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It's considered the toughest sled dog race in the world – the Yukon Quest. Following an old mail route into the gold rush country of North America, the trail stretches from Canada to Alaska. The race covers 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) through lonely forests, over frozen rivers and across mountain passes – in temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58°F). The route runs from Whitehorse in Canada all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Northern Alaska, with its empty expanses and largely inaccessible wilderness, is like almost no other place on Earth. Tourists flock to Denali National Park to marvel at North America's highest mountain, Denali, formerly Mount McKinley. In most other regions, visitors face real challenges: no roads, no hiking trails and no shelters. The wildlife has adapted perfectly to the Arctic conditions. The documentary »Expeditionen ins Tierreich« (Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom) takes you on a journey to huge caribou herds, grizzlies and Arctic ground squirrels.
www.ndr.deGlacier Bay National Park lies at the southeastern end of #Alaska. Untouched wilderness of breathtaking beauty: snow-capped peaks, fjords, forests, beaches, bays and above all glaciers, plus a large number of wild animals. 250 years ago, Glacier Bay was a bay of ice, one single glacier, which also gave the area its name. Over the last two centuries, however, the ice has retreated massively and released the land. Beaches, trees and rivers only developed after that – for biologists and scientists, the park is a kind of open-air laboratory.
It takes every onlooker's breath away. Visible from far and wide, Denali, at almost 6,200 meters (20,300 ft), rises out of the Alaska Range. North America's highest mountain gives its name to one of the most spectacular national parks in the world.
But climate change can be felt here too – what are the challenges facing this special park today? In Alaska, the ZDF series asks about the future of the great national parks. A ZDF team spent a year traveling in spectacular Denali National Park. “Behind the scenes,” they accompanied rangers, researchers and young people seeking adventure.
