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Narrator:
JUST BEYOND OUR OWN BACKYARDS --

UNTAMED WILDERNESS.

[ DOLPHINS CHIRP ]

IN ITS SPLENDOR...

[ EAGLES CRYING ]
...BRUTALITY...

[ BUFFALO ROAR ]

...BEAUTY,

WE FIND OUR OWN STORY,

OUR SPIRIT, FORGED IN THE LAND.

[ BON JOVI'S "ARMY OF ONE"
PLAYS ]

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

¶ NEVER

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

¶ NEVER LET UP

¶ EVER

¶ NEVER GIVE IN

¶ YOU'RE AN ARMY OF ONE

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

¶ NEVER

¶ NEVER FORGET
WHERE YOU'RE FROM ¶

¶ NEVER GIVE UP

[ HORSES NEIGH ]
¶ YOU'RE AN ARMY OF ONE

EARLY MARCH,

40 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MISSOULA, MONTANA.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

THE HEART
OF THE MIGHTIEST MOUNTAIN RANGE

IN NORTH AMERICA.

9,000 FEET UP,

WHERE ONLY THE HARDIEST
AMERICANS DARE TO CLIMB,

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT

BATTLES THE FIERCE BITE
OF WINTER.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

THREE MONTHS
INTO A SIX-MONTH PREGNANCY,

THIS MOTHER-TO-BE
MUST FIND ENOUGH FOOD

TO SUSTAIN NOT JUST HERSELF,
BUT HER UNBORN KID.

SHE CLIMBS EVEN HIGHER
TO AN ISOLATED OUTCROP.

THERE, ALONE
AND SAFE FROM PREDATORS,

SHE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO HER BABY.

THREE MONTHS LATER,
IN EARLY JUNE...

[ BLEATING ]

...HER LITTLE ONE
IS JUST WEEKS OLD.

BORN AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD,

HIS FIRST FOOTSTEPS

ARE ON THE EDGE
OF A STAGGERING CLIFF.

HIS FLEXIBLE
AND SENSITIVE HOOVES

WILL ALLOW HIM
TO GET A PERFECT TOEHOLD

ON EVEN THE TINIEST LEDGE.

[ BLEATS ]

BUT FIRST, HE'S GOT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THEM.

THERE'S NO TIME TO BE AFRAID.

THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE
THE STEEP DESCENT

DOWN TO THE VALLEY TO FIND FOOD.

[ BLEATING ]

FOR HIM, EVERYTHING IS NEW,

AND THE BEST WAY TO LEARN
IS TO COPY HIS MOTHER.

HER HEAVY WINTER COAT
NO LONGER NEEDED,

SHE SPINS TO SHAKE IT OFF --

A DANCE CELEBRATING
THE MAGIC OF SPRING.

JUNIOR, BEST DO WHAT MOM DOES.

[ BLEATS ]

A BAND OF OTHER MOTHERS
AND THEIR KIDS --

IT'S LIKE
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL...

AND HIS FIRST GLIMPSE
OF OTHER GOATS LIKE HIM.

[ BLEATS ]

THE WARMING WEATHER
HAS RELEASED FROZEN STREAMS,

AND FLOWING WATER,
ENCOUNTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME,

IS STRANGE,

EVEN A LITTLE FRIGHTENING.

[ BLEATS ]

HIS COUSINS CAN ALREADY LEAP
UP TO 5 FEET.

IN A YEAR, THEY'LL ALL BE ABLE
TO JUMP DOUBLE THAT.

NOW IT'S HIS TURN.

[ BLEATS ]

IN A WORLD FULL OF OBSTACLES,

KNOWING HOW TO FLY
CAN GET YOU A LONG WAY.

FURTHER DOWN
THE MELTING MOUNTAIN,

THE STREAMS MERGE.

NOW, BILLIONS OF GALLONS
GUSH OUT OF THE ROCKIES.

FOR THE GOATS,
MORE AT HOME IN THE HIGH CLIFFS,

RIVERS LIKE THIS CAN BE DEADLY.

NANNY GOATS LEAD THE WAY,

SHOWING THE LITTLE ONES
HOW IT'S DONE.

NEARLY EVERYONE HAS CROSSED...

[ BLEATS ]
...BUT HE HOLDS BACK.

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATS ]

HE FOLLOWS AN OLDER COUSIN...

BUT MISSES HIS MARK...

AND LOSES HIS NERVE.

[ BLEATS ]

NOW MOTHER AND KID
ARE SEPARATED.

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATING ]

THEN, COURAGE OVERCOMES FEAR.

[ BLEATS ]

[ BLEATS ]

THE HOOVES THAT HELPED HIM
CLING TO THE CLIFFS

ARE USELESS IN THE RAGING WATER.

[ BLEATING ]

SAFE AT LAST.

[ BLEATING ]

THIS IS LIFE
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AMERICA.

THE KID HAS FACED HIS FEARS
AND FOUND UNEXPECTED STRENGTH.

[ BLEATS ]

SO YOUNG,
BUT HE'S ALREADY PROVEN

THAT HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES

TO JOIN THE STORY
OF THE CONTINENT...

...TO BATHE IN ITS RICHES
AND SOAK IN ITS WONDERS.

FROM LUSH VALLEYS,
TO THE OPEN PRAIRIE,

TO THE SCORCHING DESERT,

AND THE SAVAGE COAST BEYOND.

[ BATS CHIRPING ]

WE HAVE
THE TALLEST TREES ON EARTH,

GEYSERS BOILING UP

FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
SUPER VOLCANOES,

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI...
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

...AND SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME
CLIMATES ON THE PLANET.

FROM THE BITTER COLD
OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC,

TO THE STEAMING HEAT
OF THE PANAMA JUNGLES...

...THE HOME OF THE BRAVE DEMANDS
COURAGE AND SACRIFICE.

SHE TESTS
ALL WHO SET FOOT ON HER SOIL.

[ SNAKE HISSES ]

ONLY THOSE TOUGH ENOUGH,
RESILIENT ENOUGH,

AND BOLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT
FOR WHAT'S THEIRS...

[ WOLF SNARLS ]
[ BEARS GROWL ]

...WILL EARN
THE RIGHT TO CALL HER...

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

...HOME.

AT THE FAR NORTHERN TIP
OF THE CONTINENT,

THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OF ALASKA.

GATEWAY TO AMERICA.

20,000 YEARS AGO,
THIS STRING OF VOLCANOES

MARKED THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF THE LAND BRIDGE

THAT ALLOWED
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS AND HUMANS

TO CROSS OVER FROM ASIA.

[ SEALS BARKING ]

THESE MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA
ARE ALL THAT REMAIN.

[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]

A BARREN LAND OF CLIFFS

AND TREACHEROUS COASTS
CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND.

[ BARKING CONTINUES ]

[ SEAL GROWLS ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

HALF-TON GRIZZLIES
PATROL THE SHORE.

RAVENOUS AFTER SIX MONTHS
OF HIBERNATION,

THEY'VE LOST NEARLY 40%

OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT
OVER THE WINTER.

A GRIZZLY'S NOSE IS 2,300 TIMES
MORE SENSITIVE THAN OURS.

HE CAN SMELL
THE REMAINS OF LAST YEAR'S FEAST

AT THE WATER'S EDGE.

[ BEAR GRUNTS ]

BUT WILL THIS YEAR OFFER
THE SAME GOOD FORTUNE?

[ WHALES GEYSERING ]

A MOTHER GRAY WHALE
AND HER CALF.

THIS IS THE CALF'S
FIRST MIGRATION NORTH.

SHE'S SPENT
EVERY MOMENT OF HER LIFE

BY HER MOTHER'S SIDE.

AFTER A 4,000-MILE JOURNEY
FROM MEXICO,

THEY'VE NEARLY MADE IT
TO THEIR DESTINATION.

THE RICH FEEDING GROUNDS
OF THE BERING SEA

ARE JUST BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN
RANGE IN FRONT OF THEM.

HER CALF IS TIRED,

AND THE MOUNTAINS FORM
A MASSIVE BARRIER,

BUT THE MOTHER KNOWS
A SECRET SHORTCUT --

A SHALLOW GAP IN THE MOUNTAINS
CALLED "FALSE PASS"...

...PERILOUS WATERS
FOR BOTH MAN AND BEAST.

CAUTIOUSLY,
THE MOTHER APPROACHES.

SHE'S RUN THIS GAUNTLET BEFORE
AND KNOWS THE RISKS.

THE PASSAGE NARROWS.

GRIZZLIES ARE USUALLY LONERS,

BUT THE CHANCE OF A SPRING FEAST
BRINGS THEM TOGETHER.

SINKING THEIR TEETH INTO A WHALE
WON'T BE EASY,

BUT THEN...

THE HELP
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...

...A GANG OF KILLER WHALES.

[ ORCAS CHIRPING ]

THE 8-TON KILLERS
AREN'T AFTER THE MOTHER.

FOUR TIMES THEIR SIZE,
SHE'S TOO BIG TO TAKE ON.

BUT THE 3-TON CALF
IS ANOTHER STORY.

THEY QUICKLY SEPARATE THE CALF
FROM HER MOTHER'S SIDE.

THE KILLERS KNOW
THE EXHAUSTED CALF

MUST COME TO THE SURFACE
TO BREATHE.

THEY THROW THEMSELVES
ON TOP OF HER...

...AND HOLD HER UNDERWATER...

UNTIL SHE DROWNS.

HER BODY SINKS
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON,

JOINING THE CARCASSES
OF COUNTLESS OTHER KILLS.

KILLER WHALES WILL
FEED ON THE CORPSE FOR DAYS.

HER MOTHER LINGERS.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN DO.

SOON, REMAINS WASH ASHORE.

[ BEARS SNIFFING ]

BLUBBER CONTAINS

MORE CALORIES PER POUND
THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER FOOD.

IT'S THE BOUNTY
THE GRIZZLIES WERE COUNTING ON.

LIFE ON THE FRONTIER ISN'T EASY.

HERE, ONE ANIMAL'S SACRIFICE
FUELS THE SURVIVAL OF OTHERS.

BUT BEYOND THE BARREN GATEWAY
OF THE ALEUTIANS

LIES A LAND OF UNTOLD RICHES
AND OPPORTUNITY.

TO THE EAST,
THE MOUNTAINS GROW TALLER

AND TRANSFORM INTO ENORMOUS
BLOCKS OF ROCK AND ICE.

THE MIGHTY ALASKA RANGE.

RAGGED AND FIERCE,
THESE PEAKS ARE STILL YOUNG...

...BURSTING WITH
THE MOLTEN BLOOD OF THE PLANET.

AT THE HEART OF THESE PEAKS,

MOUNT McKINLEY TOWERS
AT A STAGGERING 20,000 FEET.

THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
IN NORTH AMERICA...

AND IT'S STILL GROWING.

FROM HERE, THE MOUNTAINS
WIND SOUTH ACROSS CANADA

FORMING THE SPINE OF AMERICA,

A CHAIN THAT DIVIDES
THE ENTIRE CONTINENT.

ACROSS IDAHO, WYOMING,
COLORADO...

...THE GRANITE PEAKS
OF THE ROCKIES --

THEY'RE AMONG
THE STEEPEST ON THE PLANET.

SO TALL, THEY CONTROL
THE WEATHER ACROSS OUR LAND.

WITH NO EAST-WEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
TO BLOCK ARCTIC COLD FRONTS,

THE ROCKIES STEER ICY WINDS

DOWN OUT OF CANADA
ON A COLLISION COURSE

WITH TROPICAL AIR
SPINNING UP FROM THE GULF,

TRIGGERING SUPER STORMS
LIKE NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

BUT THEY ALSO CREATE
FERTILE PRAIRIES

FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE HEART OF TEXAS.

TO THE WEST,
THE SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA

HOLD BACK
THE MOISTURE OF THE PACIFIC.

IN THEIR WAKE,
A VAST RAIN SHADOW

THAT CREATES THE BARREN DESERTS
OF THE GREAT BASIN,

FROM NEVADA TO UTAH,
SOUTH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER --

200,000 SQUARE MILES
OF DROUGHT AND THIRST.

450 YEARS AGO,

A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR,
CORONADO,

SET OUT INTO THIS DESERT
ON HORSEBACK

ON A QUEST TO FIND
A LEGENDARY CITY OF GOLD.

THE PLACE NEARLY KILLED HIM.

40 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALT LAKE CITY,

THE GREAT BASIN DESERT,

HOME TO SOME OF THE LAST
WILD HORSES IN AMERICA --

MUSTANGS,
THE DESCENDANTS OF HORSES

BRED BY CONQUISTADORS,
CATTLEMEN, AND NATIVE AMERICANS.

[ HORSES NEIGHING ]

HIGH NOON
SIZZLES AT 109 DEGREES.

THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN WANDERING
THE DUST FOR TWO DAYS

WITHOUT A DRINK --

A STALLION
AND HIS HAREM OF FILLIES.

[ HORSES NEIGHING, SNORTING ]

IN THIS HEAT, EVEN THE FINCHES
PREFER TO HITCH A RIDE.

WITH YOUNG COLTS IN TOW,
THEY'VE GOT NO CHOICE.

THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING
UNTIL THEY FIND WATER.

[ NEIGHING ]

[ SNORTING ]

[ NEIGHING ]

AT LAST, THE PROMISED LAND.

[ NEIGHING ]

THEY'LL STAY HERE
AS LONG AS THEY CAN.

BUT THE STALLION KNOWS
HE CAN'T LET DOWN HIS GUARD.

IN A DROUGHT, WATER HOLES
ARE DANGEROUS PLACES,

MAGNETS FOR ALL MANNER
OF THIRSTY TROUBLEMAKERS.

THE LONGER THEY STAY,

THE BIGGER THE CHANCE
OF DANGER DROPPING BY.

[ NEIGHING ]

NEWCOMERS.

[ NEIGHING ]

A GANG OF UPSTART YOUNG MALES.

THESE ARE THE GUYS THE STALLION
WAS HOPING TO AVOID.

AT THE TOP OF THE PECKING ORDER,
A POWERFUL DARK HORSE.

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

HE MAKES A RUN
FOR THE STALLION'S FEMALES.

[ HORSE SNORTING ]

[ HORSES NEIGHING ]

A BLUFF,

BUT HE'S MADE IT CLEAR
WHAT HE'S AFTER.

THE STALLION'S GOT NO CHOICE.

IN THE CODE OF THE LAWLESS WEST,

A HORSE THIEF
PAYS WITH HIS LIFE.

[ RAM JAM'S "BLACK BETTY"
PLAYS ]

¶ WHOA, BLACK BETTY,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ WHOA, BLACK BETTY,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ BLACK BETTY HAD A CHILD,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ THE DAMN THING GONE WILD,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ SHE SAID IT WEREN'T
IN HER MIND, BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ THE DAMN THING GONE BLIND,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ SAID, "WHOA, BLACK BETTY,"
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ WHOA, BLACK BETTY
BAM-A-LAM ¶

EACH BLOW --
2,200 POUNDS OF FORCE.

A KICK TO THE FACE
CAN FRACTURE A JAW.

A BROKEN LEG IS CERTAIN DEATH.

[ HORSES NEIGHING ]

¶ WHOA, BLACK BETTY,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ SHE'S FROM BIRMINGHAM,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ WAY DOWN IN ALABAM',
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ WELL, SHE'S SHAKING
THAT THING, BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ BOY, SHE MAKES ME SING,
BAM-A-LAM ¶

¶ YEAH

[ NEIGHING ]

THE STALLION'S
EARNED THE RESPECT

THAT ONLY COMES
FROM DEFENDING WHAT'S YOURS.

FINALLY, THE TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY
CAN RELAX.

[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

AMERICA'S ENDURING HORSE.

THEY PULLED THE PLOWS
THAT BROKE THE PLAINS

AND SHOULDERED THE BURDENS
OF THE COVERED WAGON.

THEY GAVE THE NATIVE AMERICAN
A FIGHTING CHANCE

AGAINST THE WHITE MAN.

THEY ARE AS AMERICAN
AS THE LAND ITSELF.

300 MILES TO THE SOUTH, AT THE
INTERSECTION OF FOUR STATES...

...MONUMENT VALLEY.

THE ICON OF THE WEST.

SACRED TO THE NAVAJO NATION.

SOME OF THESE VERTICAL SPIRES
ARE THE ERODED MAGMA CORES

OF ANCIENT VOLCANOES THAT ONCE
PEPPERED THIS LANDSCAPE.

ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST,
THE DESERTS BECOME HARSHER...

...MORE INTENSE.

DEATH VALLEY.

282 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL, THIS
IS THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.

[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]

[ SQUAWKING ]

BUT EVEN HERE, LIFE SCRAPES BY.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

IN SOUTHERN UTAH,
NATURE THROWS OUT THE RULEBOOK.

THE LAND TRANSFORMS INTO A CRAZY
LABYRINTH OF SCULPTED ROCK

SHAPED BY 50 MILLION YEARS
OF WATER AND WIND.

ACROSS ARIZONA,
THE COLORADO RIVER

SLICES SOUTH THROUGH AN ANCIENT
SEABED DEEPER AND DEEPER,

GOUGING OUT THE GRAND CANYON
A MILE DOWN.

AT THE RIVER'S END, AN OCEAN OF
SAND -- MEXICO'S GRAN DESIERTO.

THESE DUNES
ARE MADE FROM THE DUST

OF GROUND-UP MOUNTAINS
WASHED DOWNSTREAM.

AS THE DESERTS
WIND SOUTH THROUGH MEXICO,

MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS

TRANSFORMS THE LAND
INTO LUSH JUNGLES.

FROM GUATEMALA TO HONDURAS
AND INTO PANAMA,

THE CONTINENT NARROWS
INTO A THIN RIBBON OF LAND.

AT ITS END, MYSTERIOUS JUNGLES,
REMOTE AND DANGEROUS.

[ BIRD CHIRPING, SQUAWKING ]

PLACES SO UNEXPLORED, WE KNOW
ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT THEM.

[ BIRD CHIRPING ]

[ MONKEY CHITTERING ]

THOUGH VIRTUALLY UNINHABITED,
THESE HOT SPOTS

ARE LIVELIER THAN
ANY PROHIBITION GIN JOINT...

[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

...FULL OF COOL CATS
STRUTTING THEIR STUFF.

TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF SCORING
A MATE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS...

...YOU'VE GOT TO BE
A CLASS ACT...

...WITH MOVES TO MATCH.

IN THE JUNGLES OF COSTA RICA,

A RED-CAPPED MANAKIN
DANCES TO IMPRESS A FEMALE.

"MANAKIN" IS A DUTCH WORD
MEANING "LITTLE MAN."

HE SNAPS HIS WINGS TO CREATE
HIS OWN BEAT TO GROOVE TO.

[ WINGS SNAPPING ]

FEMALES ARE VERY PICKY
AND ONLY GO FOR THE BEST.

AND SHE'S SEEN BETTER.

[ SQUAWKING ]

ON THIS STAGE,
THE BEST NUMBER IS A DOUBLE ACT.

THESE LONG-TAILED MANAKINS WORK
TOGETHER TO DAZZLE THE DAMES.

MALES PRACTICE THEIR ROUTINES
FOR YEARS.

BUT ONLY THE OLDER MALE
GETS TO MATE.

THE YOUNGER WINGMAN WILL HAVE
TO WAIT, UP TO 10 YEARS,

UNTIL THE DOMINANT MALE
KICKS THE BUCKET.

THEN HE'LL FINALLY GET
THE STARRING ROLE

AND A SIDEKICK OF HIS OWN.

A FEMALE MOVES IN
FOR A FRONT-ROW SEAT.

[ CHIRPING, SQUAWKING ]

ANOTHER WANTS IN ON THE ACTION.

THE DUDES GO ALL OUT.

BUT ON THIS DANCE FLOOR,
THE LADIES HAVE THEIR OWN MOVES.

NOW THE CHICKS BREAK IT DOWN.

THE OLDER MALE
FINALLY CHOOSES THE ONE.

AT ITS EDGES,
THE JUNGLE RUNS INTO THE SEA.

IN COSTA RICA,

A NAMELESS CRESCENT OF SAND
MARKS THE FRONTIER.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

THIS LONELY BEACH

IS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF A WEARY WANDERER...

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

...AN OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE.

SHE LEFT TO ROAM THE OCEAN,
BUT NOW SHE'S COME BACK.

HER FIRST STEPS ON LAND
IN NEARLY 15 YEARS.

HOME AT LAST.

SHE HAULS HERSELF AS FAR
UP THE BEACH AS SHE CAN...

DIGS A DEEP HOLE...

AND FILLS IT WITH OVER 100 EGGS.

BUT SHE'S NOT ALONE.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

BEHIND HER ARE THOUSANDS MORE,

HER SISTERS DRAWN IN
BY SOME UNKNOWN SIGNAL.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

THIS IS THE NIGHT
THEY'VE ALL CHOSEN TO RETURN.

WITH THE DAWN, IT ENDS.

50 DAYS LATER...

...HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF 2-INCH-LONG TURTLES

SOLDIER THEIR WAY
TO THE SURFACE.

FOR THIS NEWBORN
AND HIS BAND OF BROTHERS,

IT WILL BE THEIR LONGEST DAY.

[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]

ONLY 5 OUT OF 100 WILL MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NEXT 8 HOURS.

[ BIRDS SQUAWKING ]

BEYOND THE BARRICADES
OF DRIFTWOOD,

THE OPEN BATTLEFIELD --
120 FEET OF DEEP SAND.

THE ENEMY FORCES ARE WAITING.

[ BIRDS SQUAWKING ]

SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR.

[ BIRD SQUAWKING ]

AT LAST, THE SAFETY OF THE SEA.

SOMEDAY THE FEMALES MAY RETURN
TO LAY THEIR OWN EGGS HERE.

BUT FOR NOW, THEY JOIN
THE RHYTHM OF THE CONTINENT...

...THE DANCE OF BILLIONS.

IN AMERICA,
MIGRATION IS A WAY OF LIFE.

THESE ARE THE ROUTES
OF SOME 3 BILLION BIRDS

THAT STREAM NORTH
EVERY SPRING...

...FLYING THOUSANDS OF MILES TO
EVERY CORNER OF THE CONTINENT...

[ GEESE HONKING ]

...TO FIND FOOD...

TO FIND A MATE...

TO RAISE A FAMILY.

OFF THE WEST COAST,

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SALMON
SURGE OUT OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

AND INTO RIVERS FROM NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO ALASKA

AND SWIM OVER 750 MILES INLAND
INTO THE MOUNTAIN STREAMS

TO LAY THEIR EGGS.

[ MAN VOCALIZING ]

200 MILLION MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

FLUTTER THEIR WAY NORTH
ACROSS AMERICA...

...FROM THE SIERRA MADRE
MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO

AND THE CEDAR GROVES
OF CALIFORNIA

TO THE OPEN MEADOWS
OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE.

JUST OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,

20 MILLION BATS,

THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION
OF MAMMALS ON EARTH.

[ BATS CHIRPING ]

IN OCTOBER, THEY SUDDENLY POUR
OUT OF THEIR CAVES

AND HEAD SOUTH
IN SINGLE RIBBONS.

¶ ...IF I CAN

¶ OOH OOH OOH OOH

BEYOND OUR MAN-MADE WORLD

HUMS A SECRET NETWORK
OF HIGHWAYS IN MOTION EVERY DAY.

¶ OH OH

¶ OH OH OH OH-OH OH OH

¶ OH OH OH-OH-OH

¶ OH-OH OH OH

BURNING IN THE AMERICAN HEART,
THERE'S A HUNGER TO MOVE...

TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND...

TO HEAD OUT FREE AND UNANCHORED.

[ GEESE HONKING ]

¶ OOH

¶ OOH

¶ AH-AH-AH

¶ AH-AH-AH

¶ OOH

¶ OOH

¶ OOH

¶ OOH

¶ AH-AH-AH

AT THE FAR NORTHERN EDGE
OF AMERICA

IS A LAND CALLED LABRADOR.

VAST...

FORGOTTEN...

EMPTY.

JUST SOME 200 PEOPLE
IN 1,000 SQUARE MILES.

BUT THIS WEATHERED WILDERNESS

IS HOME TO ONE OF THE GREATEST
MIGRATIONS ON EARTH.

[ CARIBOU GRUNTING ]

A 3,700-MILE PILGRIMAGE

WINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THESE
MOUNTAINS -- 28,000 CARIBOU.

THE HERD IS SO LARGE
AND THE GRASS SO SPARSE

THAT IF THEY STOP MOVING,

THEY'LL RUN OUT OF FOOD
AND STARVE.

[ CARIBOU GRUNTING ]

BORN INTO A LIFE
OF PERPETUAL MOTION,

THIS NEWBORN HAD TO RUN WITHIN
HOURS OF BIRTH TO KEEP PACE.

[ GRUNTING ]

THE HERD ENTERS THE VALLEYS

THAT FUNNEL TOWARDS
THE RICH PASTURES BY THE SEA.

THIS CANYON
BELONGS TO THEIR ENEMIES...

...A PAIR OF WOLVES.

THEY SURVEY THE GROUND
FOR A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE.

[ CARIBOU GRUNTING ]

[ WOLF WHINES ]

CAREFULLY, THEY BEGIN
THEIR APPROACH TO THE HERD...

...THE STEEP SLOPE
FILLED WITH OBSTACLES.

HERE, THE CARIBOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO MANEUVER AS A SINGLE HERD.

[ GRUNTING ]

IN THE TURMOIL,
MOTHER AND CALF GET SEPARATED.

THE MOTHER
MUST RUN FOR HER LIFE.

A PAIR OF WOLVES
HUNTS A HERD OF CARIBOU

ON THE TUNDRA OF LABRADOR.

IN THE PANIC, A CALF
GETS SEPARATED FROM THE MOTHER.

[ GRUNTING ]

ON THIS FIELD
OF BOULDERS AND DEEP TRENCHES,

CARIBOU CAN'T BUILD UP SPEED AND
MUST CONSTANTLY CHANGE COURSE.

THE CALF STUMBLES.

[ WOLF GROWLS, CARIBOU CRIES ]

[ CARIBOU GRUNTING ]

THE SCRAMBLED HERD REGROUPS.

MOTHERS AND CALVES
KNOW EACH OTHER BY SMELL.

[ CARIBOU GRUNTING ]

BUT ONE MOTHER
WILL CONTINUE ON HER OWN.

IT'S THE WOLF'S FIRST MEAL
IN DAYS.

[ WOLF PUPS WHIMPERING ]

AND SHE, TOO,
HAS HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FEED.

EVERY MOTHER KNOWS
SHE'LL DO ANYTHING

TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE
FOR HER KIDS.

IN THE WINTRY FOOTHILLS
OF WYOMING,

DEEP IN THE HOLLOW
OF A FALLEN TREE...

[ BEAR SNORTING ]

...A NEW LIFE BEGINS.

A 250-POUND BLACK BEAR HAS GIVEN
BIRTH TO AN 8-OUNCE CUB.

SHE HASN'T EATEN OR HAD
A SIP OF WATER SINCE OCTOBER.

YET SHE'LL NURSE HIM EVERY FEW
HOURS FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS,

CONVERTING HER STORED-UP
BODY FAT INTO MILK.

MOTHER AND CUB
SLEEP IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS,

WAITING FOR THE SEASONS
TO CHANGE.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA,
LIFE STIRS.

[ BEE BUZZING ]

A TIMELESS AWAKENING
UNTOUCHED BY THE HAND OF MAN.

SPRING ONCE MORE.

JUST A FEW MONTHS OLD,
THE BABY BLACK BEAR

IS ONLY BEGINNING TO LEARN
THE ROPES OF LIFE IN THE WOODS.

A SINGLE MOTHER AND CHILD.

[ BEAR CUB YELPS ]

HE IS ALL SHE HAS,
AND SHE IS HIS ENTIRE WORLD.

BLACK BEARS MIGHT BE
AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN,

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEIR BABIES ARE SAFE FROM HARM.

NIGHTFALL
IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER,

AND FOR A LITTLE GUY LIKE HIM,

THE FOREST FLOOR
IS FULL OF DANGERS.

LEARNING TO CLIMB A TREE

IS MORE THAN JUST
A CHILDHOOD RITE OF PASSAGE.

IT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

[ YELPS ]

BLACK BEARS EVOLVED
IN A TIME OF MEGA-PREDATORS --

SABER-TOOTHED TIGERS
AND THE LIKE --

WHEN BEDDING DOWN
IN THE TREETOPS

WAS THE ONLY SAFE WAY
TO PASS THE NIGHT.

THE SABER-TOOTHED
IS LONG EXTINCT.

BUT UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT,
A DISTANT COUSIN

STILL PROWLS THE DARKEST CORNERS
OF THE FOREST.

THE SHADOWY ICON OF
THIS CONTINENT'S WILD HEART...

...THE MOUNTAIN LION.

IT HAS SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL
LEGS OF ANY CAT ON THE PLANET

AND CAN LEAP UP TO 45 FEET.

FEW EVER CATCH
MORE THAN A FLEETING GLIMPSE

OF THIS SOLITARY GHOST,
STEALTHY AND SILENT.

YET THERE ARE OVER 30,000

OF THESE GIANT CATS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

PROWLING THROUGH OUR BACKYARDS
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

IT'S SAFE TO VENTURE DOWN.

BY THE LIGHT OF DAY,
MOTHER WILL TEACH,

AND HER CUB WILL LEARN
EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO KNOW

TO SURVIVE
IN THIS WONDROUS NEW WORLD.

THE UNTAMED WILDERNESS
OF OUR CONTINENT

IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK...

...ITS POWER AND BEAUTY

JUST BEYOND OUR DOORSTEP
EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY...

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

...CHALLENGING US...

PROVIDING FOR US...

...SHAPING WHO WE ARE.

TO VENTURE INTO THIS GREAT LAND

IS TO JOIN THE STORY
OF OUR HOME, NORTH AMERICA.

MOUNTAIN GOATS LIVE IN SOME

OF THE MOST UNFORGIVING TERRAIN
ON THE CONTINENT.

THE TEAM WANTED TO SHOW JUST
HOW TOUGH THESE ANIMALS ARE.

WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THEM
IN THEIR TRUE ELEMENT,

WHICH IS RIGHT UP ON THE PEAKS,

IN THE BAD WEATHER,
IN THE BLOWING SNOW.

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THAT MEANT SCALING SLOPES

IN THE DEAD
OF AVALANCHE SEASON...

YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S A SLOPE THAT WILL
KILL PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.

...AND GETTING SLAMMED
BY A ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD

AT 10,000 FEET.

[ WIND BLOWING ]

FOR THE CREW,

IT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
ASSIGNMENTS OF THE SERIES.

FOR THE GOATS,
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.