Extreme Cities

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Yakutsk, Bangkok, Hammerfest, La Paz: fascinating worlds, populated by ordinary people living in extraordinary circumstances, cities facing the toughest environmental conditions to offer their populations an acceptable level of existence.

Documentary20101 season

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Season 1

4 episodes

1. BangkokBangkok: the drowning city. With deadly typhoons, increasing rainfall, the rising of the sea level and a land subsiding at 4 cm per year, water has become the biggest threat to the city’s survival. Discover how these cities struggle against the toughest environmental conditions on our planet to provide their populations with an acceptable level of existence.NRCC46minJan 1, 2010
2. HammerfestHammerfest: a city in the dark. In the northernmost city in the world, the sun disappears for 2 months every winter. This perpetual night causes extreme effects on people, known as “polar stress syndrome”.NRCC46minJan 8, 2010
3. La PazLa Paz: the highest capital in the world. Surrounded by 5 000 meter peaks, the city has always fought against nature to develop. Living at such an altitude is a permanent challenge to the human body.NRCC46minJan 15, 2010
4. YakutskYakutsk: the coldest city on the planet. In this place known as “the cold pole”, the biggest challenge relates to the nature of the soil: the “permafrost”. With the warming of the climate, this frozen soil is melting and the buildings are threatened with collapse.NRCC46minJan 22, 2010

Extreme Cities

Documentary

20101 season4 episodesReturning Series

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Studio: BellMedia

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English

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