World's Wildest City: Anchorage

Season 1

This series features the incredible stories of the people and animals that live side by side in one of the most remote and extreme cities on earth: Anchorage, Alaska.

13 Episodes

  • City of Dogs
    E1
    City of DogsHuskies have helped humans carve out an existence in Alaska's desolate wilderness. These dogs still maintain many physical adaptations of their wild ancestors, enabling them to withstand the fierce conditions of the Alaskan winter.
  • Caribou: Extreme Survivors
    E2
    Caribou: Extreme SurvivorsThere are more Caribou in Alaska than people. Across the Arctic, they're the lifeblood of many remote communities. But human expansion, and wild predators, have led to their rapid decline.
  • City Lynx
    E3
    City LynxOne of Alaska's most secretive and efficient predators, Lynx are usually highly elusive - but in Anchorage, houses are being built in the Lynx's territory, forcing these usually shy big cats to find new ways to survive on the streets.
  • Bald Eagle Rescue
    E4
    Bald Eagle RescueOne bird rules the roost - the Bald Eagle. Expert hunters, they are perfectly adapted to life in tough arctic conditions. But in Anchorage, the secret to their survival is trash.
  • Wolves on Main Street
    E5
    Wolves on Main StreetFor years, at least four highly elusive wolfpacks have lived and hunted on the edge of Anchorage. But as the city spreads further and further into wolf country, the wolves are now getting bolder, and attacks on humans are on the increase.
  • Bears Behaving Badly
    E6
    Bears Behaving BadlyAnchorage is home to hundreds of black bears. And it's these black bears, that are patrolling the city. With their brains, their brawn and their cunning, these bears have mastered life in this urban jungle.
  • Beaver Lumberjacks
    E7
    Beaver LumberjacksAnchorage has a rather unique resident who is renowned as nature's lumberjack - the beaver. With their powerful teeth the trees they fell can be huge and their dams can be so enormous they can be seen from space.
  • Downtown Porcupines
    E8
    Downtown PorcupinesAnchorage is home to a huge number of wild porcupines, living in the city's parks, gardens and streets. Anchorage's porcupines search for food here in the city, and find refuge during the bitter Alaskan winters.
  • Brown Bears and Salmon
    E9
    Brown Bears and SalmonTravelling an incredible 3500 miles through rivers and streams, salmon are Alaska's hardiest resident. But there is one grizzly hazard they face right at the end of their journey. It's the brown bears.
  • Moose Mayhem
    E10
    Moose MayhemThis unique arctic city is home over 2000 moose. And these notorious animals are running riot. But life on the streets is fraught with danger and in this expanding city, more highways mean more moose deaths.
  • Baked Alaska
    E11
    Baked AlaskaWhen summer hits, Anchorage bursts into life. Animals and plants living this far north have been forced to adapt, but these animals built to withstand Alaska's extreme winters, often struggle in Anchorage's summer heat.
  • Artic Refuge
    E12
    Artic RefugeWith 600 square miles of pristine habitat, this state is home to an abundance of wildlife. But you don't always have to head to the wild to come face to face with an animal.
  • Wild Rescue
    E13
    Wild Rescue300,000 people live alongside these wild animals in the ever growing city of Anchorage. But in this urban jungle, the sizzling summer heat sometimes brings conflict between humans and wildlife.

 

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