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The Americas: Check Out Our Preview Guide to Ep. 5: "The Frozen North"
Narrated by Tom Hanks, NBC's The Americas returns tonight with a new episode! Here's your preview/viewing guide for Ep. 5: "The Frozen North."
Article Summary
- Explore the icy realms where wolves and polar bears compete for survival in Episode 5: "The Frozen North."
- Marvel at the stunning landscapes and wildlife behavior in NBC's 10-part series, The Americas.
- Narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer, discover untold wildlife stories and secrets.
- Witness the wonders of the greatest supercontinent, filmed during 180 unique expeditions over five years.
Welcome back to our weekly look at NBC's The Americas! Narrated by Tom Hanks and with music by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer, the docuseries highlights the world's great supercontinent. Continuing this weekend with its fifth chapter, the stunning 10-part event series showcases the wonders, secrets, and fragilities of the world's great supercontinent. For the first time, the Americas stars in its own incomparable series, using cutting-edge technology to uncover never-before-seen behavior and highlight the extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that will deeply connect with millions around the world.
Five years in the making and filmed over 180 expeditions, this groundbreaking series reveals the spectacular landscapes of Earth's most varied landmass – the only one to stretch between both poles. NBC's The Americas' unprecedented scale and ambition delivers remarkable world firsts: new species, new intimate courtship, dramatic deep-sea hunting, and some of nature's strangest stories – even a frog that seems to defy death every day.
With the fifth episode hitting tonight, check out our preview guide for "The Frozen North," including an overview and image gallery, Hanks discussing his research into last week's topics, and even some beautiful nature looks and sounds to help calm your nerves (seriously, it's waiting for you above).
The Americas: A Look at Episode 5: "The Frozen North"
The Americas Season 1 Episode 5: "The Frozen North" – The Frozen North, where wolves and polar bears vie for food, hares outsmart lynxes, and walruses sing on rocky shores; as summer arrives, grouse perform mating dances, caribou migrate vast distances and salmon race upstream to survive. Here's a look at a sneak peek and the image gallery for tonight's chapter, followed by Hanks offering some insights into last week's episodes: S01E03: "The Wild West" and S01E04: "The Amazon."
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Winter, far out on the sea ice ast Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada — (Photo by: Mathieu Dumond / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) mother and calf crossing a river during summer migration, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: Ingo Arndt / Minden / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) bull, Bristol Bay, Round Island, Alaska — (Photo by: Ingo Arndt / Minden / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Newborn caribou (Rangifer tarandus) calf nuzzling its mother, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: Peter Mather / Minden / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Aurora borealis over Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska, USA — (Photo by: Floris van Breugel / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Snowshoe hare (Leupus americanus), with winter coloring, browsing on a Pussy Willow twig, Alaska — (Photo by: Michael Quinton / Minden / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Curious wolf (Canis lupus) pack in the boreal forest near Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: Oscar Furness / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Aurora Borealis over the sea ice ast Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) males fighting at lek in snow, Minnesota — (Photo by: Alan Murphy / BIA / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male displaying at a snowy 'lek', Minnesota — (Photo by: Alan Murphy/ BIA / naturepl.com / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Rainbow over the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: Usha Amin / BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A wolf (Canis lupus) pack leaves the boreal forest to look for food in Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: In Hudson Bay, a wolf (Canis lupus) pack and a polar bear – Canada’s top predators – come face-to- face — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), with white winter coat,on the sea ice ast Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Ariel view of the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) haul-outs on Round Island, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: An alpha female leads a wolf (Canis lupus) pack in search of prey in the boreal forest near Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Boreal forest – wolf (Canis lupus) territory – near Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A male sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) displays at a 'lek', Alberta, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Summer caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migration, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Alpha wolf (Canis lupus), Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Hungry wolf (Canis lupus) pack, Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Alpha wolf (Canis lupus), Hudson Bay, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) grooming its paws, Yukon, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A male sharp-tailed grouse displays at a 'lek', Alberta, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) on the lookout for predators, Yukon, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Aurora Borealis over the boreal forest, Yukon, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: In Hudson Bay, a wolf (Canis lupus) pack and a polar bear – Canada’s top predators – come face-to- face — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Young caribou (Rangifer tarandus) calf, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: In the summer, male walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) gather for R&R on the shores of Round Island, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Summer caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migration, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A male sharp-tailed grouse (Tumpanuchus phasianellus) displays in truck headlights', Alberta, Canada — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: A male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) waits for a female to lay her eggs so he can fertilise them, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Millions of spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gather at the mouths of rivers Prince William Sound, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) travel upriver to spawning grounds, Prince William Sound, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
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- "The Frozen North" Episode 105 — Pictured: Summer caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migration, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — (Photo by: BBC Studios)
NBC's The Americas is executive produced by renowned Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife producer Mike Gunton (Life, Planet Earth II, Dynasties) for BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the best-known and most respected producers of natural history content in the world, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.
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