Extreme Cities

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.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Extreme Cities

First Air Date

January 1, 2010

Last Air Date

January 22, 2010

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Bell Media

Networks

S01E04

Yakutsk

Yakutsk: 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.

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