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In the northerly region of Svalbard, Steve Backshall unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of each year in the home of the world's largest land predator.

In a revelatory look at Svalbard, the most northerly region in the series, Steve Backshall leaves no stone unturned as he unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of each year. Svalbard is cold, dark and foreboding, yet it is home to the world's largest land predator and the most northerly population of large herbivore. But Steve discovers that the real secret to this place comes from a very different world.

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RoleContributor
NarratorSteve Backshall
Series ProducerDoug Mackay-Hope
Executive ProducerWendy Darke
Executive ProducerCerys Griffiths
Executive ProducerNick Shearman
ProducerMark Wheeler

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Insect Worlds

Steve Backshall explores insects and their relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans.