Nature
Season 29 Episode 12 - Survivors of the Firestorm
In February 2009, conditions were ripe for wildfires in the state of Victoria in southeast Australia. Relentless heat waves, seemingly endless drought, and arid winds sweeping in from the outback had left the countryside tinder dry and braced for the worst. Then, on Saturday, February 7, Victoria went up in flames; and raging fires engulfed everything in their path. By the time the fires subsided, 173 people had lost their lives, over one million acres of mountain ash forest had been destroyed, and countless animals had perished. The overwhelming firestorm was one of the worst in the country’s history, and came to be known as Black Saturday. Survivors of the Firestorm follows the phoenix-like story of Victoria’s wildlife, the fall and rise of the great mountain ash forests and all that dwell within them, and the extraordinary capacity of a damaged natural world to bounce back.
Episodes in Season 29
Cuba: The Accidental Eden
53 min
Echo: An Elephant to Remember
53 min
A Murder of Crows
53 min
Braving Iraq
53 min
Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom
53 min
Revealing the Leopard
53 min
Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story
53 min
Birds of the Gods
53 min
The Himalayas
53 min
Broken Tail: A Tiger's Last Journey
53 min
Outback Pelicans
53 min
Survivors of the Firestorm
53 min
Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
53 min
Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears
53 min
Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North
53 min
Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers
53 min
