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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.

Extreme Cities (2010)

January. 01,2010

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Extreme Cities

2010 / NR

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Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2010

4 Episode

Episode 4 - Yakutsk

January. 22,2010

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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Episode 3 - La Paz

January. 15,2010

La 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.

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Episode 2 - Hammerfest

January. 08,2010

Hammerfest: 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”.

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Episode 1 - Bangkok

January. 01,2010

Bangkok: 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.

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