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Life on the Edge

Season 1 Episode 1 | 54m 30s

Scandinavia’s wild and unpredictable coast is a place of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes. Home to sea eagles, otters, base jumpers and orca. Only the tough and resourceful can carve out a Life on the Edge.

Aired: 05/09/23 | Expires: 06/07/23
Extras
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Glaciologist Heidi Sevestre studies timelapse footage of a surging glacier.
Meet Laugakönguló, Iceland's tiny pool spider thriving in hot springs during winter.
Two muskox clash in a brutal fight for dominance and the protection of their herd.
A male polar bear's pursuit of love in the frozen Arctic wilderness.
A male brown bear is interrupted from feasting on a reindeer carcass by a pack of wolves.
The sounds generated by skating over black ice are out of this world.
Margret Fjellström and her reindeer depend on dwindling lichen-rich forests for survival.
Male black grouse fight it out over mating rights at a lek in Norway.
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Lynx, wolf and reindeer survive through surprising alliances in the Scandinavian forest.