Extreme Cities

Yakutsk, Bangkok, Hammerfest, La Paz: fascinating worlds, populated by ordinary people living in extraordinary circumstances, cities facing the toughest environmental conditions to offer their populations an acceptable level of existence.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Extreme Cities
First Air Date	January 1, 2010
Last Air Date	January 22, 2010
Seasons	1
Episodes	4
Episode Runtime	0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	Canada
Production Companies	BellMedia
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S01E04

Yakutsk

Yakutsk: the coldest city on the planet. In this place known as “the cold pole”, the biggest challenge relates to the nature of the soil: the “permafrost”. With the warming of the climate, this frozen soil is melting and the buildings are threatened with collapse.

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