Wild Russia - Season 1 (2009)

Northernmost Russia, on the Arctic Circle, has extreme seasons, even by Siberian standards. The case of Wrangel island demonstrates its rich wildlife and the animals' ruthless struggle for survival. Many species migrate, like polar bears, some as far as the Berentz sea or even North America.

Primorye, a vast 'primordial forest' in the Russian Far East's Usuriya region near the river Amur, the Chinese border, has an extremely rich and varied wildlife. Its greatly varying seasons also attract some migratory species, while great cats like the Siberian tiger cover huge territories. Vast wetlands, marshes and lakes add to its variety.

Kamtschatka, a Russian Far Eastern peninsula of Siberia stretching into the Sea of Ochotsk towards Japan, has a rich wildlife subject to (by Siberian standards not so) extreme seasonal extremes. The short summer and intermediate seasons are abundant, the long winter almost as grim as in permafrost.