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I'M BEAR GRYLLS,
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AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE
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IN SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME
AND DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH,
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I'VE GOT TO LAST A WEEK
OF CHALLENGES
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IN THE SORT OF PLACES
YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY
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WITHOUT THE RIGHT
SURVIVAL SKILLS.
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NOW I'M IN SIBERIA,
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THE COLDEST PLACE
ON THE PLANET...
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IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
REMOTE PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN.
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...WHERE TEMPERATURES
CAN PLUMMET
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TO A MIND-NUMBING
-90 FAHRENHEIT --
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COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE
YOUR EYELIDS SHUT IN SECONDS.
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THE COLD HERE IS JUST INTENSE.
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IT'S 5 MILLION SQUARE MILES
OF FROZEN WILDERNESS,
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BIGGER THAN THE U.S.A.,
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AND ONE OF THE LARGEST
ICY WASTELANDS IN THE WORLD.
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THIS IS A LAND
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WITH A REPUTATION
AS BITTER AS ITS WEATHER.
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WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN!
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THIS IS GONNA BE ONE
OF MY TOUGHEST CHALLENGES YET,
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WHERE I'M GONNA HAVE TO
PUSH MYSELF TO THE LIMITS.
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THAT IS NOT TO BE REPEATED.
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I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
THE LENGTHS YOU HAVE TO GO TO
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TO STAY ALIVE
IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ICEBOX.
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THE SIBERIAN STEPPE IS SO COLD,
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ALL LIFE HERE
IS IN A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.
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IN WINTER, THERE'S ONLY
FOUR HOURS OF DAYLIGHT,
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AND THE TEMPERATURE HARDLY
EVER GETS ABOVE -20 DEGREES.
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THIS IS THE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
PLACES ON EARTH TO SURVIVE.
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IF YOU GET STRANDED IN SIBERIA,
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THE COLD CAN LITERALLY KILL YOU
IN MINUTES,
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AND IF THAT DOESN'T GET YOU,
STARVATION WILL.
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AND IF I'M HONEST,
I'M DREADING THIS ONE.
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I HATE THE COLD.
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BUT WITH THE CHOPPER HOVERING
AT 7,000 FEET, IT'S TIME TO GO.
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I'VE GOT
SOME BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS,
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AND MY CAMERA CREW
IS COMING WITH ME.
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WHOO!
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WHOO!
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MAN ALIVE!
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THAT IS COLD.
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I HARDLY FEEL MY FINGERS,
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AND MY EARS FEEL LIKE
THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL OFF.
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WHEW!
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THE PILOT'S LAST WORDS
BEFORE I JUMPED --
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HE SAID IT'S -20
DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND.
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AND I KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.
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BUT, REALLY, I NEED TO
GET THIS STASHED AND HEAD DOWN.
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STAY STILL, AND YOU'LL
FREEZE TO DEATH IN MINUTES.
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YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING
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AND GET TO LOWER GROUND
AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
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THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
HUNDREDS OF MILES TO THE NORTH,
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IS YOUR ONLY WAY OUT
OF THIS FROZEN HELLHOLE,
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BUT GETTING THERE WILL
TEST YOUR BODY TO ITS LIMITS.
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IN THIS COLD, METAL
INSTANTLY FREEZES TO SKIN.
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AND I'VE GOT A FRIEND
WHO WAS CLIMBING,
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AND HE PULLED OUT AN ICE SCREW
FROM HIS PACK,
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PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH
TO DO UP THE ZIP AGAIN,
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AND IN THOSE COUPLE OF SECONDS,
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THE ICE SCREW FROZE SOLID
TO HIS LIPS.
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AND BY THE TIME
HE'D PEELED IT OFF,
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HIS LIPS, HIS TONGUE, HIS MOUTH
WAS JUST POURING WITH BLOOD.
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YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN.
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SEE? LOOK.
IT JUST STICKS ABSOLUTELY SOLID.
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IF I TRY TO PEEL THAT OFF,
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IT WOULD ACTUALLY
PULL SOME OF THE SKIN AWAY,
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BUT THE WAY TO GET IT OFF
IS JUST TO PEE ON IT...
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...LIKE THAT...
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AND THE KNIFE WILL DROP OFF.
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SOMETHING THAT MY FRIEND
WITH THE ICE SCREW IN HIS MOUTH
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COULDN'T DO.
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THE STEPPE IS LETHAL --
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VAST, FLAT EXPANSES THAT
SUDDENLY DROP AWAY TO NOTHING.
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YOU SEE THE CLOUDS
DOWN BELOW ME,
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AND, REALLY, MY PRIORITY
NEEDS TO BE TO GET DOWN.
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PROBABLY ANOTHER
MAYBE, LIKE, HOUR,
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HOUR AND A HALF OF LIGHT.
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IN THE NIGHTTIME HERE,
THE TEMPERATURE'S GONNA PLUMMET.
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YOU KNOW, WINTER IN SIBERIA,
-40 NOT UNCOMMON,
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AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE UP HERE.
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THE THING IS, ALL OF THIS
IS LOOKING PRETTY SHEER,
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SO I NEED TO FIND SOME WAY DOWN.
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OKAY, WE NEED TO MOVE A BIT.
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I'M STILL ABOUT 3,000 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
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BELOW ME, THE TEMPERATURE
COULD BE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER,
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BUT THERE'S NO EASY WAY DOWN
IN THIS VICIOUS TERRAIN.
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WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET DOWN
ONE OF THESE GULLIES.
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OKAY, COME DOWN HERE.
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IT'S LOOKS QUITE STEEP,
BUT I RECKON IT IS MANAGEABLE.
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BUT IT'S GONNA BE SLIPPERY.
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A LOT OF THIS
IS SNOW ON TOP OF LOOSE ROCK,
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BUT THE BIT THAT WORRIES ME
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IS DOWN THERE, JUST WHERE
IT STARTS TO GET DARK,
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AND THAT LOOKS LIKE
A BIG DROP-OFF.
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LET'S GET DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK.
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ONE SLIP COULD BE FATAL.
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IT'S A 200-FOOT SHEER DROP
TO THE FLOOR.
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JUST LAST YEAR, A GROUP OF
CLIMBERS LOST THEIR FOOTING
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ON THIS SORT OF SCREE
AND FELL TO THEIR DEATHS.
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EVERY 1,000 FEET
THAT YOU DESCEND,
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THE TEMPERATURE RISES
4 DEGREES,
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AND SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT
SMALL VICTORIES,
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WHICH CAN TIP THE BALANCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
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FIGHTING YOUR WAY DOWN THIS
BURNS UP PRECIOUS ENERGY.
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YOU GOT TO REFUEL
TO STAY ALIVE.
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THIS PLACE IS
JUST COMPLETELY BARE,
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AND THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT.
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WINTERTIME -- SIBERIA IS BARREN.
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A DEAD FIR TREE CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH SOME VITAL NOURISHMENT.
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SAWYER BEETLES LIVE
UNDER THE ROTTING BARK,
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AND IT'S ABOUT ALL
YOU'LL FIND 'ROUND HERE.
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HERE YOU GO. LOOK.
HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING.
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SEE THAT?
I'M EATING HIM.
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SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY MORE OF HIS FAMILY INSIDE.
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IN THE COLD, GETTING FOOD
IS KEY TO STAYING ALIVE.
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YOUR BODY NEEDS
TWICE AS MANY CALORIES
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JUST TO MAINTAIN
ITS CORE TEMPERATURE.
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THE PROBLEM IS, OUT HERE,
FINDING FOOD,
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AND EVERYTHING IS JUST BURIED
UNDER ALL OF THIS SNOW.
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BUT ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT, USE IT.
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ANY LITTLE KIND
OF CANDIES OR SWEETS,
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RATION THEM, BUT USE THEM.
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AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR,
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BUT IT'LL ALSO
GIVE YOUR SPIRITS A LIFT,
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AND OUT HERE, THAT CAN COUNT
FOR AN AWFUL LOT.
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IT'S NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR PROPER FOOD,
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BUT IT'S A GOOD TRICK
TO FOOL YOUR BRAIN
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INTO THINKING IT'S HAD
A BIG DOSE OF SUGAR.
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WOLVES ROAM THE AREA,
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AND BEARS COULD BE HIBERNATING
IN THE CAVES.
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EVERYTHING IS FIGHTING
FOR SHELTER,
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AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TANGLE
WITH ANY OF THOSE PREDATORS.
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IT'S A BATTLE YOU WON'T WIN.
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BUT I NEED PROTECTION
FROM THE WEATHER.
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IT LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A CAVE.
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THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D SURVIVE
A NIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN.
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YOU'D FREEZE TO DEATH
WITHIN HOURS.
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JUST WAIT THERE A SEC.
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ACTUALLY,
IF YOU WERE STRANDED OUT HERE,
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THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE.
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY
BUILD A FIRE HERE,
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AND ALL OF THE HEAT
WILL REFLECT OFF THIS.
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HEY, LOOK.
CHECK THIS BIT OUT.
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THAT IS -- THAT'S DEEP.
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THAT GOES ON FOR A WHILE.
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THERE'S PLENTY OF DRY WOOD
LYING AROUND.
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A FIRE IS NOT JUST FOR WARMTH,
BUT TO KEEP PREDATORS AT BAY.
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OKAY.
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NEXT, HOW A DEAD DEER CAN
GIVE YOU THE ENERGY TO SURVIVE
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AND KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE.
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THIS IS HOW TO MAKE A TOBOGGAN
THE BEAR WAY.
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WHOO!
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I'M IN SIBERIA,
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ONE OF THE COLDEST AND
MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH,
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ABOUT TO HOLE UP IN A CAVE FOR
THE NIGHT, AWAY FROM PREDATORS.
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THAT'S DEEP.
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BEFORE THE SUN SETS,
I NEED TO FIND FOOD.
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I'VE GOT A DEER CARCASS HERE,
AND THESE CAN BE LIFESAVERS.
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THERE'S SO MUCH
THAT I CAN DO WITH THIS.
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THE REMAINS OF THIS CARCASS
WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BY HUNTERS,
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BUT THERE'S LOTS STILL ON HERE
THAT I CAN USE,
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AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO
IS SKIN IT FOR THE FUR,
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AND I CAN USE THAT
FOR LOTS MORE THAN JUST A COAT.
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I'M GONNA START
JUST WITH HIS LEGS,
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AND THEN I WANT TO JUST, LIKE,
TAKE HIS SKIN OFF LIKE A JACKET.
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IN THIS COLD, SOMETHING
I CAN USUALLY DO IN MINUTES
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IS TURNING INTO
A REAL STRUGGLE.
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IT'S PROBABLY
ABOUT -20 DEGREES,
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AND MY FINGERS AND TOES
ARE LITERALLY FREEZING.
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ONCE YOUR CORE TEMPERATURE
DROPS, YOUR JUDGMENT GOES.
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YOUR COORDINATION THEN SUFFERS,
AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE DIE.
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MAN, IT'S JUST CRAZY COLD.
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I'VE GOT TO KEEP WORKING FAST.
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THE CARCASS IS FREEZING SOLID,
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AND IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME
TO GET WHAT I NEED.
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MAN, THAT'S COLD.
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LOOK.
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THIS IS THE BLOOD FREEZING
ON THE FINGERS OF THE GLOVE,
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AND YOU KNOW I'M GONNA BE
DOING THIS A WHILE.
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I'M GONNA GET A FIRE GOING
FIRST.
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OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GONNA SEE
THE END OF THIS.
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I'VE ALWAYS HATED THE COLD,
BUT I HATE FROSTBITE EVEN MORE.
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IN THESE TEMPERATURES,
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IT CAN HIT YOU IN MINUTES,
SO BUILD A FIRE.
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MY HANDS WERE STARTING
TO GET REALLY COLD THERE,
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AND OUT HERE,
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IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT STRAIGHTAWAY,
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YOU END UP IN REAL TROUBLE.
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AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT SORT OF THING,
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THAT ATTITUDE IS SOMETHING
THAT WAS REALLY INSTILLED IN US
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IN THE SPECIAL FORCES --
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JUST THAT ABILITY
TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF
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ON YOUR OWN IN THE EXTREMES.
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AND OUT HERE, IF YOU DON'T
DO SOMETHING ABOUT BEING COLD,
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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA DIE.
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ONCE I'VE WARMED UP,
I NEED TO GET A MOVE ON.
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THE DEER SKIN
IS FREEZING SOLID,
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AND IT'S BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE
TO WORK.
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OKAY, I'VE GOTTEN
NEARLY HALF OF THIS OFF NOW,
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BUT I WANT TO
KEEP TAKING THIS OUT
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ALL THE WAY UP HERE,
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'CAUSE, REALLY, I NEED TO USE
AS MUCH OF THIS AS I CAN
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FOR WHAT I'M PLANNING TO MAKE.
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THE COLD NUMBS YOUR BRAIN,
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BUT YOU'VE JUST GOT TO FIGHT IT
AND STAY ALERT.
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AND AT THE MOMENT,
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THIS CARCASS IS KEEPING
MY BODY AND MIND BUSY.
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AND THIS WILL MAKE
A GOOD WALKING STICK
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FOR WHEN THERE'S
DEEP SNOW OR ICE,
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AND I HAVE A FEELING I'M
GONNA NEED THAT FOR LATER ON.
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BUT WORKING THIS HARD IN
THESE EXTREMES CAN BE A KILLER.
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ONE MINUTE YOU'RE FREEZING,
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THE NEXT
YOU'RE POURING WITH SWEAT,
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AND OUT HERE,
THAT CAN BE A DEATH SENTENCE.
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AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT
IT THEN FREEZES ON YOU,
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AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE FIND
THEMSELVES IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
217
00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:04,054
WHILE I'M HAVING A BREAK,
I'M GONNA HAVE A BIT OF THIS.
218
00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,590
THAT IS GONNA BE DELICIOUS.
219
00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,597
MAN ALIVE!
220
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:17,500
THAT IS...BEAUTIFUL --
221
00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:22,238
SIBERIAN VENISON AT ITS BEST.
222
00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:26,075
YOU KNOW, YOU'D PAY A FORTUNE
FOR THAT IN A GOOD RESTAURANT.
223
00:12:26,178 --> 00:12:27,343
MMM.
224
00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:29,112
VENISON'S PACKED WITH PROTEIN,
225
00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:31,982
AND IT WILL REPLACE SOME
OF THE CALORIES I'M BURNING UP.
226
00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:35,919
AND, ACTUALLY, SO MUCH
OF MY TIME IN SIBERIA SO FAR
227
00:12:36,022 --> 00:12:38,321
HAS JUST BEEN A STRUGGLE --
228
00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:40,791
YOU KNOW, A KIND OF BATTLE
TO TRY AND STAY WARM,
229
00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:43,593
FIGHTING THE ELEMENTS,
230
00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,629
AND THIS IS REALLY
THE FIRST TIME
231
00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:50,367
WHERE I'VE SAT BACK
AND JUST GONE, YOU KNOW, "WOW."
232
00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:52,569
YOU KNOW,
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS SO HUGE.
233
00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:54,871
YOU'VE GOT
A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR SKY.
234
00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:58,074
I'VE GOT A FIRE,
GOT A BIT OF MEAT,
235
00:12:58,177 --> 00:13:03,013
AND, REALLY, THERE'S NOWHERE
ELSE I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW.
236
00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:05,382
IT'S A PRIVILEGE, REALLY.
237
00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:07,751
BUT I CAN'T AFFORD
TO HANG AROUND.
238
00:13:07,854 --> 00:13:10,920
I'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING
AND GOT TO KEEP BUSY.
239
00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:13,723
NOW I JUST TAKE THE SKIN UP
'ROUND THE BACK,
240
00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:16,859
OVER HIS EARS,
AND CUT THROUGH IT HERE.
241
00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,461
[ GRUNTS ]
242
00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:24,034
AND LOOK AT THIS --
A REALLY GOOD-SIZE FUR,
243
00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:27,971
AND WHAT I'M GONNA USE THIS FOR
IS WHAT SIBERIAN HUNTERS WILL,
244
00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:30,641
AND THEY'LL OFTEN MAKE,
LIKE, A TOBOGGAN OUT OF SKIN
245
00:13:30,744 --> 00:13:32,575
AND A FRAMEWORK OF WOOD,
246
00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,244
AND THEN THEY'LL TOW THEIR MEAT
247
00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:36,479
AND THE CARCASSES THEY'VE KILLED
IN IT.
248
00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,381
I LOVE TOBOGGANING.
249
00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:41,651
ON THE RIVERBANK,
I'VE SPOTTED SOME WILLOW TREES.
250
00:13:41,754 --> 00:13:44,888
THEIR BRANCHES ARE GOOD AND
FLEXIBLE FOR MY TOBOGGAN FRAME.
251
00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:48,992
OKAY, THIS IS HOW TO MAKE
A TOBOGGAN THE BEAR WAY.
252
00:13:49,095 --> 00:13:51,194
MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS HASSLING ME
253
00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:53,363
TO MAKE THEM
THESE SORT OF THINGS,
254
00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,731
SO CONCENTRATE.
255
00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:58,368
I USE THESE WILLOW BRANCHES
256
00:13:58,471 --> 00:14:02,239
AS, LIKE,
THE BASE RIGIDITY OF IT.
257
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,674
AND THEN THE OTHER,
THINNER ONES,
258
00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:08,078
I'M GONNA WARM
AND THEN SHAPE INTO CIRCLES.
259
00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:15,052
OKAY, THAT'S NICE.
260
00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:17,487
AND THEN GET
A BIT OF THE PARACORD
261
00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:19,355
AND THEN BIND IT.
262
00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:23,093
AND THEN WHAT I WANT
IS ABOUT THREE OF THOSE
263
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:25,996
TO ACT AS LIKE THE RIBS
DOWN THE TOBOGGAN.
264
00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,134
THERE WE GO.
265
00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,937
AND NOW I'VE GOT THESE CIRCLES.
266
00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,107
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS TIE THEM
267
00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:41,678
TO THE BASE OF THIS FRAME,
LIKE THAT.
268
00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:48,218
THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO BE
ONE TOUGH SLED,
269
00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:51,721
SO I'M LASHING THE FRAME
WITH MY PARACHUTE CORD.
270
00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:56,559
THIS IS
PRETTY WELL FINISHED NOW.
271
00:14:56,662 --> 00:15:00,129
IT'S AMAZING -- JUST IN THE TIME
IT'S TAKEN ME TO MAKE THIS,
272
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:03,366
ALL OF THIS HAS STARTED TO,
LIKE, YOU KNOW,
273
00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:04,934
FREEZE AND GO SOLID,
274
00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:08,205
AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS
IF I LEAVE THIS OVERNIGHT,
275
00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,073
BY THE MORNING,
276
00:15:10,176 --> 00:15:14,511
IT WILL BE ROCK-HARD
AND GOOD TO USE AS A TOBOGGAN.
277
00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:17,114
WHEW! GOOD JOB.
278
00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:22,418
OKAY, I'VE GOT THE LEG.
279
00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:25,355
I'VE GOT SOME MEAT FROM THE REST
OF THE CARCASS IN MY RUCKSACK.
280
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:29,393
TOBOGGAN FINISHED.
I'M OUT OF HERE.
281
00:15:35,869 --> 00:15:38,101
THE SUN'S NOW
DROPPING LIKE A STONE,
282
00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:41,638
AND TONIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE
WILL PLUNGE TO -30 FAHRENHEIT,
283
00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,740
BUT A CAVE IS GONNA BE
A FEW DEGREES WARMER --
284
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:48,044
NOT MUCH COMFORT,
BUT TAKE IT IF YOU CAN.
285
00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:49,579
THERE GOES THE SUN,
286
00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:53,015
AND NOW THE REAL COLD
IS GONNA BEGIN.
287
00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,785
IF YOU'RE GONNA
SPEND THE NIGHT IN A CAVE,
288
00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:57,354
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE
289
00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:59,355
THERE ARE NO PREDATORS
LURKING AROUND.
290
00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:02,091
I'VE MADE A TORCH TO CHECK
FOR SIGNS OF BEARS OR WOLVES
291
00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:03,994
OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN EAT.
292
00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:07,330
LITTLE SPIDERS,
EVEN MOSQUITOES, AS WELL,
293
00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:10,233
WILL SHELTER IN THESE THINGS,
OUT OF THE COLD.
294
00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:15,104
LOOK, IT GOES ON UNDER HERE.
HEY, WATCH YOUR HEAD.
295
00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:18,074
AND IT'S STILL GOING ON.
LOOK.
296
00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:19,576
IT GOES FOR MILES.
297
00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:25,481
I MEAN, YOU'D NEVER THINK OF
FINDING MOSQUITOES IN SIBERIA,
298
00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:31,621
BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THIS CAVE
IS SO MUCH MILDER THAN OUTSIDE.
299
00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:34,657
I MEAN, JUST SEE HIM
ON THE END OF MY THUMB THERE.
300
00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,259
ACTUALLY,
HE'S QUITE A GOOD-SIZE MOSQUITO.
301
00:16:37,363 --> 00:16:39,296
IN THE SHORT SIBERIAN SUMMER,
302
00:16:39,399 --> 00:16:41,831
THIS PLACE PLACE CRAWLS
WITH MOSSIES,
303
00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:44,134
BUT RIGHT NOW,
THERE'S ONLY A FEW FOR ME --
304
00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:48,838
SLIM PICKINGS, BUT SOMETHING
TO SEE YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT.
305
00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:51,841
YOU'RE IN
A VERY, VERY UNFORGIVING PLACE
306
00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:54,544
IN A VERY LOW TEMPERATURE,
307
00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,580
AND ALL I'VE REALLY GOT
FOR COMFORT
308
00:16:56,683 --> 00:17:00,250
IS THIS CAVE AND THIS FIRE.
309
00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:03,686
IT'S GONNA BE
A LONG, LONG NIGHT,
310
00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:05,187
WITH 16 ICY HOURS
311
00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:07,690
OF THE BLACKEST OF DARKNESS
AHEAD OF ME,
312
00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:10,760
BUT THAT'S NOTHING
COMPARED TO THE DEADLY EMBRACE
313
00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:14,164
OF SIBERIA'S FROZEN LAKES.
314
00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:25,074
I'M IN SIBERIA, GETTING THROUGH
A WEEK OF CHALLENGES
315
00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:27,176
IN ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES
ON EARTH,
316
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,579
WHERE YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY
317
00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:31,648
WITHOUT THE RIGHT
SURVIVAL SKILLS.
318
00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:36,052
THE ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE
IS THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
319
00:17:36,156 --> 00:17:38,555
WHICH CUTS THROUGH
THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS.
320
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,957
I'VE JUST SPENT
16 FREEZING HOURS
321
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:44,293
IN THE COLDEST PLACE
I'VE EVER BEEN.
322
00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:46,329
WELL, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY
323
00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:49,933
THAT SIBERIAN NIGHTS
ARE LONG AND VERY COLD.
324
00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:51,501
AND LAST NIGHT,
325
00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:54,571
MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE
GOT DOWN TO -30 DEGREES.
326
00:17:54,674 --> 00:17:58,374
AND I REALLY NEEDED TO
KEEP THIS FIRE STOKED UP.
327
00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:01,044
BUT YOU CAN SEE,
I'M ALMOST OUT OF WOOD NOW,
328
00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:02,878
AND I THINK IF I HAD RUN OUT,
329
00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:05,314
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT MORE SHIVERING.
330
00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,917
BUT I'VE SURVIVED
MY FIRST SIBERIAN NIGHT.
331
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,353
I'M GONNA FINISH
WARMING MY HANDS,
332
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:12,054
AND THEN I'M ON MY WAY.
333
00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:14,657
IT'S FIRST LIGHT.
334
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,660
I'VE GOT TO GET ON THE MOVE
AND GET WARM.
335
00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,996
THE ANCIENT HILLS
THAT CRISSCROSS SIBERIA
336
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,031
MAKE IT TOUGH GOING,
337
00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:24,767
BUT MY TOBOGGAN
IS GONNA HELP ME.
338
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,203
ALMOST THERE.
339
00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,773
[ SIGHS ]
340
00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:31,641
WHEW!
341
00:18:31,744 --> 00:18:33,844
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
342
00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:36,780
TOP OF THE WORLD --
LOOK AT THAT.
343
00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:40,016
WHOO!
344
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,553
NOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY
GOTTEN ME WARM,
345
00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:45,922
DRAGGING THIS UP HERE.
346
00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:47,257
BUT LOOK.
347
00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:51,327
YOU'LL SEE THIS TOBOGGAN --
IT'S JUST LIKE FROZEN,
348
00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,763
DEEP FROZEN SOLID OVERNIGHT.
349
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:57,733
AND I RECKON,
DOWN THIS SORT OF FACE,
350
00:18:57,837 --> 00:19:02,506
THIS IS GONNA GO LIKE A ROCKET.
351
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:06,776
LET'S GO.
352
00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:09,879
IT BEATS WALKING ANY DAY.
353
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:11,381
IT'S A RISKY STRATEGY.
354
00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:13,416
IF I COME OFF AT SPEED,
I COULD BREAK A LEG.
355
00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:15,218
BUT I'M GOING FOR IT,
356
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:20,623
AND AT LEAST
I'M COVERING GROUND SUPERFAST.
357
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,893
WHOO!
358
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,935
WHOO!
359
00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:39,943
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
360
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:48,751
THAT WAS JUST
A COMPLETE WHITEOUT.
361
00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:51,153
IT'S LIKE ZERO VISIBILITY.
362
00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:54,925
IT'S LIKE BEING STRAPPED
TO A HUMAN CANNONBALL.
363
00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:59,128
BUT I'M DOWN
OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS,
364
00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:00,864
AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE
365
00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:03,500
MAN-HAULING THIS SLED
ANY LONGER.
366
00:20:03,603 --> 00:20:05,668
OKAY.
367
00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:07,571
I'M ON MY WAY.
368
00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:19,615
THE VALLEY DRAINS INTO ONE OF
SIBERIA'S MANY MASSIVE LAKES.
369
00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:21,317
IN WINTER, THEY FREEZE,
370
00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,753
BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF THE ICE CAN TAKE MY WEIGHT.
371
00:20:23,856 --> 00:20:25,855
I'VE HUNG ON TO MY DEER LEG
372
00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,857
TO HELP ME
GET ACROSS THIS NIGHTMARE.
373
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,693
LOOK AT THAT.
374
00:20:30,797 --> 00:20:33,429
IT'S HUGE.
375
00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:37,534
AND ALL OF THIS LAKE
IS JUST COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER,
376
00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:40,636
YOU KNOW,
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE HERE.
377
00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:44,374
AND, REALLY,
IF YOU TRY TO GO AROUND THIS,
378
00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:47,744
IT JUST COULD TAKE YOU DAYS.
379
00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:54,550
IT'S A RISK I'M GOING TO TAKE
TO CROSS THE LAKE.
380
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:58,688
BUT NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE DANGERS.
381
00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:03,126
THAT IS JUST LETHAL TO WALK ON.
382
00:21:03,229 --> 00:21:06,329
EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE DIE
FALLING THROUGH FROZEN LAKES.
383
00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,898
ICE NEEDS TO BE
AT LEAST 3 INCHES THICK
384
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,567
TO TAKE YOUR WEIGHT.
385
00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:13,569
TAKE IT STEADY AND STAY ALERT
FOR ANY BOOMING NOISES,
386
00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,504
WHICH MEANS THE ICE
IS CRACKING.
387
00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,907
IT IS, LIKE, FRESH SNOW
OVER THE ICE.
388
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:21,277
AND WHAT'S DANGEROUS IS, YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW THICK IT IS.
389
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:24,414
AND THE WATER UNDER THIS
IS JUST GONNA BE BLACK,
390
00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:27,050
DEEP, AND FREEZING COLD.
391
00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:32,088
IT WOULD BE
A TRULY HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE.
392
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,624
IF YOU FALL
INTO THIS FREEZING WATER,
393
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:37,727
YOU'LL BE LUCKY
TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
394
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:41,464
AND I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME
BEFORE WITH MY BEST FRIEND.
395
00:21:41,567 --> 00:21:44,800
WE WERE IN IRELAND
ON A FROZEN LAKE, STUPIDLY,
396
00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:47,971
AND THE ICE JUST DROPPED
UNDER OUR FEET.
397
00:21:48,074 --> 00:21:50,740
AND HE GOT COMPLETELY CUT
ALL ACROSS THE CHEST,
398
00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:52,174
BLOOD EVERYWHERE,
399
00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,744
AND WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY
TO MAKE IT OUT OF THERE.
400
00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:58,681
AND IT MAKES ME PRETTY CAUTIOUS
NOW WITH LAKES LIKE THIS,
401
00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:02,085
ESPECIALLY IN SIBERIA.
402
00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,735
GET TRAPPED UNDER THIS,
AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT.
403
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,637
AND JUST IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING
THAT WOULD BE
404
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:25,108
TO BE UNDER HERE
AND UNABLE TO THEN GET OUT.
405
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:28,878
SO, I'M GONNA GET THE CREW
TO HELP ME DIG A BIG HOLE,
406
00:22:28,981 --> 00:22:32,214
GO IN UNDER THE ICE, AND SHOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE UNDER THERE
407
00:22:32,317 --> 00:22:35,718
AND HOW HARD IT IS
TO THEN GET OUT.
408
00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:39,522
THE WATER DOWN THERE WILL BE
JUST A DEGREE ABOVE FREEZING.
409
00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:42,825
ONCE YOU GET IN,
THE COLD ALONE CAN KILL YOU.
410
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:46,029
THE SHOCK OF IT
CAN LEAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIR
411
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:47,697
LIKE A PANIC ATTACK.
412
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,366
YOUR HANDS AND FEET
WILL BE VIRTUALLY USELESS
413
00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:51,868
AS CIRCULATION STOPS.
414
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:53,803
AND IF YOU SURVIVE THAT,
415
00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:56,305
YOUR MUSCLES WEAKEN AND CRAMP
WITHIN MINUTES,
416
00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:59,775
AND YOU CAN LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.
417
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,878
AND I'M GONNA LEAVE MY SOCKS ON
418
00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:04,647
JUST 'CAUSE IF I TRY TO STAND
ON THIS ICE WITH BARE SKIN,
419
00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,016
IT WILL STICK.
420
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,787
AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL
NEED TO DO BEFORE I GO IN
421
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:14,757
IS TIE THIS SAFETY LINE
TO MYSELF.
422
00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:19,996
IF YOU DON'T SEE ME COME OUT
OF THAT ICE WITHIN 20 SECONDS,
423
00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:21,764
PULL ON THIS ROPE.
424
00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:23,967
I'M SERIOUS.
YOU JUST PULL ON IT, OKAY?
425
00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:30,740
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS THINGS I'VE EVER DONE
426
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,810
IN ONE OF THE COLDEST
AND LONELIEST PLACES
427
00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:37,013
I'VE EVER BEEN.
428
00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:40,517
AND I'VE BEEN
INTO A FROZEN LAKE BEFORE,
429
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,852
BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN
UNDER THE ICE,
430
00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:44,520
AND I'VE NEVER DONE IT
431
00:23:44,623 --> 00:23:47,990
WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE
IS ABOUT -20.
432
00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:52,461
AND IF I'M HONEST,
I'M A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF THIS.
433
00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:54,531
[ SIGHS ]
434
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,908
INSTANTLY, MY PULSE IS
UP AROUND THE 200 MARK.
435
00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:07,543
IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE AIR
HAS BEEN SUCKED OUT OF ME.
436
00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:09,578
BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP CALM.
437
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:12,782
HYPERVENTILATE IN THIS,
AND YOU'LL DROWN.
438
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:15,284
WHEW!
439
00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:17,853
OKAY, THE FIRST THING
I'VE GOT TO DO
440
00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:20,323
BEFORE I TRY AND SWIM UNDER THIS
441
00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:22,391
IS CONTROL MY BREATHING.
442
00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:27,062
IF I TRY AND GO NOW, WITH A
PULSE RATE AS FAST AS MINE IS,
443
00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:29,666
I'LL NEVER BE ABLE
TO CONTROL IT.
444
00:24:29,769 --> 00:24:32,334
SO GIVE ME FIVE SECONDS.
445
00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:34,904
BLOOD IS RUSHING
TO PROTECT MY CORE.
446
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,206
MY HEART'S WORKING FLAT-OUT.
447
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:40,777
THERE'S A SERIOUS RISK IN HERE
OF CARDIAC ARREST.
448
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,779
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
449
00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:52,421
ONCE IN,
THERE'S NO TURNING BACK,
450
00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:54,123
AND I'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING,
451
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:57,193
TRYING TO REACH THE LIGHT
OF THE THINNER ICE,
452
00:24:57,296 --> 00:25:01,631
BUT THE COLD IS LITERALLY
SQUEEZING THE AIR OUT OF ME.
453
00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:08,204
I'M AT MY VERY LIMIT NOW.
454
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,743
BUT ONCE THROUGH THE ICE,
455
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,912
YOU'RE STILL
NOT OUT OF TROUBLE.
456
00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:19,782
MY EYES!
457
00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:24,854
FEELS LIKE THEY'VE GONE
FROZEN SOLID.
458
00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:27,257
OKAY, BUT I NEED TO
GET OUT OF HERE NOW,
459
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,593
AND I NEED TO DO THIS
FIRST TIME.
460
00:25:39,971 --> 00:25:44,406
AND I CAN FEEL THE DANGER
OF WHY THIS WATER IS SO LETHAL
461
00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:46,976
IS THAT IT REALLY NUMBS --
462
00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:51,013
NUMBS YOUR SENSES,
YOUR FINGERS, AND YOUR HEAD.
463
00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,116
I COULD HARDLY SEE
WHEN I OPENED MY EYES
464
00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:54,917
WHEN I CAME OUT OF THAT.
465
00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:57,887
I CAN FEEL MY MUSCLES
BEGIN TO SHAKE.
466
00:25:57,990 --> 00:26:00,657
IT'S TIME TO BE
GETTING BACK TO THAT FIRE.
467
00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:06,362
UNDERNEATH THERE IS
A TRULY HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE.
468
00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:08,798
THE SUN'S GOING DOWN,
SO THAT MEANS UNDER THERE
469
00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,967
REALLY IS JUST PITCH BLACK
AND SWIMMING BLIND.
470
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,871
OKAY, GOT TO GET TO SHORE.
471
00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:19,842
THIS IS THE POINT
AT WHICH MOST PEOPLE CAN DIE.
472
00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:22,378
YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE
ONLY NEEDS TO DROP
473
00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:25,614
A COUPLE OF DEGREES
FOR YOU TO FALL INTO A COMA.
474
00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:28,384
AND THAT CAN HAPPEN
WITHIN MINUTES.
475
00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:30,319
THE OTHER VERY REAL DANGER
476
00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:32,588
IS THE COLD BLOOD
IN YOUR FINGERS AND TOES
477
00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:35,758
RUSHING BACK INTO YOUR HEART
AND STOPPING IT.
478
00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:40,663
AND, REALLY, IN MANY WAYS,
THIS IS NOW THE DANGEROUS TIME
479
00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:43,132
JUST BECAUSE OF THE TEMPERATURE.
480
00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:46,235
AND, YOU KNOW,
-20 IS UNFORGIVING.
481
00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,271
EVERYTHING STARTS
JUST TO SEIZE UP.
482
00:26:48,374 --> 00:26:50,907
I GOT TO
JUST KEEP MY FINGERS MOVING.
483
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:52,941
I'VE GOT TO GET DRY.
484
00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:55,311
THE WATER'S ALREADY
FREEZING TO MY BODY.
485
00:26:55,414 --> 00:27:00,216
WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST USE
SOME OF THIS POWDERED SNOW.
486
00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:02,785
AND IT MIGHT LOOK
A LITTLE BIT CRAZY,
487
00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:06,489
BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ABSORBS
A LOT OF THE MOISTURE.
488
00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:09,424
GOT TO GET WARM,
GOT TO GET DRY,
489
00:27:09,527 --> 00:27:12,028
AND GOT TO GET CLOTHES ON.
490
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:16,598
IN ANOTHER 15 MINUTES,
THAT SUN WILL BE SETTING.
491
00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:20,102
AND LOOK AT THAT -- MY SOCK
BEEN OUT ABOUT 30 SECONDS,
492
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:23,138
AND, ALREADY,
ALL OF THAT IS FROZEN.
493
00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:29,045
THAT IS HOW COLD I AM RIGHT NOW.
494
00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:36,752
THAT IS NOT TO BE REPEATED
IN A HURRY.
495
00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:38,954
[ SIGHS ]
496
00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:40,956
BUT SIBERIA HASN'T
FINISHED WITH ME YET,
497
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,426
AND AHEAD LIE MORE CHALLENGES,
498
00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:46,762
NOT LEAST THE MILLIONS
OF SQUARE MILES OF TAIGA FOREST
499
00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:49,898
WHERE PEOPLE
CAN DISAPPEAR FOREVER.
500
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,402
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS
LOOKS THE SAME.
501
00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:11,920
I'M IN SIBERIA,
SHOWING HOW TO STAY ALIVE
502
00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:14,390
IN THE COLDEST PLACE
ON THE PLANET.
503
00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:17,827
YOUR ONLY WAY OUT IS
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
504
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:20,362
RUNNING THROUGH
MILLIONS OF SQUARE MILES
505
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:23,332
OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE
TERRAIN ON EARTH.
506
00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,802
ALL OF THIS BENEATH ME
IS CALLED TAIGA FOREST,
507
00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:30,572
WHICH, IN SIBERIA,
LITERALLY MEANS "COLD JUNGLE."
508
00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:31,808
AND IT'S VAST.
509
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:34,610
IT'S LIKE A GIANT MAZE
DOWN THERE.
510
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,712
AND EVEN THE LOCALS
COME UNSTUCK.
511
00:28:36,816 --> 00:28:39,182
AND A QUARTER
OF ALL OF THOSE THAT GET LOST
512
00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:42,751
ARE NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
513
00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:46,188
I'M DOING A HELI-RAPPEL,
514
00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:48,323
A TECHNIQUE WE USED
IN THE SPECIAL FORCES
515
00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:51,294
FOR GETTING
ONTO THE GROUND FAST.
516
00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:22,492
THIS PLACE IS JUST EERILY STILL,
517
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:28,230
AND IT'S LIKE THIS WHOLE FOREST
IS FROZEN IN TIME.
518
00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:33,135
IT'S JUST SNOW AND TREES,
519
00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:35,638
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.
520
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:37,439
THERE'S SOMETHING
QUITE CLAUSTROPHOBIC
521
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,241
ABOUT THIS FOREST.
522
00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:43,512
SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN
A NEW PLACE THAT'S UNFAMILIAR,
523
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,749
I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE YOU JUST
NEED TO SLOW THINGS DOWN,
524
00:29:46,852 --> 00:29:48,518
LET YOUR SENSES ADAPT,
525
00:29:48,621 --> 00:29:51,487
AND JUST TUNE IN
TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
526
00:29:53,225 --> 00:29:57,359
THE TAIGA FOREST COVERS
NEARLY 2 MILLION SQUARE MILES,
527
00:29:57,463 --> 00:29:59,762
A DISORIENTATING NO-MAN'S LAND
528
00:29:59,865 --> 00:30:02,231
WHICH PLAYS HAVOC
WITH YOUR MIND,
529
00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:05,701
NOTHING BUT ENDLESS PINE TREES
IN EVERY DIRECTION.
530
00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:09,405
LOSE YOUR WAY HERE, AND YOU
WON'T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
531
00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:11,040
SO, WHAT I'M DOING
532
00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:13,742
IS JUST LOOKING BACK
EVERY 50 YARDS OR SO,
533
00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,177
AND YOU CAN SEE MY TRACKS,
534
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,980
ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS FRESH --
FRESH-FALLEN SNOW.
535
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:19,681
AND IT JUST MAKES SURE
536
00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:23,152
THAT I'M NOT GOING
'ROUND AND 'ROUND IN CIRCLES,
537
00:30:23,255 --> 00:30:27,289
WHICH, IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,
IS EASY TO DO.
538
00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:30,459
IT'S DEATHLY SILENT HERE.
539
00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:32,995
AND FROM DOWN ON THE GROUND,
540
00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:36,298
IT'S SO HARD TO SEE
WHICH WAY YOU HAVE TO GO.
541
00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:39,902
I'M GONNA SEE
IF I CAN GET UP THIS TREE.
542
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:43,239
I RECKON IF I CAN GET, LIKE,
MOST OF THE WAY UP THIS,
543
00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:46,375
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET
A NICE VIEW OUT OVER THE FOREST
544
00:30:46,478 --> 00:30:48,511
AND GET MY BEARINGS.
545
00:30:48,614 --> 00:30:51,947
AND TO GET UP TO THE BRANCHES,
YOU GOT TO IMPROVISE.
546
00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:55,084
WHAT I'VE GOT IS MY RUCKSACK,
547
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,920
AND THERE'S LOADS OF
KIND OF WEBBINGS AND DRAWSTRINGS
548
00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,956
AND EVERYTHING
HANGING OFF OF THIS.
549
00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:02,925
AND WHAT I CAN THEN DO
WITH THIS...
550
00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:11,167
...IS TIE IT 'ROUND MY BOOTS
IN A BOWLINE.
551
00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:12,802
THROUGH THE LOOP,
552
00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:15,471
'ROUND THE TREE,
BACK DOWN THE HOLE.
553
00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:19,241
AND THAT'S ONE.
554
00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:22,578
AND THEN DO THE SAME
ON THE OTHER.
555
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,913
[ SIGHS ]
556
00:31:25,016 --> 00:31:27,749
OKAY, GIVE US A CAMERA,
557
00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:32,922
AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE
FROM UP THERE.
558
00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:36,125
THE STRING AROUND MY BOOTS
GIVES ME EXTRA GRIP
559
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:39,795
AND ACTS AS A CLAMP
AROUND THE TRUNK.
560
00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,901
YEAH, IT'S WORKING
QUITE NICELY -- LOOK --
561
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:48,137
GIVING ME GOOD GRIP.
562
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:53,442
IF I CAN GET UP TO THESE,
I CAN THEN CUT THAT.
563
00:31:57,982 --> 00:31:59,848
NOW I'M UP HERE.
564
00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:04,719
I DON'T NEED THIS DRAWSTRING.
565
00:32:04,822 --> 00:32:07,689
THEN I CAN CLIMB NORMALLY.
566
00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:10,359
HALF OF THESE BRANCHES
ARE DEAD -- LOOK.
567
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:11,527
WHOA!
568
00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:14,797
[ BLOWING ]
569
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,066
NOW I CAN SEE
WHERE I'VE GOT TO GO.
570
00:32:18,169 --> 00:32:21,804
OKAY, THIS IS ABOUT AS HIGH
AS I CAN GET UP THIS TREE.
571
00:32:21,907 --> 00:32:23,305
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
572
00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:24,873
CAN YOU SEE?
573
00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:28,944
I CAN GET A VIEW NOW
OUT OVER THAT VALLEY.
574
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:33,582
AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHERE
I SHOULD BE HEADING.
575
00:32:33,686 --> 00:32:35,751
[ GRUNTS ]
576
00:32:35,854 --> 00:32:38,720
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
577
00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:41,190
PRETTY SPIKY IN THESE BRANCHES.
578
00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,358
WHOA!
579
00:32:54,372 --> 00:32:55,837
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
580
00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:59,574
WE KNOW WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING --
THAT WAY.
581
00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:02,678
BUT IT'S STILL ALL TOO EASY
TO GET LOST.
582
00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:05,047
ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
583
00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:08,116
I RELY ON AN OLD ARMY TECHNIQUE
OF FOLLOWING RIVERS.
584
00:33:08,219 --> 00:33:10,319
AN OLD, DRIED-OUT STREAM BED.
585
00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:11,653
AND, ACTUALLY,
586
00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:14,122
WHEN WE WERE ON SELECTION
FOR THE SPECIAL FORCES,
587
00:33:14,225 --> 00:33:15,857
THEY ALWAYS USED TO SAY TO US,
588
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,593
WHEN WE WERE DOING
A LOT OF THESE
589
00:33:17,696 --> 00:33:19,695
LONG ROUTE MARCHES
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS,
590
00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:21,564
THAT IF YOU'RE EVER LOST,
591
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,633
JUST HEAD DOWNHILL
UNTIL YOU COME ACROSS A STREAM.
592
00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,069
AND WHEN YOU FIND THAT,
FOLLOW THAT TO A RIVER
593
00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:29,438
AND THEN THE RIVER
TO CIVILIZATION.
594
00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:31,540
OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING.
595
00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:36,411
IN AN EXTREME PLACE LIKE THIS,
596
00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:40,816
YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE ANIMALS
HOW TO SURVIVE.
597
00:33:43,088 --> 00:33:47,189
LOOK, YOU SEE ALL OF THESE CEDAR
CONES UNDERNEATH THIS TREE,
598
00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:52,328
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SQUIRRELS
HAVE GOT AT THESE.
599
00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:54,497
AND LOOK, YOU SEE
ALL OF THESE SQUIRREL TRACKS,
600
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,300
JUST LOADS AND LOADS OF THEM
ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE.
601
00:33:58,403 --> 00:34:01,270
AND IN MANY WAYS, NUTS ARE
THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL FOOD --
602
00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:07,309
LOADS OF GOOD FATS AND OILS,
VITAMINS, AND ENERGY.
603
00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:11,713
BUT, REALLY, THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH FOR A MEAL HERE.
604
00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:15,451
WHAT I'M GONNA TRY AND DO
IS GET THE SQUIRRELS THEMSELVES.
605
00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:18,320
OKAY.
606
00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,856
I'M GONNA MAKE A SNARE
WITH SOME DEADWOOD.
607
00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:23,658
AND THE KEY WITH SNARES
608
00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:26,895
IS TO LURE THE SQUIRRELS
INTO THEM.
609
00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:30,399
AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT
IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM.
610
00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:33,268
THIS IS GONNA BE MUCH EASIER
FOR A SQUIRREL TO GO UP
611
00:34:33,371 --> 00:34:35,137
THAN GOING STRAIGHT UP THE TREE.
612
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,439
SQUIRRELS ARE ESSENTIALLY
PRETTY LAZY,
613
00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,541
SO THEY'RE GONNA LIKE
TO USE THIS.
614
00:34:39,644 --> 00:34:41,843
I'M GONNA MAKE A NOOSE
OUT OF MY PARACORD.
615
00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:44,045
A SHOELACE WOULD WORK, TOO.
616
00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:47,983
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE
THE HOLE ABOUT KIND OF THAT BIG,
617
00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:50,452
ENOUGH FOR A SQUIRREL
TO GET ITS HEAD THROUGH,
618
00:34:50,555 --> 00:34:53,122
PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BRANCH.
619
00:34:56,628 --> 00:35:01,196
AND THE IDEA IS,
HE'LL COME UP HERE THROUGH THAT,
620
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:04,834
GET SNAGGED, AND THEN FALL
AND HANG UNDER IT.
621
00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:07,602
AND, YOU KNOW,
ALL ANIMALS OUT HERE
622
00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:10,605
ARE JUST LOCKED
IN THIS BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.
623
00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:12,507
THEY'RE ALL DESPERATE FOR FOOD.
624
00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:14,977
AND EVEN THE SQUIRRELS OUT HERE
625
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,179
HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO TURN REALLY VICIOUS.
626
00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:18,514
AND THERE'S ONE STORY
627
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,683
OF SOME SQUIRRELS
ACTUALLY ATTACKING A DOG,
628
00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:22,584
CLAWING IT
AND BITING IT TO DEATH,
629
00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:25,287
EATING ALL OF ITS GUTS,
AND THEN DISAPPEARING.
630
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:28,691
THAT'S HOW DESPERATE
THESE ANIMALS GET.
631
00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:32,161
IT'S SO HARSH OUT HERE,
632
00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:35,163
YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO STAY ALIVE.
633
00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:37,699
I'M DETERMINED
TO GET A SQUIRREL,
634
00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:39,368
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
635
00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,303
TO IMPROVE THE ODDS,
I'M GONNA SET ANOTHER TRAP
636
00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:44,339
WITH WIRE THAT I'VE PULLED
FROM THE INSIDE OF MY RUCKSACK.
637
00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:47,877
FINGERS CROSSED
FOR SQUIRREL PIE.
638
00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:59,955
I'M IN THE FREEZING WILDERNESS
OF SIBERIA,
639
00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:03,091
HEADING TOWARDS
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
640
00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:05,093
YOUR ONLY ESCAPE ROUTE
FROM THE KILLER COLD.
641
00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:06,561
IT'S JUST INTENSE.
642
00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:08,730
I'VE NEVER KNOWN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
643
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:12,667
THE COLD KNOCKS YOU FLAT
AND DRAINS YOU COMPLETELY,
644
00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:14,502
AND THERE'S
PRECIOUS LITTLE TO EAT.
645
00:36:14,605 --> 00:36:17,939
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
REMOTE PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN.
646
00:36:18,043 --> 00:36:20,442
I'VE SET SOME SQUIRREL TRAPS,
647
00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:23,245
BUT NOW IT'S A GAME OF CHANCE
WHETHER I'LL CATCH ANYTHING.
648
00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,814
THE FIRST TRAP'S
BEEN TRIGGERED,
649
00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:27,482
BUT THE SQUIRREL'S GOT AWAY.
650
00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:30,952
MAYBE I'LL HAVE MORE LUCK
WITH THE SECOND.
651
00:36:31,055 --> 00:36:32,855
HEY, I THINK
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING.
652
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:36,125
YEAH, LOOK.
653
00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:40,262
YOU KNOW, IF I'M HONEST,
I'M PRETTY AMAZED.
654
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:44,099
YOU KNOW, I ONLY SET --
HAD TIME TO SET TWO TRAPS.
655
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:48,670
THAT'S A 50% HIT RATE,
WHICH IS PRETTY -- PRETTY GOOD.
656
00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:52,708
BUT IT JUST SHOWS, EVEN THOUGH
THIS FOREST LOOKS BARREN,
657
00:36:52,811 --> 00:36:57,613
THERE IS FOOD TO BE FOUND HERE
IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
658
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:00,815
OKAY,
GONNA TAKE THIS NOOSE OFF...
659
00:37:00,918 --> 00:37:03,618
AND COOK HIM.
660
00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:05,454
IF HE WASN'T FROZEN,
661
00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:09,458
I'D JUST BE ABLE TO SKIN AND GUT
AND COOK ALL OF THIS,
662
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:12,827
BUT LITERALLY,
HE IS FROZEN SOLID.
663
00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:14,863
AND LOOK -- SEE WHAT I MEAN.
LISTEN TO THIS.
664
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:16,197
[ KNOCKING ]
665
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:20,002
ABSOLUTELY...RIGID.
666
00:37:20,105 --> 00:37:22,804
THE BEST WAY
IS TO SCRAPE OFF THE FUR
667
00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:29,978
AND COOK SHAVINGS OF THE MEAT
OVER THE FIRE.
668
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:34,283
MAN, WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
669
00:37:34,386 --> 00:37:37,019
SO MANY OF THESE THINGS I EAT
ARE, LIKE, TERRIBLE,
670
00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:40,322
BUT THIS...IS WONDERFUL.
671
00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:45,294
MMM.
REALLY RICH, GAMY, WARMING.
672
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:49,230
I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE MORE.
673
00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:52,668
I'M AFTER WHAT SIBERIAN HUNTERS
CONSIDER A DELICACY.
674
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:54,103
AND THERE YOU GO.
675
00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:59,808
YOU SEE...
THAT'S ITS BRAIN THERE.
676
00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:10,418
IT'S LIKE KIND OF FROZEN PâTé.
677
00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:14,522
RAW BRAIN AND A BIT OF MEAT --
BETTER THAN NOTHING,
678
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:17,659
BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU STRENGTH
FOR THE SIBERIAN WEATHER
679
00:38:17,763 --> 00:38:20,729
THAT CAN CHANGE IN A HEARTBEAT.
680
00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:25,734
LOOK. YOU CAN SEE IT'S
CLOUDING OVER ALREADY HERE NOW.
681
00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:30,372
AND IN SIBERIA, THE WEATHER CAN
CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
682
00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:33,475
AND IF YOU'RE CAUGHT OUT HERE --
BIG STORM, HIGH WINDS,
683
00:38:33,578 --> 00:38:35,743
IN THIS FOREST,
THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW --
684
00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:37,479
VISIBILITY WILL BE ALMOST ZERO.
685
00:38:37,582 --> 00:38:39,715
AND IF YOU JUST SAT DOWN
AND DID NOTHING,
686
00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,216
YOU'D FREEZE TO DEATH.
687
00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:44,753
SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FIND
SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY SHELTER,
688
00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:47,690
BUT WORK WITH
WHAT NATURE'S GIVEN YOU.
689
00:38:47,793 --> 00:38:50,758
AND LOOK -- YOU SEE THIS IS
THE WAY THIS IS SPLIT,
690
00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:53,228
AND WHAT I CAN DO IS MAKE,
691
00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,932
LIKE, A REALLY QUICK,
SIMPLE LEAN-TO SHELTER HERE.
692
00:38:57,035 --> 00:39:00,802
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED
A PLACE TO REST UP.
693
00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:02,771
YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FANCY,
694
00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:04,673
JUST SOMETHING
YOU CAN KNOCK UP IN MINUTES
695
00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,775
TO KEEP YOU
OUT OF THE ELEMENTS.
696
00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:09,044
PLACE SOME BRANCHES
ALONG THE FALLEN TRUNK
697
00:39:09,147 --> 00:39:11,312
FOR THE BASIC ROOF.
698
00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:14,182
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT
IN, LET'S SAY, 15 MINUTES,
699
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:16,585
IF THE WEATHER REALLY TURNS.
700
00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:20,789
SPHAGNUM MOSS
IS A GOOD INSULATOR
701
00:39:20,892 --> 00:39:23,459
AND STOPS YOUR BODY LOSING HEAT
FROM THE FROZEN GROUND.
702
00:39:23,562 --> 00:39:27,029
JUST CARVE OFF BIG CHUNKS
TO MAKE A MATTRESS.
703
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:31,132
AND A FEW OF THOSE WILL BE
ENOUGH FOR ME TO LIE ON MY CHEST
704
00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:35,671
AND KEEP ALL MY UPPER ORGANS
NICE AND WARM.
705
00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:37,539
IN AN EMERGENCY,
706
00:39:37,642 --> 00:39:40,242
THE PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT
YOUR VITAL ORGANS
707
00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:42,144
AND CONSERVE THEIR HEAT.
708
00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,181
AND THEN WHAT I NEED IS JUST
A LOAD OF GREEN FOLIAGE
709
00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,483
JUST TO COVER
ALL OF THIS FRAMEWORK.
710
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:50,685
AND THEN, IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES,
711
00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:54,189
I'VE MADE A PRETTY GOOD
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
712
00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:58,526
THERE ARE WOLVES AROUND HERE.
713
00:39:58,629 --> 00:40:02,397
RUSSIA HAS MORE WOLVES THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
714
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,733
THEY WILL ATTACK HUMANS
IF THEY'RE HUNGRY ENOUGH,
715
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:09,104
SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A FIRE LIT
QUICKLY TO KEEP THEM AT BAY.
716
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:11,873
BIRCH BARK IS GREAT
FOR LIGHTING FIRES.
717
00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:14,609
IT'S ALWAYS CONSIDERED
NATURE'S FIRE LIGHTER,
718
00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:17,446
AND IT'S NATURALLY WATERPROOF,
719
00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:22,151
SO THE INSIDE OF IT
STAYS NICE AND DRY.
720
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:31,660
THE FIRE REALLY JUST MAKES
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
721
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:35,463
YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY...
722
00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:37,866
YOU JUST FEEL HUMAN AGAIN.
723
00:40:40,638 --> 00:40:43,505
AND, REALLY, I JUST WANT TO
REST HERE FOR A BIT,
724
00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:48,876
WARM UP,
AND JUST TAKE A BIT OF TIME.
725
00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:51,279
AHH, MAN, THAT FEELS GOOD.
726
00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:53,281
WHEW!
727
00:40:53,384 --> 00:40:57,352
A FEW MINUTES' REST,
AND I'LL BE READY TO CARRY ON.
728
00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,388
I'M NEARLY OUT OF THE FOREST,
AND IF I KEEP HEADING EAST,
729
00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:04,359
I'LL FIND CIVILIZATION --
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THERE.
730
00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:07,262
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN!
731
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:16,972
I'M IN SIBERIA,
SHOWING WHAT IT TAKES
732
00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:19,707
TO SURVIVE
IN THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS.
733
00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:22,544
THE COLD HERE IS JUST INTENSE.
734
00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:25,680
I'M HEADING FOR
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
735
00:41:25,783 --> 00:41:28,550
YOUR ONE HOPE FOR SALVATION.
736
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:36,357
I CAN SEE DOWN
THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY.
737
00:41:36,461 --> 00:41:41,162
THAT'S DEFINITELY
EITHER A ROAD OR A RAILWAY.
738
00:41:41,265 --> 00:41:43,231
LET'S GO FOR IT.
739
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:44,833
GO ON, GUYS.
740
00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:48,170
YEAH, LET'S GET DOWN THERE.
741
00:41:52,577 --> 00:41:55,176
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
IN DISTANCE ]
742
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,813
GUYS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE!
743
00:42:00,751 --> 00:42:03,518
IT'S A FREIGHT TRAIN
ABOUT A MILE AWAY.
744
00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:06,054
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET
TO THE TRACK AND JUMP ABOARD
745
00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:08,090
AND GET OUT OF HERE.
746
00:42:10,828 --> 00:42:12,995
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS TRAIN!
747
00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:17,832
I'VE TRAVELED THIS FAR
TO REACH THE RAILWAY,
748
00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:20,501
AND THE CHALLENGES IN SIBERIA
HAVE BEEN IMMENSE.
749
00:42:20,604 --> 00:42:24,439
I'VE DIVED INTO ICY WATERS,
CROSSED FROZEN LAKES,
750
00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:27,876
AND DIVED THROUGH THE MAZE IN
THE TAIGA FOREST TO GET HERE.
751
00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:32,147
I'VE GOT TO MATCH MY SPEED
TO THE TRAIN.
752
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:34,415
IF I MISTIME THE JUMP,
753
00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:36,885
I COULD BE CHEWED UP
BENEATH THE WHEELS.
754
00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:46,228
ONE LAST SPRINT, AND I SHOULD
BE ABLE TO LEAP ABOARD.
755
00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:08,082
THIS TRACK HOOKS UP WITH THE
FAMOUS TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,
756
00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:10,885
WHICH SPANS OVER 5,500 MILES
757
00:43:10,988 --> 00:43:13,921
FROM MOSCOW
TO BEIJING IN CHINA,
758
00:43:14,024 --> 00:43:17,659
AND IT'S GONNA
GET ME OUT OF HERE.
759
00:43:17,762 --> 00:43:19,861
SIBERIA HAS BEEN HARSH
760
00:43:19,964 --> 00:43:22,564
AND LIVED UP
TO ITS BRUTAL REPUTATION.
761
00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:25,266
IT'S AN EPIC STRUGGLE
TO SURVIVE OUT HERE,
762
00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:27,402
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND
THE WILLPOWER
763
00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:29,571
AND THE DETERMINATION,
764
00:43:29,674 --> 00:43:32,007
IT'S POSSIBLE
TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
57667
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