North America (DVD)

EXPLORE THE LAND OF THE FREE. From the makers of Planet Earth comes the groundbreaking new series North America. Three years in the making, each episode explores this immense continent, taking in the fascinating animals, threatening terrain and ferocious weather. The series also shows some animal behaviour never-beforecaptured on camera, from the diving grizzly bears in Alaska, trying to catch salmon on the way to their spawning grounds, to the little-seen, elusive desert jaguar in Mexico. This is where life collides with hostile, untamed wilderness in the most diverse, deadly environment on Earth. WHAT IT TOOK TO MAKE NORTH AMERICA - Over 3 years in production. - 110 animals species filmed. - 2,830 days of filming. - 250 separate filming expeditions. - 10 countries visited, stretching from the Arctic Circle to the Panama Canal. TRANSPORTATION - Travelled over 14,000 miles to capture tornado footage. - Crossed more than 17,000 square miles of wilderness in Wood Buffalo National Park. - Flew 120 hours to capture aerial footage of wolves hunting bison. - Travelled over 5,000 miles for 3 weeks to film the Northern Lights. TECHNOLOGY - More than 850 hours of HD footage filmed. - First series to use time-lapses shot in HDR to chronicle weather and extreme storms. - State-of-the-art equipment including ultra-high-speed cameras and a one-of-a-kind mini submarine camera.