Explore extraordinary animals, landscapes, and people who live alongside iconic rivers. Season 1 explores the Amazon, the Nile and the Mississippi. Season two travels down three of Earth's great rivers: the Zambezi, the Danube and the Yukon.
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About Season 2
Featuring breathtaking photography, the second season of this landmark series explores Africa's wildest river, the Zambezi; Europe's Danube River, which travels through more countries than any other river; and North America's great frozen river, the Yukon. Journey from source to mouth and travel through awe-inspiring landscapes to discover the spectacular wildlife and fascinating people that thrive along three of Earth's greatest rivers.
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Episode 1 | Zambezi
From surfers riding mysterious waves in deep gorges, to elephants battling rapids above Victoria falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the wildlife and people of the Zambezi, Africa's extraordinary shape - shifting river.
Episode 2 | Danube
Europe's mighty and majestic Danube, a river of glorious riches and magical surprises. As the world's most international river, its epic journey is like no other. Featuring stunning secret tributaries, baby turtles and a waterfall riding kayaker.
Episode 3 | Yukon
Remote and wild, the Yukon is a river of extremes; in summer a restless giant, in winter it becomes a river of ice. Home to bears, moose and salmon, its riches have sustained people for centuries. The Yukon; North America's legendary frozen River.
African elephants in Lower Zambezi National Park - Zambia.
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Scientist Dominique Goncalves and her team studying an African elephant in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique.
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Carla Rebai/Courtesy Gorongosa Media/Courtesy Gorongosa National Park
Pied Kingfisher catching a meal, Zambia.
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Una River waterfalls – Bosnia (Strbacki Buk)
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Stuart Dunn
Una River, Bosnia
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Stuart Dunn
Barbel fish (Barbus barbus) in the Danube Basin.
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Benedikt Reisner
A grizzly bear looking for fish at sunrise In Ni'iinlii.
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Robert Postma/Design Pics/Pond5
The frosting and freezing Yukon River.
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Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota), Alps, Austria
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Klein & Hubert/Nature Picture Library
Ovibos moschatus (Muskox)
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