00:37,734 --> 00:00:40,467 COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE YOUR EYELIDS SHUT IN SECONDS. 13 00:00:40,533 --> 00:00:44,266 THE COLD HERE IS JUST INTENSE. 14 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:47,100 IT'S 5 MILLION SQUARE MILES OF FROZEN WILDERNESS, 15 00:00:47,166 --> 00:00:49,400 BIGGER THAN THE U.S.A., 16 00:00:49,467 --> 00:00:53,433 AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ICY WASTELANDS IN THE WORLD. 17 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:54,867 THIS IS A LAND 18 00:00:54,934 --> 00:00:57,133 WITH A REPUTATION AS BITTER AS ITS WEATHER. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,934 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN! 20 00:01:03,467 --> 00:01:07,200 THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF MY TOUGHEST CHALLENGES YET, 21 00:01:07,266 --> 00:01:10,600 WHERE I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF TO THE LIMITS. 22 00:01:10,667 --> 00:01:12,200 THAT IS NOT TO BE REPEATED. 23 00:01:12,266 --> 00:01:15,400 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE LENGTHS YOU HAVE TO GO TO 24 00:01:15,467 --> 00:01:17,834 TO STAY ALIVE IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ICEBOX. 25 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:20,834 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 26 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:23,934 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 27 00:01:27,333 --> 00:01:29,867 THE SIBERIAN STEPPE IS SO COLD, 28 00:01:29,934 --> 00:01:33,667 ALL LIFE HERE IS IN A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 29 00:01:33,734 --> 00:01:36,000 IN WINTER, THERE'S ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DAYLIGHT, 30 00:01:36,066 --> 00:01:40,133 AND THE TEMPERATURE HARDLY EVER GETS ABOVE -20 DEGREES. 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,400 THIS IS THE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST PLACES ON EARTH TO SURVIVE. 32 00:01:44,467 --> 00:01:46,934 IF YOU GET STRANDED IN SIBERIA, 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,967 THE COLD CAN LITERALLY KILL YOU IN MINUTES, 34 00:01:50,033 --> 00:01:53,266 AND IF THAT DOESN'T GET YOU, STARVATION WILL. 35 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:56,100 AND IF I'M HONEST, I'M DREADING THIS ONE. 36 00:01:56,166 --> 00:01:58,934 I HATE THE COLD. 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,333 BUT WITH THE CHOPPER HOVERING AT 7,000 FEET, IT'S TIME TO GO. 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,900 I'VE GOT SOME BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 39 00:02:05,967 --> 00:02:09,400 AND MY CAMERA CREW IS COMING WITH ME. 40 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:11,934 WHOO! 41 00:02:22,567 --> 00:02:24,400 WHOO! 42 00:02:38,166 --> 00:02:39,967 MAN ALIVE! 43 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:43,033 THAT IS COLD. 44 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:44,967 I HARDLY FEEL MY FINGERS, 45 00:02:45,033 --> 00:02:48,900 AND MY EARS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF. 46 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:50,867 WHEW! 47 00:02:50,934 --> 00:02:53,266 THE PILOT'S LAST WORDS BEFORE I JUMPED -- 48 00:02:53,333 --> 00:02:56,800 HE SAID IT'S -20 DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND. 49 00:02:56,867 --> 00:02:58,634 AND I KNOW WHAT HE MEANS. 50 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:03,900 BUT, REALLY, I NEED TO GET THIS STASHED AND HEAD DOWN. 51 00:03:03,967 --> 00:03:07,333 STAY STILL, AND YOU'LL FREEZE TO DEATH IN MINUTES. 52 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,433 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING 53 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:12,300 AND GET TO LOWER GROUND AS FAST AS YOU CAN. 54 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:16,533 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, HUNDREDS OF MILES TO THE NORTH, 55 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,000 IS YOUR ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS FROZEN HELLHOLE, 56 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:22,266 BUT GETTING THERE WILL TEST YOUR BODY TO ITS LIMITS. 57 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:26,767 IN THIS COLD, METAL INSTANTLY FREEZES TO SKIN. 58 00:03:26,834 --> 00:03:29,000 AND I'VE GOT A FRIEND WHO WAS CLIMBING, 59 00:03:29,066 --> 00:03:31,667 AND HE PULLED OUT AN ICE SCREW FROM HIS PACK, 60 00:03:31,734 --> 00:03:33,934 PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH TO DO UP THE ZIP AGAIN, 61 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,834 AND IN THOSE COUPLE OF SECONDS, 62 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:39,266 THE ICE SCREW FROZE SOLID TO HIS LIPS. 63 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:41,367 AND BY THE TIME HE'D PEELED IT OFF, 64 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:45,233 HIS LIPS, HIS TONGUE, HIS MOUTH WAS JUST POURING WITH BLOOD. 65 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:47,000 YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN. 66 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:52,300 SEE? LOOK. IT JUST STICKS ABSOLUTELY SOLID. 67 00:03:52,367 --> 00:03:54,000 IF I TRY TO PEEL THAT OFF, 68 00:03:54,066 --> 00:03:56,400 IT WOULD ACTUALLY PULL SOME OF THE SKIN AWAY, 69 00:03:56,467 --> 00:03:59,667 BUT THE WAY TO GET IT OFF IS JUST TO PEE ON IT, 70 00:03:59,734 --> 00:04:02,900 AND THE KNIFE WILL DROP OFF. 71 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:07,867 SOMETHING THAT MY FRIEND WITH THE ICE SCREW IN HIS MOUTH 72 00:04:07,934 --> 00:04:09,166 COULDN'T DO. 73 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:11,567 THE STEPPE IS LETHAL -- 74 00:04:11,634 --> 00:04:16,667 VAST, FLAT EXPANSES THAT SUDDENLY DROP AWAY TO NOTHING. 75 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:21,800 YOU SEE THE CLOUDS DOWN BELOW ME, 76 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:25,967 AND, REALLY, MY PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE TO GET DOWN. 77 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:28,200 PROBABLY ANOTHER MAYBE, LIKE, HOUR, 78 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:29,700 HOUR AND A HALF OF LIGHT. 79 00:04:29,767 --> 00:04:33,667 IN THE NIGHTTIME HERE, THE TEMPERATURE'S GONNA PLUMMET. 80 00:04:33,734 --> 00:04:37,000 YOU KNOW, WINTER IN SIBERIA, -40 NOT UNCOMMON, 81 00:04:37,066 --> 00:04:39,133 AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE UP HERE. 82 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,533 THE THING IS, ALL OF THIS IS LOOKING PRETTY SHEER, 83 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,100 SO I NEED TO FIND SOME WAY DOWN. 84 00:04:47,166 --> 00:04:48,900 OKAY, WE NEED TO MOVE A BIT. 85 00:04:48,967 --> 00:04:52,367 I'M STILL ABOUT 3,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 86 00:04:52,433 --> 00:04:55,800 BELOW ME, THE TEMPERATURE COULD BE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER, 87 00:04:55,867 --> 00:04:59,233 BUT THERE'S NO EASY WAY DOWN IN THIS VICIOUS TERRAIN. 88 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:02,567 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET DOWN ONE OF THESE GULLIES. 89 00:05:02,634 --> 00:05:05,066 OKAY, COME DOWN HERE. 90 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:11,834 IT'S LOOKS QUITE STEEP, BUT I RECKON IT IS MANAGEABLE. 91 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:13,467 BUT IT'S GONNA BE SLIPPERY. 92 00:05:13,533 --> 00:05:16,934 A LOT OF THIS IS SNOW ON TOP OF LOOSE ROCK, 93 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,600 BUT THE BIT THAT WORRIES ME 94 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:20,867 IS DOWN THERE, JUST WHERE IT STARTS TO GET DARK, 95 00:05:20,934 --> 00:05:24,066 AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG DROP-OFF. 96 00:05:24,133 --> 00:05:26,300 LET'S GET DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK. 97 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,567 ONE SLIP COULD BE FATAL. 98 00:05:29,634 --> 00:05:33,033 IT'S A 200-FOOT SHEER DROP TO THE FLOOR. 99 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:36,500 JUST LAST YEAR, A GROUP OF CLIMBERS LOST THEIR FOOTING 100 00:05:36,567 --> 00:05:40,066 ON THIS SORT OF SCREE AND FELL TO THEIR DEATHS. 101 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:42,467 EVERY 1,000 FEET THAT YOU DESCEND, 102 00:05:42,533 --> 00:05:44,600 THE TEMPERATURE RISES 4 DEGREES, 103 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:47,667 AND SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT SMALL VICTORIES, 104 00:05:47,734 --> 00:05:51,100 WHICH CAN TIP THE BALANCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 105 00:05:56,934 --> 00:06:00,166 FIGHTING YOUR WAY DOWN THIS BURNS UP PRECIOUS ENERGY. 106 00:06:00,233 --> 00:06:03,300 YOU GOT TO REFUEL TO STAY ALIVE. 107 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,233 THIS PLACE IS JUST COMPLETELY BARE, 108 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:10,834 AND THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT. 109 00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:16,467 WINTERTIME -- SIBERIA IS BARREN. 110 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,867 A DEAD FIR TREE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME VITAL NOURISHMENT. 111 00:06:23,934 --> 00:06:26,767 SAWYER BEETLES LIVE UNDER THE ROTTING BARK, 112 00:06:26,834 --> 00:06:29,600 AND IT'S ABOUT ALL YOU'LL FIND 'ROUND HERE. 113 00:06:29,667 --> 00:06:32,300 HERE YOU GO. LOOK. HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING. 114 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:34,867 SEE THAT? I'M EATING HIM. 115 00:06:36,667 --> 00:06:39,667 SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE OF HIS FAMILY INSIDE. 116 00:06:39,734 --> 00:06:43,800 IN THE COLD, GETTING FOOD IS KEY TO STAYING ALIVE. 117 00:06:43,867 --> 00:06:46,266 YOUR BODY NEEDS TWICE AS MANY CALORIES 118 00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:48,133 JUST TO MAINTAIN ITS CORE TEMPERATURE. 119 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,967 THE PROBLEM IS, OUT HERE, FINDING FOOD, 120 00:06:51,033 --> 00:06:54,300 AND EVERYTHING IS JUST BURIED UNDER ALL OF THIS SNOW. 121 00:06:54,367 --> 00:06:56,233 BUT ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT, USE IT. 122 00:06:56,300 --> 00:06:59,033 ANY LITTLE KIND OF CANDIES OR SWEETS, 123 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,000 RATION THEM, BUT USE THEM. 124 00:07:01,066 --> 00:07:04,133 AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR, 125 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,600 BUT IT'LL ALSO GIVE YOUR SPIRITS A LIFT, 126 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:10,667 AND OUT HERE, THAT CAN COUNT FOR AN AWFUL LOT. 127 00:07:10,734 --> 00:07:13,934 IT'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER FOOD, 128 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,400 BUT IT'S A GOOD TRICK TO FOOL YOUR BRAIN 129 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:19,634 INTO THINKING IT'S HAD A BIG DOSE OF SUGAR. 130 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,834 WOLVES ROAM THE AREA, 131 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:28,500 AND BEARS COULD BE HIBERNATING IN THE CAVES. 132 00:07:28,567 --> 00:07:30,900 EVERYTHING IS FIGHTING FOR SHELTER, 133 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:33,967 AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TANGLE WITH ANY OF THOSE PREDATORS. 134 00:07:34,033 --> 00:07:35,900 IT'S A BATTLE YOU WON'T WIN. 135 00:07:35,967 --> 00:07:39,000 BUT I NEED PROTECTION FROM THE WEATHER. 136 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:41,567 IT LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A CAVE. 137 00:07:41,634 --> 00:07:44,400 THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D SURVIVE A NIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN. 138 00:07:44,467 --> 00:07:46,533 YOU'D FREEZE TO DEATH WITHIN HOURS. 139 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,300 JUST WAIT THERE A SEC. 140 00:07:50,233 --> 00:07:52,367 ACTUALLY, IF YOU WERE STRANDED OUT HERE, 141 00:07:52,433 --> 00:07:54,667 THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE. 142 00:07:54,734 --> 00:07:58,000 YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD A FIRE HERE, 143 00:07:58,066 --> 00:08:01,166 AND ALL OF THE HEAT WILL REFLECT OFF THIS. 144 00:08:01,233 --> 00:08:03,700 HEY, LOOK. CHECK THIS BIT OUT. 145 00:08:03,767 --> 00:08:07,233 THAT IS -- THAT'S DEEP. 146 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:09,834 THAT GOES ON FOR A WHILE. 147 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:13,000 THERE'S PLENTY OF DRY WOOD LYING AROUND. 148 00:08:13,066 --> 00:08:17,634 A FIRE IS NOT JUST FOR WARMTH, BUT TO KEEP PREDATORS AT BAY. 149 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:20,133 OKAY. 150 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,300 NEXT, HOW A DEAD DEER CAN GIVE YOU THE ENERGY TO SURVIVE 151 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:27,066 AND KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE. 152 00:08:27,133 --> 00:08:29,734 THIS IS HOW TO MAKE A TOBOGGAN THE BEAR WAY. 153 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,000 WHOO! 154 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:41,667 I'M IN SIBERIA, 155 00:08:41,734 --> 00:08:45,367 ONE OF THE COLDEST AND MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH, 156 00:08:45,433 --> 00:08:48,734 ABOUT TO HOLE UP IN A CAVE FOR THE NIGHT, AWAY FROM PREDATORS. 157 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,066 THAT'S DEEP. 158 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:55,367 BEFORE THE SUN SETS, I NEED TO FIND FOOD. 159 00:08:55,433 --> 00:08:59,900 I'VE GOT A DEER CARCASS HERE, AND THESE CAN BE LIFESAVERS. 160 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:03,266 THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I CAN DO WITH THIS. 161 00:09:05,166 --> 00:09:08,600 THE REMAINS OF THIS CARCASS WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BY HUNTERS, 162 00:09:08,667 --> 00:09:11,433 BUT THERE'S LOTS STILL ON HERE THAT I CAN USE, 163 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:14,300 AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS SKIN IT FOR THE FUR, 164 00:09:14,367 --> 00:09:17,433 AND I CAN USE THAT FOR LOTS MORE THAN JUST A COAT. 165 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:19,467 I'M GONNA START JUST WITH HIS LEGS, 166 00:09:19,533 --> 00:09:23,867 AND THEN I WANT TO JUST, LIKE, TAKE HIS SKIN OFF LIKE A JACKET. 167 00:09:23,934 --> 00:09:26,400 IN THIS COLD, SOMETHING I CAN USUALLY DO IN MINUTES 168 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:29,367 IS TURNING INTO A REAL STRUGGLE. 169 00:09:29,433 --> 00:09:31,734 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT -20 DEGREES, 170 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,033 AND MY FINGERS AND TOES ARE LITERALLY FREEZING. 171 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:38,300 ONCE YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE DROPS, YOUR JUDGMENT GOES. 172 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:41,934 YOUR COORDINATION THEN SUFFERS, AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE DIE. 173 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,300 MAN, IT'S JUST CRAZY COLD. 174 00:09:45,934 --> 00:09:47,934 I'VE GOT TO KEEP WORKING FAST. 175 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,233 THE CARCASS IS FREEZING SOLID, 176 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:53,400 AND IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME TO GET WHAT I NEED. 177 00:09:56,533 --> 00:09:58,834 MAN, THAT'S COLD. 178 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:03,400 LOOK. 179 00:10:03,467 --> 00:10:07,033 THIS IS THE BLOOD FREEZING ON THE FINGERS OF THE GLOVE, 180 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,000 AND YOU KNOW I'M GONNA BE DOING THIS A WHILE. 181 00:10:10,066 --> 00:10:12,066 I'M GONNA GET A FIRE GOING FIRST. 182 00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:15,100 OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GONNA SEE THE END OF THIS. 183 00:10:16,266 --> 00:10:20,533 I'VE ALWAYS HATED THE COLD, BUT I HATE FROSTBITE EVEN MORE. 184 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,500 IN THESE TEMPERATURES, 185 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:26,133 IT CAN HIT YOU IN MINUTES, SO BUILD A FIRE. 186 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,967 MY HANDS WERE STARTING TO GET REALLY COLD THERE, 187 00:10:31,033 --> 00:10:32,300 AND OUT HERE, 188 00:10:32,367 --> 00:10:34,600 IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STRAIGHTAWAY, 189 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,667 YOU END UP IN REAL TROUBLE. 190 00:10:36,734 --> 00:10:38,500 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING, 191 00:10:38,567 --> 00:10:40,900 THAT ATTITUDE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY INSTILLED IN US 192 00:10:40,967 --> 00:10:42,667 IN THE SPECIAL FORCES -- 193 00:10:42,734 --> 00:10:45,266 JUST THAT ABILITY TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF 194 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:47,800 ON YOUR OWN IN THE EXTREMES. 195 00:10:47,867 --> 00:10:51,634 AND OUT HERE, IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT BEING COLD, 196 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,667 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA DIE. 197 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:58,133 ONCE I'VE WARMED UP, I NEED TO GET A MOVE ON. 198 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,100 THE DEER SKIN IS FREEZING SOLID, 199 00:11:00,166 --> 00:11:03,767 AND IT'S BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK. 200 00:11:03,834 --> 00:11:05,300 THE COLD NUMBS YOUR BRAIN, 201 00:11:05,367 --> 00:11:08,066 BUT YOU'VE JUST GOT TO FIGHT IT AND STAY ALERT. 202 00:11:08,133 --> 00:11:09,867 AND AT THE MOMENT, 203 00:11:09,934 --> 00:11:11,867 THIS CARCASS IS KEEPING MY BODY AND MIND BUSY. 204 00:11:11,934 --> 00:11:15,567 AND THIS WILL MAKE A GOOD WALKING STICK 205 00:11:15,634 --> 00:11:18,600 FOR WHEN THERE'S DEEP SNOW OR ICE, 206 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:23,100 AND I HAVE A FEELING I'M GONNA NEED THAT FOR LATER ON. 207 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:26,600 BUT WORKING THIS HARD IN THESE EXTREMES CAN BE A KILLER. 208 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:28,266 ONE MINUTE YOU'RE FREEZING, 209 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:31,033 THE NEXT YOU'RE POURING WITH SWEAT, 210 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,500 AND OUT HERE, THAT CAN BE A DEATH SENTENCE. 211 00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:37,433 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IT THEN FREEZES ON YOU, 212 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:40,533 AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. 213 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,166 WHILE I'M HAVING A BREAK, I'M GONNA HAVE A BIT OF THIS. 214 00:11:44,233 --> 00:11:46,700 THAT IS GONNA BE DELICIOUS. 215 00:11:51,667 --> 00:11:53,700 MAN ALIVE! 216 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:57,600 THAT IS...BEAUTIFUL -- 217 00:11:57,667 --> 00:12:02,400 SIBERIAN VENISON AT ITS BEST. 218 00:12:02,467 --> 00:12:06,233 YOU KNOW, YOU'D PAY A FORTUNE FOR THAT IN A GOOD RESTAURANT. 219 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:07,500 MMM. 220 00:12:07,567 --> 00:12:09,266 VENISON'S PACKED WITH PROTEIN, 221 00:12:09,333 --> 00:12:12,133 AND IT WILL REPLACE SOME OF THE CALORIES I'M BURNING UP. 222 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,066 AND, ACTUALLY, SO MUCH OF MY TIME IN SIBERIA SO FAR 223 00:12:16,133 --> 00:12:18,467 HAS JUST BEEN A STRUGGLE -- 224 00:12:18,533 --> 00:12:20,934 YOU KNOW, A KIND OF BATTLE TO TRY AND STAY WARM, 225 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,734 FIGHTING THE ELEMENTS, 226 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,767 AND THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME 227 00:12:25,834 --> 00:12:30,500 WHERE I'VE SAT BACK AND JUST GONE, YOU KNOW, "WOW." 228 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:32,700 YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE PLACE IS SO HUGE. 229 00:12:32,767 --> 00:12:35,000 YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR SKY. 230 00:12:35,066 --> 00:12:38,200 I'VE GOT A FIRE, GOT A BIT OF MEAT, 231 00:12:38,266 --> 00:12:43,133 AND, REALLY, THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW. 232 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,500 IT'S A PRIVILEGE, REALLY. 233 00:12:45,567 --> 00:12:47,867 BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO HANG AROUND. 234 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:51,033 I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING AND GOT TO KEEP BUSY. 235 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:53,834 NOW I JUST TAKE THE SKIN UP 'ROUND THE BACK, 236 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:56,967 OVER HIS EARS, AND CUT THROUGH IT HERE. 237 00:12:57,033 --> 00:12:58,567 [ GRUNTS ] 238 00:12:58,634 --> 00:13:04,200 AND LOOK AT THIS -- A REALLY GOOD-SIZE FUR, 239 00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:08,133 AND WHAT I'M GONNA USE THIS FOR IS WHAT SIBERIAN HUNTERS WILL, 240 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,800 AND THEY'LL OFTEN MAKE, LIKE, A TOBOGGAN OUT OF SKIN 241 00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:12,734 AND A FRAMEWORK OF WOOD, 242 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,400 AND THEN THEY'LL TOW THEIR MEAT 243 00:13:14,467 --> 00:13:16,634 AND THE CARCASSES THEY'VE KILLED IN IT. 244 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:18,533 I LOVE TOBOGGANING. 245 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,800 ON THE RIVERBANK, I'VE SPOTTED SOME WILLOW TREES. 246 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:25,033 THEIR BRANCHES ARE GOOD AND FLEXIBLE FOR MY TOBOGGAN FRAME. 247 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:29,133 OKAY, THIS IS HOW TO MAKE A TOBOGGAN THE BEAR WAY. 248 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,333 MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS HASSLING ME 249 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,500 TO MAKE THEM THESE SORT OF THINGS, 250 00:13:33,567 --> 00:13:34,867 SO CONCENTRATE. 251 00:13:34,934 --> 00:13:38,500 I USE THESE WILLOW BRANCHES 252 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:42,367 AS, LIKE, THE BASE RIGIDITY OF IT. 253 00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:44,800 AND THEN THE OTHER, THINNER ONES, 254 00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:48,200 I'M GONNA WARM AND THEN SHAPE INTO CIRCLES. 255 00:13:52,867 --> 00:13:55,166 OKAY, THAT'S NICE. 256 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:57,600 AND THEN GET A BIT OF THE PARACORD 257 00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:59,467 AND THEN BIND IT. 258 00:13:59,533 --> 00:14:03,266 AND THEN WHAT I WANT IS ABOUT THREE OF THOSE 259 00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:06,166 TO ACT AS LIKE THE RIBS DOWN THE TOBOGGAN. 260 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,300 THERE WE GO. 261 00:14:12,367 --> 00:14:14,100 AND NOW I'VE GOT THESE CIRCLES. 262 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:17,266 WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS TIE THEM 263 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:21,834 TO THE BASE OF THIS FRAME, LIKE THAT. 264 00:14:25,634 --> 00:14:28,367 THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO BE ONE TOUGH SLED, 265 00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:31,867 SO I'M LASHING THE FRAME WITH MY PARACHUTE CORD. 266 00:14:31,934 --> 00:14:36,700 THIS IS PRETTY WELL FINISHED NOW. 267 00:14:36,767 --> 00:14:40,266 IT'S AMAZING -- JUST IN THE TIME IT'S TAKEN ME TO MAKE THIS, 268 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:43,500 ALL OF THIS HAS STARTED TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 269 00:14:43,567 --> 00:14:45,066 FREEZE AND GO SOLID, 270 00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:48,333 AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS IF I LEAVE THIS OVERNIGHT, 271 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,200 BY THE MORNING, 272 00:14:50,266 --> 00:14:54,634 IT WILL BE ROCK-HARD AND GOOD TO USE AS A TOBOGGAN. 273 00:14:54,700 --> 00:14:57,233 WHEW! GOOD JOB. 274 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:02,600 OKAY, I'VE GOT THE LEG. 275 00:15:02,667 --> 00:15:05,533 I'VE GOT SOME MEAT FROM THE REST OF THE CARCASS IN MY RUCKSACK. 276 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,567 TOBOGGAN FINISHED. I'M OUT OF HERE. 277 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,266 THE SUN'S NOW DROPPING LIKE A STONE, 278 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:21,800 AND TONIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE WILL PLUNGE TO -30 FAHRENHEIT, 279 00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:24,900 BUT A CAVE IS GONNA BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER -- 280 00:15:24,967 --> 00:15:28,200 NOT MUCH COMFORT, BUT TAKE IT IF YOU CAN. 281 00:15:28,266 --> 00:15:29,734 THERE GOES THE SUN, 282 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,166 AND NOW THE REAL COLD IS GONNA BEGIN. 283 00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:35,934 IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THE NIGHT IN A CAVE, 284 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,500 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE 285 00:15:37,567 --> 00:15:39,500 THERE ARE NO PREDATORS LURKING AROUND. 286 00:15:39,567 --> 00:15:42,233 I'VE MADE A TORCH TO CHECK FOR SIGNS OF BEARS OR WOLVES 287 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:44,133 OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN EAT. 288 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,467 LITTLE SPIDERS, EVEN MOSQUITOES, AS WELL, 289 00:15:47,533 --> 00:15:50,367 WILL SHELTER IN THESE THINGS, OUT OF THE COLD. 290 00:15:50,433 --> 00:15:55,233 LOOK, IT GOES ON UNDER HERE. HEY, WATCH YOUR HEAD. 291 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,200 AND IT'S STILL GOING ON. LOOK. 292 00:15:58,266 --> 00:15:59,700 IT GOES FOR MILES. 293 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:05,667 I MEAN, YOU'D NEVER THINK OF FINDING MOSQUITOES IN SIBERIA, 294 00:16:05,734 --> 00:16:11,800 BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THIS CAVE IS SO MUCH MILDER THAN OUTSIDE. 295 00:16:11,867 --> 00:16:14,834 I MEAN, JUST SEE HIM ON THE END OF MY THUMB THERE. 296 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:17,433 ACTUALLY, HE'S QUITE A GOOD-SIZE MOSQUITO. 297 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,467 IN THE SHORT SIBERIAN SUMMER, 298 00:16:19,533 --> 00:16:22,000 THIS PLACE PLACE CRAWLS WITH MOSSIES, 299 00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:24,300 BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY A FEW FOR ME -- 300 00:16:24,367 --> 00:16:29,000 SLIM PICKINGS, BUT SOMETHING TO SEE YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT. 301 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:32,000 YOU'RE IN A VERY, VERY UNFORGIVING PLACE 302 00:16:32,066 --> 00:16:34,700 IN A VERY LOW TEMPERATURE, 303 00:16:34,767 --> 00:16:36,734 AND ALL I'VE REALLY GOT FOR COMFORT 304 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,400 IS THIS CAVE AND THIS FIRE. 305 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:43,834 IT'S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG NIGHT, 306 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:45,333 WITH 16 ICY HOURS 307 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,834 OF THE BLACKEST OF DARKNESS AHEAD OF ME, 308 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:50,900 BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE DEADLY EMBRACE 309 00:16:50,967 --> 00:16:54,333 OF SIBERIA'S FROZEN LAKES. 310 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,467 I'M IN SIBERIA, GETTING THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 311 00:17:08,533 --> 00:17:10,500 IN ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH, 312 00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:12,367 WHERE YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 313 00:17:12,433 --> 00:17:14,433 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 314 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:18,166 THE ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE IS THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, 315 00:17:18,233 --> 00:17:20,667 WHICH CUTS THROUGH THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS. 316 00:17:20,734 --> 00:17:23,066 I'VE JUST SPENT 16 FREEZING HOURS 317 00:17:23,133 --> 00:17:26,400 IN THE COLDEST PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN. 318 00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,433 WELL, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY 319 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:32,033 THAT SIBERIAN NIGHTS ARE LONG AND VERY COLD. 320 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,600 AND LAST NIGHT, 321 00:17:33,667 --> 00:17:36,667 MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOT DOWN TO -30 DEGREES. 322 00:17:36,734 --> 00:17:40,467 AND I REALLY NEEDED TO KEEP THIS FIRE STOKED UP. 323 00:17:40,533 --> 00:17:43,066 BUT YOU CAN SEE, I'M ALMOST OUT OF WOOD NOW, 324 00:17:43,133 --> 00:17:44,967 AND I THINK IF I HAD RUN OUT, 325 00:17:45,033 --> 00:17:47,400 THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE SHIVERING. 326 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:50,000 BUT I'VE SURVIVED MY FIRST SIBERIAN NIGHT. 327 00:17:50,066 --> 00:17:52,433 I'M GONNA FINISH WARMING MY HANDS, 328 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:54,133 AND THEN I'M ON MY WAY. 329 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,734 IT'S FIRST LIGHT. 330 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,734 I'VE GOT TO GET ON THE MOVE AND GET WARM. 331 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,133 THE ANCIENT HILLS THAT CRISSCROSS SIBERIA 332 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,166 MAKE IT TOUGH GOING, 333 00:18:04,233 --> 00:18:06,900 BUT MY TOBOGGAN IS GONNA HELP ME. 334 00:18:06,967 --> 00:18:08,333 ALMOST THERE. 335 00:18:09,867 --> 00:18:11,900 [ SIGHS ] 336 00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:13,767 WHEW! 337 00:18:13,834 --> 00:18:15,967 TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 338 00:18:16,033 --> 00:18:18,900 TOP OF THE WORLD -- LOOK AT THAT. 339 00:18:18,967 --> 00:18:22,133 WHOO! 340 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,667 NOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN ME WARM, 341 00:18:25,734 --> 00:18:28,033 DRAGGING THIS UP HERE. 342 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:29,367 BUT LOOK. 343 00:18:29,433 --> 00:18:33,433 YOU'LL SEE THIS TOBOGGAN -- IT'S JUST LIKE FROZEN, 344 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:35,867 DEEP FROZEN SOLID OVERNIGHT. 345 00:18:35,934 --> 00:18:39,834 AND I RECKON, DOWN THIS SORT OF FACE, 346 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:44,600 THIS IS GONNA GO LIKE A ROCKET. 347 00:18:47,266 --> 00:18:48,867 LET'S GO. 348 00:18:48,934 --> 00:18:51,967 IT BEATS WALKING ANY DAY. 349 00:18:52,033 --> 00:18:53,467 IT'S A RISKY STRATEGY. 350 00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:55,500 IF I COME OFF OF SPEED, I COULD BREAK A LEG. 351 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:57,300 BUT I'M GOING FOR IT, 352 00:18:57,367 --> 00:19:02,767 AND AT LEAST I'M COVERING GROUND SUPERFAST. 353 00:19:02,834 --> 00:19:05,033 WHOO! 354 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,066 WHOO! 355 00:19:19,667 --> 00:19:22,066 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 356 00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:30,867 THAT WAS JUST A COMPLETE WHITEOUT. 357 00:19:30,934 --> 00:19:33,266 IT'S LIKE ZERO VISIBILITY. 358 00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:37,033 IT'S LIKE BEING STRAPPED TO A HUMAN CANNONBALL. 359 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:41,233 BUT I'M DOWN OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS, 360 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:42,967 AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE 361 00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:45,600 MAN-HAULING THIS SLED ANY LONGER. 362 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:47,767 OKAY. 363 00:19:47,834 --> 00:19:49,667 I'M ON MY WAY. 364 00:19:56,300 --> 00:20:01,700 THE VALLEY DRAINS INTO ONE OF SIBERIA'S MANY MASSIVE LAKES. 365 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,400 IN WINTER, THEY FREEZE, 366 00:20:03,467 --> 00:20:05,834 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE ICE CAN TAKE MY WEIGHT. 367 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:07,934 I'VE HUNG ON TO MY DEER LEG 368 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,934 TO HELP ME GET ACROSS THIS NIGHTMARE. 369 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,767 LOOK AT THAT. 370 00:20:12,834 --> 00:20:15,500 IT'S HUGE. 371 00:20:15,567 --> 00:20:19,600 AND ALL OF THIS LAKE IS JUST COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER 372 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,700 YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE HERE. 373 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:26,433 AND, REALLY, IF YOU TRY TO GO AROUND THIS, 374 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:29,800 IT JUST COULD TAKE YOU DAYS. 375 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:36,600 IT'S A RISK I'M GOING TO TAKE TO CROSS THE LAKE. 376 00:20:36,667 --> 00:20:40,734 BUT NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS. 377 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,166 THAT IS JUST LETHAL TO WALK ON. 378 00:20:45,233 --> 00:20:48,367 EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE DIE FALLING THROUGH FROZEN LAKES. 379 00:20:48,433 --> 00:20:50,934 ICE NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 3 INCHES THICK 380 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,600 TO TAKE YOUR WEIGHT. 381 00:20:52,667 --> 00:20:55,600 TAKE IT STEADY AND STAY ALERT FOR ANY BOOMING NOISES, 382 00:20:55,667 --> 00:20:57,533 WHICH MEANS THE ICE IS CRACKING. 383 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,934 IT IS, LIKE, FRESH SNOW OVER THE ICE. 384 00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:03,367 AND WHAT'S DANGEROUS IS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THICK IT IS. 385 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,500 AND THE WATER UNDER THIS IS JUST GONNA BE BLACK, 386 00:21:06,567 --> 00:21:09,133 DEEP, AND FREEZING COLD. 387 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:14,166 IT WOULD BE A TRULY HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE. 388 00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:16,700 IF YOU FALL INTO THIS FREEZING WATER, 389 00:21:16,767 --> 00:21:19,800 YOU'LL BE LUCKY TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 390 00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:23,533 AND I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME BEFORE WITH MY BEST FRIEND. 391 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,867 WE WERE IN IRELAND ON A FROZEN LAKE, STUPIDLY, 392 00:21:26,934 --> 00:21:30,033 AND THE ICE JUST DROPPED UNDER OUR FEET. 393 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:32,800 AND HE GOT COMPLETELY CUT ALL ACROSS THE CHEST, 394 00:21:32,867 --> 00:21:34,233 BLOOD EVERYWHERE, 395 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:36,800 AND WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY TO MAKE IT OUT OF THERE. 396 00:21:36,867 --> 00:21:40,734 AND IT MAKES ME PRETTY CAUTIOUS NOW WITH LAKES LIKE THIS, 397 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,133 ESPECIALLY IN SIBERIA. 398 00:21:57,767 --> 00:22:00,834 GET TRAPPED UNDER THIS, AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT. 399 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:03,734 AND JUST IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING THAT WOULD BE 400 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,200 TO BE UNDER HERE AND UNABLE TO THEN GET OUT. 401 00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:10,967 SO, I'M GONNA GET THE CREW TO HELP ME DIG A BIG HOLE, 402 00:22:11,033 --> 00:22:14,300 GO IN UNDER THE ICE, AND SHOW WHAT IT'S LIKE UNDER THERE 403 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:17,800 AND HOW HARD IT IS TO THEN GET OUT. 404 00:22:17,867 --> 00:22:21,600 THE WATER DOWN THERE WILL BE JUST A DEGREE ABOVE FREEZING. 405 00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,900 ONCE YOU GET IN, THE COLD ALONE CAN KILL YOU. 406 00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:28,100 THE SHOCK OF IT CAN LEAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIR 407 00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:29,767 LIKE A PANIC ATTACK. 408 00:22:29,834 --> 00:22:32,433 YOUR HANDS AND FEET WILL BE VIRTUALLY USELESS 409 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:33,934 AS CIRCULATION STOPS. 410 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,867 AND IF YOU SURVIVE THAT, 411 00:22:35,934 --> 00:22:38,367 YOUR MUSCLES WEAKEN AND CRAMP WITHIN MINUTES, 412 00:22:38,433 --> 00:22:41,834 AND YOU CAN LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. 413 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:43,867 AND I'M GONNA LEAVE MY SOCKS ON 414 00:22:43,934 --> 00:22:46,700 JUST 'CAUSE IF I TRY TO STAND ON THIS ICE WITH BARE SKIN, 415 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:49,066 IT WILL STICK. 416 00:22:49,133 --> 00:22:52,834 AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL NEED TO DO BEFORE I GO IN 417 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:56,800 IS TIE THIS SAFETY LINE TO MYSELF. 418 00:22:56,867 --> 00:23:02,100 IF YOU DON'T SEE ME COME OUT OF THAT ICE WITHIN 20 SECONDS, 419 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:03,867 PULL ON THIS ROPE. 420 00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:06,066 I'M SERIOUS. YOU JUST PULL ON IT, OKAY? 421 00:23:09,667 --> 00:23:12,834 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS I'VE EVER DONE 422 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,900 IN ONE OF THE COLDEST AND LONELIEST PLACES 423 00:23:15,967 --> 00:23:19,100 I'VE EVER BEEN. 424 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:22,600 AND I'VE BEEN INTO A FROZEN LAKE BEFORE, 425 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:24,934 BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN UNDER THE ICE, 426 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,600 AND I'VE NEVER DONE IT 427 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:30,066 WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT -20. 428 00:23:30,133 --> 00:23:34,533 AND IF I'M HONEST, I'M A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF THIS. 429 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,600 [ SIGHS ] 430 00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:46,967 INSTANTLY, MY PULSE IS UP AROUND THE 200 MARK. 431 00:23:47,033 --> 00:23:49,600 IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE AIR HAS BEEN SUCKED OUT OF ME. 432 00:23:49,667 --> 00:23:51,634 BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP CALM. 433 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:54,834 HYPERVENTILATE IN THIS, AND YOU'LL DROWN. 434 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,333 WHEW! 435 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,900 OKAY, THE FIRST THING I'VE GOT TO DO 436 00:23:59,967 --> 00:24:02,433 BEFORE I TRY AND SWIM UNDER THIS 437 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:04,500 IS CONTROL MY BREATHING. 438 00:24:04,567 --> 00:24:09,166 IF I TRY AND GO NOW, WITH A PULSE RATE AS FAST AS MINE IS, 439 00:24:09,233 --> 00:24:11,767 I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT. 440 00:24:11,834 --> 00:24:14,433 SO GIVE ME FIVE SECONDS. 441 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:17,000 BLOOD IS RUSHING TO PROTECT MY CORE. 442 00:24:17,066 --> 00:24:19,300 MY HEART'S WORKING FLAT-OUT. 443 00:24:19,367 --> 00:24:22,867 THERE'S A SERIOUS RISK IN HERE OF CARDIAC ARREST. 444 00:24:22,934 --> 00:24:24,867 OKAY, HERE WE GO. 445 00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:34,500 ONCE IN, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK, 446 00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:36,200 AND I'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING, 447 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:39,266 TRYING TO REACH THE LIGHT OF THE THINNER ICE, 448 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:43,700 BUT THE COLD IS LITERALLY SQUEEZING THE AIR OUT OF ME. 449 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:50,266 I'M AT MY VERY LIMIT NOW. 450 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,800 BUT ONCE THROUGH THE ICE, 451 00:24:55,867 --> 00:24:57,967 YOU'RE STILL NOT OUT OF TROUBLE. 452 00:24:58,033 --> 00:25:01,900 MY EYES! 453 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:06,967 FEELS LIKE THEY'VE GONE FROZEN SOLID. 454 00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:09,367 OKAY, BUT I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW, 455 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:12,700 AND I NEED TO DO THIS FIRST TIME. 456 00:25:22,033 --> 00:25:26,500 AND I CAN FEEL THE DANGER OF WHY THIS WATER IS SO LETHAL 457 00:25:26,567 --> 00:25:29,066 IS THAT IT REALLY NUMBS -- 458 00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:33,100 NUMBS YOUR SENSES, YOUR FINGERS, AND YOUR HEAD. 459 00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:35,200 I COULD HARDLY SEE WHEN I OPENED MY EYES 460 00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:37,000 WHEN I CAME OUT OF THAT. 461 00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:39,967 I CAN FEEL MY MUSCLES BEGIN TO SHAKE. 462 00:25:40,033 --> 00:25:42,734 IT'S TIME TO BE GETTING BACK TO THAT FIRE. 463 00:25:44,767 --> 00:25:48,433 UNDERNEATH THERE IS A TRULY HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE. 464 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,867 THE SUN'S GOING DOWN, SO THAT MEANS UNDER THERE 465 00:25:50,934 --> 00:25:54,033 REALLY IS JUST PITCH BLACK AND SWIMMING BLIND. 466 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:56,934 OKAY, GOT TO GET TO SHORE. 467 00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:01,967 THIS IS THE POINT AT WHICH MOST PEOPLE CAN DIE. 468 00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:04,500 YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE ONLY NEEDS TO DROP 469 00:26:04,567 --> 00:26:07,734 A COUPLE OF DEGREES FOR YOU TO FALL INTO A COMA. 470 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,500 AND THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN MINUTES. 471 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:12,433 THE OTHER VERY REAL DANGER 472 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,700 IS THE COLD BLOOD IN YOUR FINGERS AND TOES 473 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:17,867 RUSHING BACK INTO YOUR HEART AND STOPPING IT. 474 00:26:17,934 --> 00:26:22,767 AND, REALLY, IN MANY WAYS, THIS IS NOW THE DANGEROUS TIME 475 00:26:22,834 --> 00:26:25,233 JUST BECAUSE OF THE TEMPERATURE. 476 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:28,333 AND, YOU KNOW, -20 IS UNFORGIVING. 477 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,367 EVERYTHING STARTS JUST TO SEIZE UP. 478 00:26:30,433 --> 00:26:33,000 I GOT TO JUST KEEP MY FINGERS MOVING. 479 00:26:33,066 --> 00:26:35,033 I'VE GOT TO GET DRY. 480 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,400 THE WATER'S ALREADY FREEZING TO MY BODY. 481 00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:42,300 WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST USE SOME OF THIS POWDERED SNOW. 482 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:44,800 AND IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, 483 00:26:44,867 --> 00:26:48,567 BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ABSORBS A LOT OF THE MOISTURE. 484 00:26:48,634 --> 00:26:51,500 GOT TO GET WARM, GOT TO GET DRY, 485 00:26:51,567 --> 00:26:54,100 AND GOT TO GET CLOTHES ON. 486 00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:58,667 IN ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, THAT SUN WILL BE SETTING. 487 00:26:58,734 --> 00:27:02,233 AND LOOK AT THAT -- MY SOCK BEEN OUT ABOUT 30 SECONDS, 488 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:05,266 AND, ALREADY, ALL OF THAT IS FROZEN. 489 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:11,166 THAT IS HOW COLD I AM RIGHT NOW. 490 00:27:13,834 --> 00:27:18,867 THAT IS NOT TO BE REPEATED IN A HURRY. 491 00:27:18,934 --> 00:27:21,066 [ SIGHS ] 492 00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:23,066 BUT SIBERIA HASN'T FINISHED WITH ME YET, 493 00:27:23,133 --> 00:27:25,533 AND AHEAD LIE MORE CHALLENGES, 494 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,867 NOT LEAST THE MILLIONS OF SQUARE MILES OF TAIGA FOREST 495 00:27:28,934 --> 00:27:32,000 WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISAPPEAR FOREVER. 496 00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:34,400 YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS LOOKS THE SAME. 497 00:27:51,734 --> 00:27:55,367 I'M IN SIBERIA, SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE 498 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:57,834 IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON THE PLANET. 499 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:01,333 YOUR ONLY WAY OUT IS THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, 500 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,867 RUNNING THROUGH MILLIONS OF SQUARE MILES 501 00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:06,834 OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN ON EARTH. 502 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:10,300 ALL OF THIS BENEATH ME IS CALLED TAIGA FOREST, 503 00:28:10,367 --> 00:28:14,066 WHICH, IN SIBERIA, LITERALLY MEANS "COLD JUNGLE." 504 00:28:14,133 --> 00:28:15,300 AND IT'S VAST. 505 00:28:15,367 --> 00:28:18,100 IT'S LIKE A GIANT MAZE DOWN THERE. 506 00:28:18,166 --> 00:28:20,200 AND EVEN THE LOCALS COME UNSTUCK. 507 00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,667 AND A QUARTER OF ALL OF THOSE THAT GET LOST 508 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:26,233 ARE NEVER SEEN AGAIN. 509 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:29,667 I'M DOING A HELI-RAPPEL, 510 00:28:29,734 --> 00:28:31,767 A TECHNIQUE WE USED IN THE SPECIAL FORCES 511 00:28:31,834 --> 00:28:34,734 FOR GETTING ONTO THE GROUND FAST. 512 00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:05,967 THIS PLACE IS JUST EERILY STILL, 513 00:29:06,033 --> 00:29:11,667 AND IT'S LIKE THIS WHOLE FOREST IS FROZEN IN TIME. 514 00:29:11,734 --> 00:29:16,567 IT'S JUST SNOW AND TREES 515 00:29:16,634 --> 00:29:19,100 YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. 516 00:29:19,166 --> 00:29:20,900 THERE'S SOMETHING QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC 517 00:29:20,967 --> 00:29:22,700 ABOUT THIS FOREST. 518 00:29:22,767 --> 00:29:26,967 SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN A NEW PLACE THAT'S UNFAMILIAR, 519 00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:30,200 I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE YOU JUST NEED TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, 520 00:29:30,266 --> 00:29:31,967 LET YOUR SENSES ADAPT, 521 00:29:32,033 --> 00:29:34,934 AND JUST TUNE IN TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 522 00:29:36,634 --> 00:29:40,800 THE TAIGA FOREST COVERS NEARLY 2 MILLION SQUARE MILES, 523 00:29:40,867 --> 00:29:43,200 A DISORIENTATING NO-MAN'S LAND 524 00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:45,667 WHICH PLAYS HAVOC WITH YOUR MIND, 525 00:29:45,734 --> 00:29:49,133 NOTHING BUT ENDLESS PINE TREES IN EVERY DIRECTION. 526 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,834 LOSE YOUR WAY HERE, AND YOU WON'T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. 527 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,467 SO, WHAT I'M DOING 528 00:29:54,533 --> 00:29:57,166 IS JUST LOOKING BACK EVERY 50 YARDS OR SO, 529 00:29:57,233 --> 00:29:58,600 AND YOU CAN SEE MY TRACKS, 530 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:01,400 ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS FRESH -- FRESH-FALLEN SNOW. 531 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,100 AND IT JUST MAKES SURE 532 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:06,567 THAT I'M NOT GOING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND IN CIRCLES, 533 00:30:06,634 --> 00:30:10,700 WHICH, IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, IS EASY TO DO. 534 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:13,867 IT'S DEATHLY SILENT HERE. 535 00:30:13,934 --> 00:30:16,400 AND FROM DOWN ON THE GROUND, 536 00:30:16,467 --> 00:30:19,700 IT'S SO HARD TO SEE WHICH WAY YOU HAVE TO GO. 537 00:30:19,767 --> 00:30:23,300 I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET UP THIS TREE. 538 00:30:23,367 --> 00:30:26,634 I RECKON IF I CAN GET, LIKE, MOST OF THE WAY UP THIS, 539 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:29,767 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A NICE VIEW OUT OVER THE FOREST 540 00:30:29,834 --> 00:30:31,900 AND GET MY BEARINGS. 541 00:30:31,967 --> 00:30:35,333 AND TO GET UP TO THE BRANCHES, YOU GOT TO IMPROVISE. 542 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,467 WHAT I'VE GOT IS MY RUCKSACK, 543 00:30:38,533 --> 00:30:41,300 AND THERE'S LOADS OF KIND OF WEBBINGS AND DRAWSTRINGS 544 00:30:41,367 --> 00:30:43,333 AND EVERYTHING HANGING OFF OF THIS. 545 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,300 AND WHAT I CAN THEN DO WITH THIS... 546 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:54,533 ...IS TIE IT 'ROUND MY BOOTS IN A BOWLINE. 547 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,166 THROUGH THE LOOP, 548 00:30:56,233 --> 00:30:58,834 'ROUND THE TREE, BACK DOWN THE HOLE. 549 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,667 AND THAT'S ONE. 550 00:31:02,734 --> 00:31:06,000 AND THEN DO THE SAME ON THE OTHER. 551 00:31:06,066 --> 00:31:08,333 [ SIGHS ] 552 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,166 OKAY, GIVE US A CAMERA, 553 00:31:11,233 --> 00:31:16,333 AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM UP THERE. 554 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,533 THE STRING AROUND MY BOOTS GIVES ME EXTRA GRIP 555 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,200 AND ACTS AS A CLAMP AROUND THE TRUNK. 556 00:31:26,266 --> 00:31:29,300 YEAH, IT'S WORKING QUITE NICELY -- LOOK -- 557 00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:31,533 GIVING ME GOOD GRIP. 558 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,834 IF I CAN GET UP TO THESE, I CAN THEN CUT THAT. 559 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,233 NOW I'M UP HERE. 560 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:48,100 I DON'T NEED THIS DRAWSTRING. 561 00:31:48,166 --> 00:31:51,066 THEN I CAN CLIMB NORMALLY. 562 00:31:51,133 --> 00:31:53,734 HALF OF THESE BRANCHES ARE DEAD -- LOOK. 563 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:54,900 WHOA! 564 00:31:56,567 --> 00:31:58,166 [ BLOWING ] 565 00:31:58,233 --> 00:32:01,500 NOW I CAN SEE WHERE I'VE GOT TO GO. 566 00:32:01,567 --> 00:32:05,233 OKAY, THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS I CAN GET UP THIS TREE. 567 00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:06,734 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 568 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,300 CAN YOU SEE? 569 00:32:08,367 --> 00:32:12,367 I CAN GET A VIEW NOW OUT OVER THAT VALLEY. 570 00:32:12,433 --> 00:32:17,000 AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHERE I SHOULD BE HEADING. 571 00:32:17,066 --> 00:32:19,166 [ GRUNTS ] 572 00:32:19,233 --> 00:32:22,133 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 573 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,600 PRETTY SPIKY IN THESE BRANCHES. 574 00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:25,767 WHOA! 575 00:32:37,734 --> 00:32:39,233 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 576 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:42,967 WE KNOW WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING -- THAT WAY. 577 00:32:43,033 --> 00:32:46,000 BUT IT'S STILL ALL TOO EASY TO GET LOST. 578 00:32:46,066 --> 00:32:48,433 ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. 579 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,500 I RELY ON AN OLD ARMY TECHNIQUE OF FOLLOWING RIVERS. 580 00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:53,700 AN OLD, DRIED-OUT STREAM BED. 581 00:32:53,767 --> 00:32:55,033 AND, ACTUALLY, 582 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,500 WHEN WE WERE ON SELECTION FOR THE SPECIAL FORCES, 583 00:32:57,567 --> 00:32:59,233 THEY ALWAYS USED TO SAY TO US, 584 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,033 WHEN WE WERE DOING A LOT OF THESE 585 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,133 LONG ROUTE MARCHES THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, 586 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,000 THAT IF YOU'RE EVER LOST, 587 00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:08,066 JUST HEAD DOWNHILL UNTIL YOU COME ACROSS A STREAM. 588 00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:10,500 AND WHEN YOU FIND THAT, FOLLOW THAT TO A RIVER 589 00:33:10,567 --> 00:33:12,867 AND THEN THE RIVER TO CIVILIZATION. 590 00:33:12,934 --> 00:33:14,967 OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING. 591 00:33:18,233 --> 00:33:19,834 IN AN EXTREME PLACE LIKE THIS, 592 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:24,233 YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE ANIMALS HOW TO SURVIVE. 593 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:30,600 LOOK, YOU SEE ALL OF THESE CEDAR CONES UNDERNEATH THIS TREE, 594 00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:35,734 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SQUIRRELS HAVE GOT AT THESE. 595 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,900 AND LOOK, YOU SEE ALL OF THESE SQUIRREL TRACKS, 596 00:33:37,967 --> 00:33:41,700 JUST LOADS AND LOADS OF THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE. 597 00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:44,667 AND IN MANY WAYS, NUTS ARE THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL FOOD -- 598 00:33:44,734 --> 00:33:50,700 LOADS OF GOOD FATS AND OILS, VITAMINS, AND ENERGY. 599 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:55,100 BUT, REALLY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOR A MEAL HERE. 600 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:58,834 WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO IS GET THE SQUIRRELS THEMSELVES. 601 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,767 OKAY. 602 00:34:01,834 --> 00:34:04,300 I'M GONNA MAKE A SNARE WITH SOME DEADWOOD. 603 00:34:04,367 --> 00:34:07,100 AND THE KEY WITH SNARES 604 00:34:07,166 --> 00:34:10,333 IS TO LURE THE SQUIRRELS INTO THEM. 605 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,834 AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM. 606 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:16,700 THIS IS GONNA BE MUCH EASIER FOR A SQUIRREL TO GO UP 607 00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:18,567 THAN GOING STRAIGHT UP THE TREE. 608 00:34:18,634 --> 00:34:20,867 SQUIRRELS ARE ESSENTIALLY PRETTY LAZY, 609 00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:22,967 SO THEY'RE GONNA LIKE TO USE THIS. 610 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:25,266 I'M GONNA MAKE A NOOSE OUT OF MY PARACORD. 611 00:34:25,333 --> 00:34:27,467 A SHOELACE WOULD WORK, TOO. 612 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:31,400 WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE THE HOLE ABOUT KIND OF THAT BIG, 613 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:33,867 ENOUGH FOR A SQUIRREL TO GET ITS HEAD THROUGH, 614 00:34:33,934 --> 00:34:36,533 PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRANCH. 615 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,600 AND THE IDEA IS, HE'LL COME UP HERE THROUGH THAT, 616 00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:48,233 GET SNAGGED, AND THEN FALL AND HANG UNDER IT. 617 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:51,000 AND, YOU KNOW, ALL ANIMALS OUT HERE 618 00:34:51,066 --> 00:34:54,000 ARE JUST LOCKED IN THIS BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. 619 00:34:54,066 --> 00:34:55,900 THEY'RE ALL DESPERATE FOR FOOD. 620 00:34:55,967 --> 00:34:58,367 AND EVEN THE SQUIRRELS OUT HERE 621 00:34:58,433 --> 00:35:00,634 HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TURN REALLY VICIOUS. 622 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:01,967 AND THERE'S ONE STORY 623 00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:04,133 OF SOME SQUIRRELS ACTUALLY ATTACKING A DOG, 624 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,033 CLAWING IT AND BITING IT TO DEATH, 625 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:08,734 EATING ALL OF ITS GUTS, AND THEN DISAPPEARING. 626 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,133 THAT'S HOW DESPERATE THESE ANIMALS GET. 627 00:35:13,967 --> 00:35:15,600 IT'S SO HARSH OUT HERE, 628 00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:18,600 YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB WHATEVER YOU CAN TO STAY ALIVE. 629 00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:21,133 I'M DETERMINED TO GET A SQUIRREL, 630 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,800 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER. 631 00:35:22,867 --> 00:35:24,734 TO IMPROVE THE ODDS, I'M GONNA SET ANOTHER TRAP 632 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,767 WITH WIRE THAT I'VE PULLED FROM THE INSIDE OF MY RUCKSACK. 633 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:31,200 FINGERS CROSSED FOR SQUIRREL PIE. 634 00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:44,700 I'M IN THE FREEZING WILDERNESS OF SIBERIA, 635 00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:47,767 HEADING TOWARDS THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, 636 00:35:47,834 --> 00:35:49,834 YOUR ONLY ESCAPE ROUTE FROM THE KILLER COLD. 637 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:51,300 IT'S JUST INTENSE. 638 00:35:51,367 --> 00:35:53,467 I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING LIKE IT. 639 00:35:53,533 --> 00:35:57,400 THE COLD KNOCKS YOU FLAT AND DRAINS YOU COMPLETELY, 640 00:35:57,467 --> 00:35:59,233 AND THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE TO EAT. 641 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,734 IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN. 642 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,233 I'VE SET SOME SQUIRREL TRAPS, 643 00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:08,033 BUT NOW IT'S A GAME OF CHANCE WHETHER I'LL CATCH ANYTHING. 644 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:10,600 THE FIRST TRAP'S BEEN TRIGGERED, 645 00:36:10,667 --> 00:36:12,266 BUT THE SQUIRREL'S GOT AWAY. 646 00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:15,734 MAYBE I'LL HAVE MORE LUCK WITH THE SECOND. 647 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,634 HEY, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMETHING. 648 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:20,900 YEAH, LOOK. 649 00:36:20,967 --> 00:36:25,033 YOU KNOW, IF I'M HONEST, I'M PRETTY AMAZED. 650 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:28,867 YOU KNOW, I ONLY SET -- HAD TIME TO SET TWO TRAPS. 651 00:36:28,934 --> 00:36:33,433 THAT'S A 50% HIT RATE, WHICH IS PRETTY -- PRETTY GOOD. 652 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:37,467 BUT IT JUST SHOWS, EVEN THOUGH THIS FOREST LOOKS BARREN, 653 00:36:37,533 --> 00:36:42,367 THERE IS FOOD TO BE FOUND HERE IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 654 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:45,567 OKAY, GONNA TAKE THIS NOOSE OFF... 655 00:36:45,634 --> 00:36:48,367 AND COOK HIM. 656 00:36:48,433 --> 00:36:50,200 IF HE WASN'T FROZEN, 657 00:36:50,266 --> 00:36:54,200 I'D JUST BE ABLE TO SKIN AND GUT AND COOK ALL OF THIS, 658 00:36:54,266 --> 00:36:57,567 BUT LITERALLY, HE IS FROZEN SOLID. 659 00:36:57,634 --> 00:36:59,600 AND LOOK -- SEE WHAT I MEAN. LISTEN TO THIS. 660 00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:01,000 [ KNOCKING ] 661 00:37:01,066 --> 00:37:04,800 ABSOLUTELY...RIGID. 662 00:37:04,867 --> 00:37:07,600 THE BEST WAY IS TO SCRAPE OFF THE FUR 663 00:37:07,667 --> 00:37:14,767 AND COOK SHAVINGS OF THE MEAT OVER THE FIRE. 664 00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:19,066 MAN, WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE. 665 00:37:19,133 --> 00:37:21,800 SO MANY OF THESE THINGS I EAT ARE, LIKE, TERRIBLE, 666 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:25,100 BUT THIS...IS WONDERFUL. 667 00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:30,066 MMM. REALLY RICH, GAMY, WARMING. 668 00:37:32,066 --> 00:37:34,000 I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE MORE. 669 00:37:34,066 --> 00:37:37,433 I'M AFTER WHAT SIBERIAN HUNTERS CONSIDER A DELICACY. 670 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:38,867 AND THERE YOU GO. 671 00:37:38,934 --> 00:37:44,567 YOU SEE... THAT'S ITS BRAIN THERE. 672 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,166 IT'S LIKE KIND OF FROZEN PâTé. 673 00:37:55,233 --> 00:37:59,266 RAW BRAIN AND A BIT OF MEAT -- BETTER THAN NOTHING, 674 00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:02,467 BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU STRENGTH FOR THE SIBERIAN WEATHER 675 00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:05,567 THAT CAN CHANGE IN A HEARTBEAT. 676 00:38:05,634 --> 00:38:10,533 LOOK. YOU CAN SEE IT'S CLOUDING OVER ALREADY HERE NOW. 677 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:15,166 AND IN SIBERIA, THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. 678 00:38:15,233 --> 00:38:18,266 AND IF YOU'RE CAUGHT OUT HERE -- BIG STORM, HIGH WINDS, 679 00:38:18,333 --> 00:38:20,533 IN THIS FOREST, THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW -- 680 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,266 VISIBILITY WILL BE ALMOST ZERO. 681 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:24,500 AND IF YOU JUST SAT DOWN AND DID NOTHING, 682 00:38:24,567 --> 00:38:26,000 YOU'D FREEZE TO DEATH. 683 00:38:26,066 --> 00:38:29,533 SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FIND SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY SHELTER, 684 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,467 BUT WORK WITH WHAT NATURE'S GIVEN YOU. 685 00:38:32,533 --> 00:38:35,533 AND LOOK -- YOU SEE THIS IS THE WAY THIS IS SPLIT, 686 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,000 AND WHAT I CAN DO IS MAKE, 687 00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:41,700 LIKE, A REALLY QUICK, SIMPLE LEAN-TO SHELTER HERE. 688 00:38:41,767 --> 00:38:45,567 SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A PLACE TO REST UP. 689 00:38:45,634 --> 00:38:47,467 YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FANCY, 690 00:38:47,533 --> 00:38:49,433 JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN KNOCK UP IN MINUTES 691 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,533 TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. 692 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,800 PLACE SOME BRANCHES ALONG THE FALLEN TRUNK 693 00:38:53,867 --> 00:38:56,066 FOR THE BASIC ROOF. 694 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,934 YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN, LET'S SAY, 15 MINUTES, 695 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,400 IF THE WEATHER REALLY TURNS. 696 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,600 SPHAGNUM MOSS IS A GOOD INSULATOR 697 00:39:05,667 --> 00:39:08,266 AND STOPS YOUR BODY LOSING HEAT FROM THE FROZEN GROUND. 698 00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:11,834 JUST CARVE OFF BIG CHUNKS TO MAKE A MATTRESS. 699 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:15,934 AND A FEW OF THOSE WILL BE ENOUGH FOR ME TO LIE ON MY CHEST 700 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,467 AND KEEP ALL MY UPPER ORGANS NICE AND WARM. 701 00:39:20,533 --> 00:39:22,333 IN AN EMERGENCY, 702 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,033 THE PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT YOUR VITAL ORGANS 703 00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:26,967 AND CONSERVE THEIR HEAT. 704 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:30,967 AND THEN WHAT I NEED JUST A LOAD OF GREEN FOLIAGE 705 00:39:31,033 --> 00:39:33,266 JUST TO COVER ALL OF THIS FRAMEWORK. 706 00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:35,467 AND THEN, IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES, 707 00:39:35,533 --> 00:39:39,000 I'VE MADE A PRETTY GOOD EMERGENCY SHELTER. 708 00:39:41,467 --> 00:39:43,300 THERE ARE WOLVES AROUND HERE. 709 00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:47,200 RUSSIA HAS MORE WOLVES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 710 00:39:47,266 --> 00:39:49,533 THEY WILL ATTACK HUMANS IF THEY'RE HUNGRY ENOUGH, 711 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,900 SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A FIRE LIT QUICKLY TO KEEP THEM AT BAY. 712 00:39:53,967 --> 00:39:56,667 BIRCH BARK IS GREAT FOR LIGHTING FIRES. 713 00:39:56,734 --> 00:39:59,400 IT'S ALWAYS CONSIDERED NATURE'S FIRE LIGHTER, 714 00:39:59,467 --> 00:40:02,233 AND IT'S NATURALLY WATERPROOF, 715 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:06,934 SO THE INSIDE OF IT STAYS NICE AND DRY. 716 00:40:11,734 --> 00:40:16,433 THE FIRE REALLY JUST MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. 717 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:20,233 YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY... 718 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,634 YOU JUST FEEL HUMAN AGAIN. 719 00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:28,266 AND, REALLY, I JUST WANT TO REST HERE FOR A BIT, 720 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:33,634 WARM UP, AND JUST TAKE A BIT OF TIME. 721 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,033 AHH, MAN THAT FEELS GOOD. 722 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:38,033 WHEW! 723 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:42,100 A FEW MINUTES' REST, AND I'LL BE READY TO CARRY ON. 724 00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:45,133 I'M NEARLY OUT OF THE FOREST, AND IF I KEEP HEADING EAST, 725 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:49,100 I'LL FIND CIVILIZATION -- WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THERE. 726 00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:51,934 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN! 727 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:03,100 I'M IN SIBERIA, SHOWING WHAT IT TAKES 728 00:41:03,166 --> 00:41:05,834 TO SURVIVE IN THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS. 729 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:08,667 THE COLD HERE IS JUST INTENSE. 730 00:41:08,734 --> 00:41:11,767 I'M HEADING FOR THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, 731 00:41:11,834 --> 00:41:14,634 YOUR ONE HOPE FOR SALVATION. 732 00:41:18,467 --> 00:41:22,433 I CAN SEE DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY. 733 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:27,233 THAT'S DEFINITELY EITHER A ROAD OR A RAILWAY. 734 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:29,300 LET'S GO FOR IT. 735 00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:30,900 GO ON, GUYS. 736 00:41:30,967 --> 00:41:34,233 YEAH, LET'S GET DOWN THERE. 737 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,233 [ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS IN DISTANCE ] 738 00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:43,900 GUYS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE! 739 00:41:46,767 --> 00:41:49,500 IT'S A FREIGHT TRAIN ABOUT A MILE AWAY. 740 00:41:49,567 --> 00:41:52,100 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE TRACK AND JUMP ABOARD 741 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:54,133 AND GET OUT OF HERE. 742 00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:59,066 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN! 743 00:42:01,433 --> 00:42:03,967 I'VE TRAVELED THIS FAR TO REACH THE RAILWAY, 744 00:42:04,033 --> 00:42:06,634 AND THE CHALLENGES IN SIBERIA HAVE BEEN IMMENSE. 745 00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:10,567 I'VE DIVED INTO ICY WATERS, CROSSED FROZEN LAKES, 746 00:42:10,634 --> 00:42:14,000 AND DIVED THROUGH THE MAZE IN THE TAIGA FOREST TO GET HERE. 747 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,266 I'VE GOT TO MATCH MY SPEED TO THE TRAIN. 748 00:42:18,333 --> 00:42:20,533 IF I MISTIME THE JUMP, 749 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,967 I COULD BE CHEWED UP BENEATH THE WHEELS. 750 00:42:28,333 --> 00:42:32,333 ONE LAST SPRINT, AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEAP ABOARD. 751 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,166 THIS TRACK HOOKS UP WITH THE FAMOUS TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, 752 00:42:54,233 --> 00:42:56,967 WHICH SPANS OVER 5,500 MILES 753 00:42:57,033 --> 00:43:00,066 FROM MOSCOW TO BEIJING IN CHINA, 754 00:43:00,133 --> 00:43:03,800 AND IT'S GONNA GET ME OUT OF HERE. 755 00:43:03,867 --> 00:43:06,000 SIBERIA HAS BEEN HARSH 756 00:43:06,066 --> 00:43:08,700 AND LIVED UP TO ITS BRUTAL REPUTATION. 757 00:43:08,767 --> 00:43:11,400 IT'S AN EPIC STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE OUT HERE, 758 00:43:11,467 --> 00:43:13,533 BUT IF YOU CAN FIND THE WILLPOWER 759 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,700 AND THE DETERMINATION, 760 00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:18,133 IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.