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Ermakov Island

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 45s

With dikes removed, nature came back to life on Ermakov Island. With nature taking control, plants returned, fish and birds followed in huge numbers, and insects started to flourish.

Extras
Using frozen rivers for thousands of years, reindeer are facing extreme dangers now.
Three litters of Arctic fox pups are released into the wild.
Born just a few days too soon, a baby reindeer is abandoned by his mother.
Native Sami people and modern conservationists team up to save age-old reindeer migration.
Native Sami people and modern conservationists team up to save age-old reindeer migration.
The Danube delta is a treasure trove of biodiversity.
Meet the Delta’s largest pelican colony, made up of more than 18,500 birds.
The Danube is the largest preserved wetland on the continent.
Meet the fen raft spider, which can stay underwater for up to 30 minutes.
In Europe’s Carpathian mountains and beyond, the continent’s most iconic species thrive.
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