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Planet Earth » Season 2 » Mountains
00:58:16
Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough
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Nouns
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1)
crevass
that descending on foot past the crevass is too risky.
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viscacha
Mountain viscacha, are up early to claim the best places
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3)
groundsel
Giant heathers, lobelias and groundsel grow on its upper slopes.
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4)
paraglider
I'm Aaron Durogati and I'm a professional paraglider pilot.
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5)
footstep
And to prevent crunching footstep from revealing his presence,
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tonn
An avalanche, 100,000 tonn of snow
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7)
lobelia
Giant heathers, lobelia and groundsel grow on its upper slopes.
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8)
attenborough
ATTENBOROUGH: Aaron believes that to fly like a bird,
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9)
mountainside
...turning the mountainside into a garden of ice.
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10)
permanence
But rocky peaks, which to us, perhaps, seem a symbol of permanence,
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11)
encroachment
human encroachment is changing even the highest summits.
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12)
cameraman
cameraman, Barrie Britton is setting out early on a more cautious quest
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13)
peregrine
only a peregrine is faster.
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14)
scavenger
Other scavenger must defer.
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15)
kilo
an adult can put on 180 kilo, gorging on plants.
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16)
bobcat
This bobcat
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17)
carcass
For the moment, she's won the carcass back.
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18)
itch
Some itch just have to be scratched.
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19)
adulthood
It's her cub, taking her first steps towards adulthood and independence.
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20)
peril
will survive the peril of the mountain winter.
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21)
ascent
It's a tough 3,000-metre ascent for Aaron and his wingman, Armin,
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22)
flamingo
this is the highest flamingo colony in the world.
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23)
neighbour
of the presence and the movements of their neighbour
Verbs
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1)
reposition
Barry reposition his hide to keep watch.
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2)
reunite
With the males gone, the female is at last reunite with her cub.
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3)
injure
But she has been injure.
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4)
descend
now all descend to the valleys,
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5)
devote
She has devote the last two years to raising her cub,
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6)
thrive
They all thrive in the tropical sun.
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7)
scar
Lethally cold, scar by gales and blizzards,
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8)
shrink
And in the Andes, some glaciers have shrunk
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9)
rub
As they rub, each leaves an individual and recognisable scent.
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10)
heal
Until her injury heal, she won't be able to hunt.
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11)
emerge
And when spring comes, they emerge.
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12)
freeze
So cold, that moisture in the air freeze into tiny crystals
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13)
smell
and any male that smell her signature will know that.
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14)
retreat
As the snow line retreat further and further up these peaks,
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15)
scratch
Some itches just have to be scratch.
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16)
trap
The fox has them trap, or so it seems.
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17)
succeed
Her mother has succeed in raising her,
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18)
survive
Mountain animals survive on the very edge of existence.
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19)
trigger
high on a ridge, a remote camera was trigger.
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20)
shield
that shield their vulnerable central bud.
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21)
arrive
Another bigger male has arrive.
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22)
lie
Red foxes lie in wait.
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23)
decide
Aaron decide it's safer to fly, but it will be a bumpy ride.
Adverbs
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lethally
Lethally cold, scarred by gales and blizzards,
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2)
infrequently
Snow leopards meet so infrequently that there is uncertainty and tension.
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3)
notoriously
They are notoriously difficult birds to film.
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dangerously
that this slope is still dangerously unstable.
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5)
satisfactorily
Itches satisfactorily scratched,
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6)
thankfully
Thankfully, they make it down in one piece.
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desperately
It's winter, and food is desperately short.
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8)
seldom
Seldom seen.
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9)
nonetheless
Nonetheless, they are well aware
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10)
nowhere
Out on the lake, there is nowhere to hide.
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11)
specially
ATTENBOROUGH: Wearing a specially designed helmet camera,
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12)
basically
which is pretty hard because they are basically like,
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13)
overnight
Aaron and Armin are forced to overnight in the summit shelter,
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14)
regularly
Aaron must turn his head regularly to check his glider,
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15)
somewhere
scanning the slopes for something, somewhere, to eat.
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16)
eventually
Eventually, the sun thins the ice.
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17)
certainly
And it certainly can't follow them up here.
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18)
nearly
and she will spend nearly all of it, alone.
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19)
exactly
She lets the males know exactly where she is.
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20)
alone
she's no longer limping but she's now alone.
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21)
particularly
Some trees, it seems, are particularly suitable for rubbing.
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22)
perhaps
Perhaps he'll have more luck on the other side.
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23)
finally
Following the adults, the kids finally reach the valley.
Adjectives
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precipitous
Mastering precipitous terrain is always challenging,
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2)
recognisable
As they rub, each leaves an individual and recognisable scent.
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3)
nubian
Yet, Nubian ibex have made this their home.
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sedentary
ATTENBOROUGH: Eight sedentary hours later,
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terrifying
BARRY: That's one terrifying bird there.
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grizzly
grizzly bears make their winter dens up to 1 0,000 feet up
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7)
unpredictable
But the weather up here is unpredictable,
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restless
I think it's going to be a fairly restless night for me as well.
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cautious
cameraman, Barrie Britton is setting out early on a more cautious quest
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10)
ultraviolet
there is very little protection from ultraviolet radiation.
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11)
uncovered
By mid-day, uncovered human skin will burn in four minutes.
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12)
volcanic
It's fed by a volcanic hot spring that heats these waters
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13)
disappointing
and the rewards for the effort can be disappointing.
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risky
Walking on thin ice is always risky.
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15)
peculiar
the flamingos perform these peculiar courtship dances
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16)
fragile
are more fragile than they appear.
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17)
steep
but they are still so dizzyingly steep
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inevitable
A fight is inevitable.
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asleep
And while they were half asleep in the depths of winter,
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eager
They're so eager, they don't even pause to feed.
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21)
unstable
that this slope is still dangerously unstable.
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22)
savage
among the savage beauty of the world's highest mountains.
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persistent
And they are annoyingly persistent.
