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I'm Bear Grylls, and I'm gonna show
you what it takes to get out alive

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from some of the most dangerous
places in the world.

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Whoo!

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I've been to the ends of the earth

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battling the worst
that nature can throw at me,

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using all my knowledge and skill

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to make it through
the wild's toughest challenges.

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I've been lucky to see it all.

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That is very, very tight.

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And on the way,
I've learned so much.

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How they picked the tracks
of that up, amazing.

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Now using some of that experience
and some brand-new action...

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That's amazing!

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..I'm gonna show you how to survive
wherever you are on the planet.

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Whoo-hoo!

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This is the Man vs Wild
Global Survival Guide.

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From the swamps of Indonesia

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to the sands of the Sahara

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and the mountains of Patagonia,

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there's nowhere I haven't taken on.

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But to survive
in each different environment

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needs a different set
of skills and knowledge.

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In this episode, I'm gonna
take you around the world,

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and show you how to stay alive

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whether you're in the desert,
the tropics or the Arctic.

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I'm gonna do it using previously
unseen tips and challenges.

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On location we get into
so many crazy situations

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that often we can't fit it
all into the program.

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Well, now we can,
and it's gonna be a blast.

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Whoo!

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Making this show, we've been
almost everywhere on earth.

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-Sumatra.
-Siberia.

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-Zambia.
-Belize.

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-South Dakota.
-Alaska.

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-Alabama.
-Central Romania.

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-The Sahara Desert.
-Guatemala.

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-The Arctic Circle.
-Vietnam.

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-The Baltic Coast.
-Georgia.

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-Patagonia.
-And a whole lot more.

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This is gonna be an adventure.

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On this incredible journey

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I've experienced virtually
every environment known to man.

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It's just intense.

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Quite a mad place to be.

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Facing some of
the toughest challenges

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in the harshest conditions.

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This must be the hottest desert
I have ever been in.

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Look at this.

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Whoa!

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Now I'm gonna strip it down

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and show you
the best techniques to use

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depending on where
you're stranded...

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..whether it's the heat
of the deserts,

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the cold of the polar climates,

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the wild mountains
of the temperate zones,

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or the humidity of the tropics.

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And I'm gonna start
with the tropical islands.

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Places like this might
be seen as paradise,

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but the reality
is very different

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there's often hardly
any fresh water,

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and these can be some of the
harshest areas to survive anywhere.

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There are roughly 45,000
tropical islands.

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And one thing they all share
is an abundance of sea life.

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But that's not always a good thing.

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Oh, look, we've got a shark here.
Just there.

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Look, bluebottle jellyfish.

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You do not wanna
get stung by this guy.

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Whales!

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Massive humpback
in the water with us.

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If you can avoid
the dangers in these

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warm waters, the
rewards are immense.

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And you don't have to look far
to find your supper.

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Look at all these shells.

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They're all the way along here.

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These are conch shells.
Just hundreds of them.

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They're among the largest molluscs
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Let's go and get a conch.

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The Taino people
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dived for these large sea snails,

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eating their meat
and using their shells.

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But it's tough work without a mask.

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It's just hard to see.

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But actually there is a way
you can dive without a mask,

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and what you do is just cup
your forehead with your hands,

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and then when you're underwater,
you blow out of your nose,

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creates a little air pocket and
will let you see for a few seconds.

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Making an air pocket in front of my
eyes means I can focus underwater,

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gives a chance to locate a conch.

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Conch!

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If there's
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gonna make a really
nice fish supper.

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It's not even Friday.

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The traditional method
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is to make a hole
in the front of the shell,

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in the third ring from the centre.

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And what that does
is just pierce that vacuum

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and makes it much harder for them,
the conch, to hold on.

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(GRUNTS)

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Whoo.

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No raw seafood is 100% safe,
but I'm gonna risk it.

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Mmm.

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Actually good,
a bit like, just, raw scallop.

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High in protein and minerals,
seafood is great survival food,

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and it's just everywhere here.

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You see this?
It's covered in these things.

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And those are actually edible.
Called chitons.

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Look, let's see
if we can get one off.

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You see all of that gunk inside,

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but there's a little snack
on the way that's gonna do a treat.

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Tastes like a very salty,
very tough oyster.

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But a good bit of energy.

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Let's keep moving
along this coastline.

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It's not just the sea that can help
the survivor on a tropical island.

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The beaches are also
rich hunting ground.

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There's a beach almond tree.

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If you find one of these,

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you're in good shape.

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Look around on the ground.

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Here you go, that's
one of the fruits from it.

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Good thing about these is
you got fruit on the outside,

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but then, inside - get an old one -
inside that, you'll get a nut.

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The beach or Indian almond
grows all over the tropics.

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Its fruit is fleshy
and slightly acidic.

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Strong flavour, but good.

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But it's the nut that's
the real rich source of energy.

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Crack it open, inside...

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..good almond.

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Mmm.

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The nuts are rich in protein,
fats and carbohydrate.

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That's a good find.

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Fill our pockets with these.

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When you come across
great survival food like this,

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collect as much as you can
and store it somewhere safe -

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you're gonna need it.

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Food may be plentiful
on tropical islands.

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The big problem can be
finding fresh water.

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But there are some telltale signs
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Look here.

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You see the trees are much bigger,

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and it all looks more lush,

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just the sort of place
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Definitely worth a look.

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You can actually almost smell water
here, it just feels much more humid.

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Look, you see water
all the way down here.

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Actually,
that's a little bit salty.

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Not much but there's definitely
a little bit of salt in there.

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Probably a mix of rainwater

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but it's also some sea water
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Even a little salt water
starts you down a dangerous path.

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The more you drink,
the thirstier you get,

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and ultimately your kidneys fail
under the high salinity.

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Without fresh water
you'll only last three days,

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so it's vital you find it.

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And sometimes it can turn up
in the most unlikely places.

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I can see a change in the water.

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Actually, look, that's amazing.

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Can you see this?

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It's like a natural spring
coming out from down...

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..down under the rock.

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See if you can see this.

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Look, if I throw
some sand in, watch this.

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See that? It's being
brought right out.

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Actually that is fresh.

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Now, that is just amazing,
literally right on the shoreline

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to have fresh water coming down.

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Fresh water floats on top
of the denser sea water.

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Natural springs are as good as it
gets in the wild, but they're rare.

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Let's get this filled up.

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There's one source of
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that's always around in
the tropics - the coconut.

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Coconuts can be a lifesaver.

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They can also be
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One simple way, though,

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find a bit of hard wood,
put a bit of an edge onto it...

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..and then just...

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..drive the coconut onto it.

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Coconut is such
a good hydration fluid

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that in some developing countries
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as an alternative
to medical saline.

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You should look for this miracle
fluid in young green coconuts -

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the older and browner they get,
the less water there is.

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If you can escape your island
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you're likely to end up
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and that's where we're going next.

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Whoa!

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The harsh realities
of island life in the tropics

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will stretch the toughest survivor,

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but getting stranded in a temperate
zone has its own unique pitfalls.

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(GRUNTS)

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Whoa!

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The temperate zones lie north
and south of the tropics.

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They have relatively
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and are more populated,

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especially on the coast.

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But just because you're stranded
in a developed part of the world

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doesn't mean you're safe.

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If you're lost, there's
no guarantee of rescue -

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could be days, could be weeks -
so you'd better learn the basics.

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OK, go!

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If you're stuck on the coast
in a temperate region,

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and you follow the shore for long
enough, you're gonna find help,

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but you'll need food on the way.

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Here are some new tips to show you
how to find it and how to cook it.

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Start by looking around
protected tidal beaches

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and it shouldn't be long
before you get lucky.

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Look, there are loads and loads
of these mussels here

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that I can use.

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And then there's this limpet.

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And there's lots of
nice spirulina in here,

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and that's all gonna be good.

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Packed full of vitamin B12,

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this seaweed can be
a good substitute for meat.

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Oh. (LAUGHS)

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Got a crab as well.

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And these little shore crabs,

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as long as they're small like that,

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those are fine to eat just raw.

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Only eat crabs like this raw
if the water quality is good.

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Tastes of sand and salt.

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And goo.

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Now to find somewhere
to cook up my feast.

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Actually, this will do -
nice and sheltered from the wind,

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above the high tide mark.

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Just gonna find myself some wood.

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There's plenty of driftwood
lying at the high tide mark -

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it's covered in
salt and still damp.

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I'll need lots of tinder
to get it going.

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Dead grass is perfect.

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You just run your fingers through
it, like through your hair,

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and you get all
the nice dead, dry stuff.

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And then it's gonna catch and go.

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And that's nice
when it goes first time.

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I'll try and get some
of this seafood broth going

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with these mussels.

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And all I wanna do
is throw all of these,

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just like they are,
sand and everything,

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in there.

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Pop the limpets out.

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Add some water and boil it up.

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As mussels are essentially
filter feeders,

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in poor water areas
they can be high

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in concentrated toxins.

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It's best to cook them properly.

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Once the broth has boiled,
I'll pick out the seafood,

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and then strain the rest -
my socks will work a treat.

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What I want is
all the juice and all

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the goodness
without all of the sand.

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It's like fishy socks.

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But at least it's warming.

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Coastlines like this can offer
the survivor a lot,

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but if you choose to head inland,

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temperate regions present
many different landscapes.

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Mountains.

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Valleys.

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And grassland.

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But one of the most common
is the forest.

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The whole place is
just teeming with bears!

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Shh.

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(WHISPERS) That's a brown bear.

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My heart is thumping.

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In this global survival guide
I've shown how to deal with

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being stranded on the coast
in tropical and temperate regions.

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Now we're heading inland
to the temperate forest,

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a very different environment.

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The inland areas

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of the northern temperate zones

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were once mainly forest.

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Humans have cleared
many of the trees

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for cities and farmland,

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but there are still vast
and wild areas left.

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And this is one of
the greatest of them all...

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..the Carpathian Mountains
in Romania.

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Thousands of miles of dense forest.

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There's potential for food
and water, but it's not all good.

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Clear.

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Down there are some
pretty nasty creatures.

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Good luck, Bear!

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Here you go. Come over here.

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There you go, a little salamander.

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Get him in these chopsticks.
Hang on.

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Wanna be a little bit careful
not to touch the skin of this.

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It actually secretes
some poison out of it.

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But, you know, it's a pretty clear
indicator nature gives you

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of something bad - very brightly
coloured yellow spots,

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doesn't move very fast,

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you know it's not gonna
bite you or anything,

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which means it's gonna
have some sort of defence,

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and its defence
is the poison it releases.

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So you don't wanna eat that.

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But kind of beautiful as well, eh?

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OK, let him go.

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Of all the creatures
that live in temperate forests,

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there's one that's guaranteed
to strike fear

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into the heart of any survivor.

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Shh.

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(WHISPERS) You can
just see it there.

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OK, come down, come down.

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That's a brown bear.

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OK, we are very close here,
probably only about 50 metres.

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No sudden movements at all.

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And my heart is thumping...
at the moment.

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But he hasn't spotted us,
I don't think.

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Unbelievable to see...
to see a bear this close.

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OK, he's just spotted us,

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and he's turning away.

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And he's moved away.

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But, you know, you get
a bear that close,

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any sudden movement,
he's gonna pick up.

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And, really, if they go for you...

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..you've just gotta...
you gotta back away slowly.

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If they're coming for you fast,
you've gotta run.

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Best thing to do, drop
something of yours, a rucksack -

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they're gonna go straight
for that first to smell,

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and that might give you just
a precious few minutes to get away.

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But it means we've gotta be
just so careful...

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..moving through these woods.

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In forest survival, any kind
of weapon is going to help,

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ideally a rifle,

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but if you're stranded
without warning,

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you're unlikely to
have one of those.

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Sometimes, though,
nature throws you a bone,

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or in the case of Montana, a stone.

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I just found this arrowhead
back there.

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You know, some of these date back
literally thousands of years.

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Would have been shaped
and made by Native Americans

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who used it to hunt with
and to protect themselves.

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Native Americans used bows and
arrows to hunt deer, elk and bison,

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and if it was good enough for them,
it's good enough for me.

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I've gathered some feathers
and willow for the arrows,

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and alder for the bow.

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It's all about tools of convenience,
using whatever you can around you,

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just to help yourself
hunt and survive.

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First thing I wanna do
is just strip this willow down,

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take all of the outer bark off.

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Next, to attach the arrowhead,

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the central thread of my para cord
is ideal for the job.

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And then just melt down
some of this pine resin...

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..and then mixed in
with a bit of charcoal...

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..makes a really effective glue.

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The feathers must
be placed carefully.

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If not,
the arrow won't fly straight.

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You see the rifle on that?

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That's what gives it the spin.

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OK.

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Time to make my bow.

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Just tapering down
one side of this.

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And in between doing that,

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just get it over the fire
and try and dry it out,

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and that's gonna stiffen it up
and then give it more power.

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More parachute cord
makes my bowstring.

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I should have a range
of about 15 yards.

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Looks like we're ready to go.

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Come on then.

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00:21:02,020 --> 00:21:05,360
(WHISPERS) So, just trying to keep
all movement nice and slow,

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no sudden movements,
because when you're moving jerkily

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animals catch you
out of the corner of their eye.

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Bow hunters will normally
actually often scout an area

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for months in advance,

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and once they find a good area,
they'll come and they'll wait,

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and they'll wait.

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But I don't have
that luxury of time.

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We'll give it a bit longer,
move out through this woodland bit.

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If we don't get anything,
we'll then move off.

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Then suddenly I spot something
in the trees above.

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OK, OK.

367
00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:53,380
See him on the top branch there?

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Got him?

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00:21:55,260 --> 00:22:00,000
It's a long shot. The bird's tiny,
but I've got to give it a go.

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00:22:01,060 --> 00:22:02,060
Oh.

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Went straight over his head.

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00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:09,980
I try again, but the second arrow
scares him and he flies away.

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00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:12,160
No luck this time.

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00:22:16,380 --> 00:22:19,000
Survival is all about
playing the odds,

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and you'll often have setbacks
before you succeed.

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So try, try and try again
until your plan works out.

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The one thing you must never do
is give up,

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especially where we're going next -

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it's back to the tropics
and into the jungle.

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(HISSES)

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I'm on a journey of survival,

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a trip around the world looking at
the best ways to stay alive

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in almost every type
of environment...

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..using brand-new action
from some of my unseen adventures.

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00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,200
There's a definite sense
of excitement.

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00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,160
I'm showing you
the best tips and techniques

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00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,400
so you can make it out alive,
wherever you're stranded.

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00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:21,180
Whoo-hoo!

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00:23:21,420 --> 00:23:25,180
And the right knowledge and attitude
are vital to where we're going now.

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00:23:26,020 --> 00:23:29,160
If you can survive here,
you can survive anywhere.

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00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,240
Welcome to the jungle.

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Hot, humid and huge.

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00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:41,220
If you're not used to
this environment,

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it's bewildering and dangerous.

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It is just jungle, jungle,
and more jungle.

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Usually located in
the sweltering heat of the tropics,

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jungles are home to half of all the
animal and plant species on earth,

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and a large number of those
are trying to kill you...

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00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:01,120
(HISSES)

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00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,320
..as my cameraman found out
in Belize.

401
00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:07,260
Ooh, Bear.

402
00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,160
- Yeah?
- My leg. Look.

403
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,140
-What's that?
-My leg.

404
00:24:11,180 --> 00:24:12,940
(LAUGHS) Oh, yeah.

405
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,060
Let's have a look.

406
00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:18,140
That's quite a good size...
good size tarantula.

407
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,260
Let's see if we can get him off.

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00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:24,020
Wanna be careful here, I don't want
him to bite you either.

409
00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:26,020
Through...through there.

410
00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:27,300
Right, there we go.

411
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,060
And that is a good size.

412
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,420
Look, you can see his fangs
right at the front there.

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00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:39,300
If you try and squash him or grab
him, he'll strike, wham, like that.

414
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,980
But as long as you
don't disturb him,

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00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:45,220
he shouldn't...shouldn't bite.

416
00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:47,260
You saw that climbing up your foot.

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00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,380
That's well spotted.

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00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:52,080
Let's just leave him be though,
let's not mess with him.

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00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:55,960
Look, up go his fangs at the front.
Let's get him off.

420
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,940
Not every creature in
the jungle wants you dead -

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00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,180
some are very happy
to eat you alive.

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00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,080
Oh, man, I'm getting
hammered by these things.

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00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:15,980
Leeches - they're everywhere here.

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00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,280
Ah, look, you see this one,

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00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:21,940
it is just full of blood.

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00:25:24,020 --> 00:25:26,380
Absolute brutes.

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00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,240
Sometimes in the jungle it can feel
like everything is out to get you,

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00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,980
but hidden away there are
some amazing creatures and plants

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00:25:36,020 --> 00:25:37,260
that can help the survivor.

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00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:44,200
This is the Camino Real trail
in Panama -

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00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:48,000
the route that Spanish conquistadors
used to move their treasure

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00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,940
from the Pacific to the Atlantic,

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00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,340
and it's home to
a very special plant.

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00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,100
Come and check this plant out.

435
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:00,980
This is called ortiga.

436
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:04,120
And you can tell that just if you
look at the underside of the leaf -

437
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,100
it's got these very sharp barbs,

438
00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:11,360
and also if you look down the actual
stalk of it, really sharp again.

439
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:13,980
And legend has it
that the slaves who

440
00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:15,400
were driving the
gold mule trains,

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00:26:15,980 --> 00:26:18,300
when they reached the point
of just complete exhaustion

442
00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:19,940
and they couldn't go on,

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00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:23,340
they'd supposedly whip their legs
with these spikes

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00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:25,320
and it would make
their legs go numb.

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00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:28,180
And I've always been interested
to see actually whether

446
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,340
this stuff works or not.

447
00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:31,260
So let me give it a little go.

448
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:42,180
OK.

449
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,000
And, look,
you see it all just going

450
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,260
red there,

451
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,020
And I wouldn't describe it
as a bundle of good fun,

452
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:01,180
sitting in the jungle
whipping myself.

453
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,240
But let's just see
if their trick works for me.

454
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,380
And actually it feels
very, very hot suddenly.

455
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,380
And it's kind of like just rubbing

456
00:27:15,420 --> 00:27:18,000
a load of heat balm along it.

457
00:27:18,140 --> 00:27:22,040
Not quite numb, but the ortiga
certainly gave me a lift of sorts.

458
00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:35,200
Jungles have a lot to offer
when it comes to food,

459
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,120
and sometimes it's just
lying around on the floor.

460
00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:40,420
Actually, look, this is
an old termites nest.

461
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,940
Look, you see this?
Here we go, look.

462
00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:49,280
There you go.
Look, shake all of these out.

463
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:58,080
And, look, see all of those little
guys, those are the termites.

464
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:04,180
And, look, actually, look, see these
bigger ones, these are the workers.

465
00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:07,340
They're the ones that actually
who move all the colony around.

466
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,380
More nutritional value
in these bigger ones.

467
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,200
Ow!

468
00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:16,080
Quite sharp little nippers
on the front there.

469
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:20,940
And, look, you'll see him actually
just clinging on for dear life

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00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:22,080
to my finger.

471
00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:26,080
Mmm.

472
00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:27,980
Crunchy.

473
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,960
If you're stranded
and nobody's looking for you,

474
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,220
you're gonna have to
get yourself to safety.

475
00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:35,240
Whoa!

476
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,160
But moving through
the jungle is tough.

477
00:28:45,220 --> 00:28:48,000
In Sumatra I found
a quicker way to travel.

478
00:28:51,380 --> 00:28:55,140
I reckon I'm gonna make
much better...better progress

479
00:28:55,180 --> 00:28:56,980
if I can get into this river.

480
00:28:57,340 --> 00:28:59,140
There are some rapids

481
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,000
but I reckon if I find myself
a log, this should be manageable.

482
00:29:08,260 --> 00:29:10,240
This river is heading
where I wanna go,

483
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,940
and it's gonna be
way faster than walking.

484
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,340
Rapids downstream mean
this isn't the safest option,

485
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,040
but there are some techniques
you can use to minimise the risk.

486
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,080
You need to take
this time before the

487
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,180
rapid, not only
to get your breath,

488
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,380
but also to plan
your route in them.

489
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,080
I can use the
buoyancy of this bamboo

490
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,140
to get myself up,
and get a view.

491
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,980
But I hate that
feeling where you

492
00:29:41,020 --> 00:29:43,100
can just hear the
sound of the rapids

493
00:29:43,140 --> 00:29:45,340
building and building.

494
00:29:45,940 --> 00:29:47,000
(EXHALES)

495
00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:55,260
And suddenly I'm in
the turmoil of the rapids.

496
00:29:56,940 --> 00:29:58,420
I'm aiming for
what's called the tongue,

497
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,180
where the water builds up
and all the main volume is going.

498
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,120
Fight to keep your head up high so
you can anticipate the waves ahead.

499
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,320
Try and stay on your back with
your feet pointing downstream,

500
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,420
so you can face any obstacles.

501
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,360
And if you go under you've gotta
keep calm, don't fight it,

502
00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:20,980
just let the water spit you out.

503
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,980
OK, I'm out of the main flow
and through that eddy line.

504
00:30:29,180 --> 00:30:32,080
That was much stronger
than I thought.

505
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,100
But I've made some good progress
down the river.

506
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,380
Wanna get out of it now.

507
00:30:40,180 --> 00:30:44,160
In the jungle, if you look hard
enough you'll find food and water,

508
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,080
but you could be stranded somewhere

509
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,980
where there's virtually nothing.

510
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:52,060
Bottom line is it doesn't matter how
good or smart or clever you are -

511
00:30:52,140 --> 00:30:53,260
without water, you're dead.

512
00:31:06,140 --> 00:31:07,180
Coastlines.

513
00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:08,240
Forest.

514
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,320
Jungle.

515
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,320
With knowledge, positive attitude
and a bit of luck,

516
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,160
you can make it
out of these places alive.

517
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:18,300
But surviving in the desert
is a different matter.

518
00:31:32,340 --> 00:31:35,940
Around one-fifth of the world's
land area is desert -

519
00:31:36,340 --> 00:31:39,980
food is scarce,
water virtually nonexistent.

520
00:31:41,980 --> 00:31:46,000
Temperatures can range from over
130 degrees Fahrenheit in the day...

521
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,160
Really, the heat out here
is just relentless.

522
00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:51,240
..to below freezing at night.

523
00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:56,120
I'm really cold.
I just can't wait to see the sun.

524
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,280
There's very little shelter,
and you're unlikely to be found.

525
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,120
If you get stranded here,
you're in big trouble.

526
00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:13,160
Whatever desert you're in,

527
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,320
your biggest struggle
is gonna be finding water.

528
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,960
And if you don't, death
is gonna visit you very quickly.

529
00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:21,920
In the Baja desert in Mexico

530
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,300
I was having a rough time after
being stung in the face by a bee,

531
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,160
but out here the search for water
can never stop.

532
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,920
Cacti may seem like a good option
for fluids, but many are poisonous.

533
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,960
You see, all of these
are cardon cacti.

534
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,180
And, look, they're huge.

535
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:47,380
And cardons actually grow into
the biggest cactus in the world.

536
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:53,060
Some of them contain up to a tonne
of water in all of those big limbs.

537
00:32:54,220 --> 00:32:57,200
But it's not the sort of water
you can drink.

538
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,980
Try and tuck into that

539
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,960
and it's just gonna make you
throw up, give you diarrhoea.

540
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,060
It's got loads of chemicals
and toxins in it.

541
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,260
And out here, that's just
gonna kill you faster.

542
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,160
In the constant quest for water

543
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,120
the canyons of the Chihuahuan
Desert provide some better options.

544
00:33:20,340 --> 00:33:23,020
Your best bet is down
on the canyon floor.

545
00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:27,180
Storms create massive run-off
into pools known as tinajas.

546
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,380
The trouble is it might not have
rained here for months.

547
00:33:32,180 --> 00:33:34,360
Oh, hang on, we've got water here.

548
00:33:35,260 --> 00:33:37,200
Looking pretty stagnant, though.

549
00:33:38,260 --> 00:33:41,080
And you've gotta try
and resist the temptation

550
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,140
to dive in and drink
water like this.

551
00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:46,040
It's gonna have all
sorts of nasties in it.

552
00:33:47,060 --> 00:33:49,020
And actually you're
at your most vulnerable

553
00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:51,280
at the point where
you're most thirsty

554
00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:53,320
because it's then
that you get careless.

555
00:33:55,320 --> 00:34:00,160
But what I've got is just a normal
clear hiking water bottle.

556
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,180
And there is a way that I can use
sunlight, the UV light,

557
00:34:04,380 --> 00:34:07,080
to help me purify
this stagnant water.

558
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,920
And all you've gotta do
is fill it up,

559
00:34:10,140 --> 00:34:13,300
and then leave it out in the sun
for about six hours,

560
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:18,220
and then sunlight and the UV rays

561
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,320
will purify about 60%-80%
of all the bad stuff.

562
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,260
Actually, give it a good shake as
well - that oxygenates the water.

563
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,080
So all I've gotta do is leave it on
the back of the rucksack as I walk,

564
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:36,100
and hopefully after about six hours,
it's gonna be pretty OK to drink.

565
00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:40,340
You know, it's never gonna be 100%,
but it's better than nothing.

566
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,280
When it comes to food,
deserts offer precious little,

567
00:34:50,140 --> 00:34:52,240
so in one of my rare encounters
with other humans,

568
00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:56,120
I met the ultimate desert hunters,
the San Bushmen of Namibia,

569
00:34:56,380 --> 00:34:58,340
to learn from
their hard-won wisdom.

570
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,160
One of the San hunters has
picked up the track of a hare,

571
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,320
the faintest print in the sand.

572
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:15,120
Using their intimate knowledge
of the desert,

573
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,400
the Bushmen find, and start
digging down to the hare's burrow.

574
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,260
There's a definite sense of urgency
and excitement with these guys now.

575
00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:34,160
(SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) OK? OK?

576
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,020
OK, he's got it.

577
00:35:37,340 --> 00:35:40,080
Less than 10 minutes
after picking up the trail,

578
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,020
the hunters have caught their prey.

579
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,100
A stunning piece of bushcraft.

580
00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:47,220
How they picked the tracks
of that up, you know,

581
00:35:47,260 --> 00:35:49,320
especially after it was
raining last night,

582
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,200
almost completely
obliterated the tracks,

583
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:52,960
but they just caught
it from the sun,

584
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000
they could just see the silhouette
of the tracks, amazing.

585
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,100
It would take years to learn
all the skills of the San Bushmen,

586
00:36:00,140 --> 00:36:02,080
and even then, surviving
in the desert

587
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,300
would be hard,

588
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:08,160
but probably not as hard as staying
alive in our final destination.

589
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,920
And how anybody or anything
can live here

590
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,260
is just extraordinary.

591
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,120
If the heat of the desert is tough,

592
00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:30,080
the cold of polar climates
can be tougher.

593
00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:35,980
Whoa!

594
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,240
It's fair to say I've landed.

595
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,080
If you're stuck somewhere like
this, you've got your work cut out.

596
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,340
Exposed flesh can
freeze in minutes,

597
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,980
and there are hidden dangers
everywhere -

598
00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:57,160
crevasses,

599
00:36:57,380 --> 00:36:58,960
hypothermia

600
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,260
and avalanche.

601
00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:07,280
See that coming straight
off the mountain? Avalanche.

602
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,180
And this is why this area
is so dangerous.

603
00:37:10,220 --> 00:37:13,920
You don't wanna hang around here,
guys, that whole slab just dropped.

604
00:37:14,140 --> 00:37:15,200
Let's keep moving.

605
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,980
Polar climates mainly occur

606
00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:22,360
in the Arctic and the Antarctic,

607
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,100
but similar conditions

608
00:37:24,140 --> 00:37:25,340
can be experienced at altitude

609
00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:28,060
or anywhere with
permanent snow or ice.

610
00:37:28,340 --> 00:37:29,960
In this frozen world

611
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,100
normal rules just don't apply.

612
00:37:34,340 --> 00:37:36,220
You might think water
wouldn't be a problem

613
00:37:36,260 --> 00:37:38,020
when you're surrounded by snow,

614
00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:39,340
but if you try and eat it raw,

615
00:37:39,380 --> 00:37:41,320
you'll burn your mouth and
get ulcers.

616
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:42,940
Don't do it.

617
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,020
You could let it melt in
a water bottle close to your body.

618
00:37:48,380 --> 00:37:52,220
But if you're in glacier country
like this, you're in luck.

619
00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:58,220
This river is pure melt-water,
flowing down from the glacier above.

620
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:06,220
Pretty cool seeing this coming
straight out under the ice,

621
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,940
and if ever water is gonna be good
to drink, it's this stuff.

622
00:38:10,980 --> 00:38:13,140
There's no animals that
can die upstream of here.

623
00:38:13,260 --> 00:38:14,920
It's just straight out.

624
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,120
And, look, you see,
it's silt-coloured.

625
00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:20,140
And all that is
is all the pummelled ground rock,

626
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,340
ground by the weight
of the glacier.

627
00:38:26,340 --> 00:38:31,040
Glacial melt-water is pure, good
to drink and always refreshing.

628
00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:39,120
In Siberia, temperatures
have been known to plummet

629
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,180
to -90 degrees Fahrenheit,

630
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,040
and finding food
can seem impossible.

631
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,240
You might look at
a landscape like this

632
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,960
and just think there's nothing
here to eat, it's so barren,

633
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,100
and on the surface of it,
you're right,

634
00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:58,060
but under my feet here, in this
frozen lake, there is food -

635
00:38:58,220 --> 00:38:59,220
there's fish.

636
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,120
Siberians drill holes
to fish for perch and carp.

637
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,160
I've got a frozen deer leg,

638
00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,960
so that's what I'm gonna use
to smash through the ice.

639
00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:10,220
It's quite hard work!

640
00:39:13,340 --> 00:39:14,980
Ah, through.

641
00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:17,320
I've now gotta make
something to fish with.

642
00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:20,980
I'm gonna make a line using
some cord from my parachute,

643
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,360
or you could use drawstring
from your bags or clothes.

644
00:39:25,220 --> 00:39:28,100
The spring from a toggle
can make an improvised hook,

645
00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:30,380
and a little bit of deer meat
will make great bait.

646
00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:33,100
I picked up a rock
when I left the shore.

647
00:39:34,380 --> 00:39:36,960
I can tie this round the end.

648
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,920
And to finish, a bit of candy
wrapper to act as a lure.

649
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,300
I reckon my chances are

650
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,040
good to middling, I reckon.

651
00:39:46,220 --> 00:39:48,140
OK, let's lower this in.

652
00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:59,340
Stick this in to stop it freezing
and then move away from it,

653
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,380
and, you know, really,
the less vibrations

654
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,280
I make round here, the better.

655
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,240
Come on, fishies,
delicious bit of deer here!

656
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:14,120
At this time of year,
carp are hibernating in the gravel,

657
00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:17,300
but perch feed
in even the coldest water.

658
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,920
I've left it as long as I can,

659
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,280
but I'm getting cold,
and I've gotta get moving.

660
00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:25,900
Time to check my line.

661
00:40:26,980 --> 00:40:29,940
Really, when there's
this little food around

662
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,980
you just need to try every trick
in the book to get some.

663
00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:37,280
And let's see what we've got.

664
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,200
Ah.

665
00:40:44,340 --> 00:40:46,020
Nothing.

666
00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:50,900
You know, really, ideally
I'd give it a good three hours

667
00:40:50,940 --> 00:40:54,380
but I'm just getting cold
sitting around on this frozen lake,

668
00:40:55,220 --> 00:41:00,120
and I can't afford to wait, so I'm
gonna take this, and get moving.

669
00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:03,220
It was worth a try,

670
00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:06,340
but it just shows how incredibly
hard this landscape can be.

671
00:41:08,060 --> 00:41:10,080
And if you're stranded
in a polar climate,

672
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,380
you'll need to get out quickly,

673
00:41:11,940 --> 00:41:13,960
and that could mean
you've gotta take a risk.

674
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,140
Inside the Arctic Circle in Norway

675
00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:20,300
the most direct route
to the safety of the coast

676
00:41:20,380 --> 00:41:22,280
was blocked by a rock face.

677
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,200
I took a short cut
through an ice cave.

678
00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:28,300
OK, just watch yourself on this.

679
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:33,080
This should lead us
through and down.

680
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,080
(ICE CLINKS)

681
00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:42,000
(QUIETLY) You see all that fluting
all the way up?

682
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:44,940
That's what we don't want
coming down on top of us.

683
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:46,900
You wanna get
through these sort of

684
00:41:46,940 --> 00:41:48,320
things as quickly
as you can and out.

685
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:52,000
OK, I'm gonna go first,
let me go, and then you join me.

686
00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:01,040
Ice caves are constantly changing as
the melt-water from above refreezes.

687
00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:03,380
Get this wrong,
and you could get crushed.

688
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:06,360
OK, it is very, very tight.

689
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:11,180
OK, I'll take the camera and you
just wriggle. Come on, headfirst.

690
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,000
(GRUNTS)

691
00:42:19,180 --> 00:42:21,260
There you go, it looks like
a way out here.

692
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,380
Well, that's the coast.

693
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,180
It's always a good feeling
when you overcome an obstacle

694
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,040
and you're on your way home.

695
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,900
Whatever crazy situation
you find yourself in,

696
00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:44,160
you've always gotta appreciate
the simple things.

697
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:45,180
Wow.

698
00:42:46,140 --> 00:42:49,160
Be positive, be strong
and be resourceful.

699
00:42:50,020 --> 00:42:52,360
The world really is
what you make of it.

700
00:42:53,380 --> 00:42:56,020
Really, when the sun
is out like this,

701
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,380
the Patagonian ice-field

702
00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,980
is just breathtaking.

703
00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:07,300
This place really is just amazing.

704
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:10,260
Heart rate's still high,

705
00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:12,340
but now it's not from fear,

706
00:43:13,380 --> 00:43:15,080
now it's just from elation.

707
00:43:16,220 --> 00:43:17,260
Good climb.

708
00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:20,160
Some things in life

709
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,060
just don't have a price tag.

710
00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:24,280
One thing's for sure,
if you wanna survive,

711
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,020
wherever you are in the world,

712
00:43:26,060 --> 00:43:28,160
the most powerful
tool is your mind.

713
00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:29,960
And a little knowledge

714
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,180
and bags of enthusiasm

715
00:43:31,220 --> 00:43:33,300
go a long way to keeping you alive.

716
00:43:33,980 --> 00:43:35,220
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717
00:43:35,260 --> 00:43:36,900
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