EDGE OF SURVIVAL | What Happens When People Live in Earth's Most Extreme Places | 4K Documentary

What really happens when people make their homes in the most extreme places on Earth? In this 4K documentary we travel to 30 places where people still live at the limits of human survival: from Oymyakon in Siberia, where temperatures once fell to around -71°C, to La Rinconada, the highest city in the world, and Pitcairn Island, home to only about 40 people in the middle of the Pacific. Some live beside active volcanoes with gas masks always within reach. Some live on islands made of reeds that slowly sink, in towns that can split open in an earthquake, or in villages cut off by snow for six months a year. And yet they stay, for gold, for fish, for fertile volcanic soil, or simply because this land is home. In this film: - Oymyakon, Russia: the coldest inhabited place on Earth - La Rinconada, Peru: 50,000 gold miners above 5,000 m - Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn: the most remote communities on the planet - Coober Pedy, Australia: a town that moved underground - Aogashima and Miyakejima, Japan: life on active volcanoes - Grindavik, Iceland: a town that shakes and splits open - Tonle Sap and Iquitos: homes that float with the floods - Yanjin, China: the narrowest city on Earth - Shibam, Yemen: the mud skyscraper city - Pripyat and the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine ▶ Watch next: WHY THEY STAY | The Most Extreme Places on Earth People Refuse to Leave: https://youtu.be/S6ELmP50OBA STRANGEST TRIBES: https://youtu.be/LQeiE0NQBTY URBAN HELLS | Life in the Most Disgusting Places on Earth: https://youtu.be/2ShGongyAls Which of these places could you survive in for one year? Tell us in the comments. ⏱ Chapters 00:00 Where Are the Limits of Human Survival? 01:20 Oymyakon, Russia: The Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth 03:19 La Rinconada, Peru: The Highest City in the World 05:44 Tristan da Cunha: The Most Remote Island Community 07:52 Longyearbyen, Svalbard: Polar Bears and Months of Darkness 09:57 Coober Pedy, Australia: The Underground Town 12:08 Aogashima, Japan: An Island Inside a Volcano 14:11 Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca: Floating Reed Islands 16:29 Pitcairn Island: 40 People in the Middle of the Pacific 18:26 Grindavik, Iceland: The Town That Splits Open 20:41 Tonle Sap, Cambodia: A Lake That Grows 6 Times 22:46 Iquitos, Peru: Floating Homes of the Amazon 24:57 Miyakejima, Japan: Living with Gas Masks 26:45 Mount Merapi, Indonesia: Farming on a Deadly Volcano 28:40 Tanna Island, Vanuatu: Beneath Mount Yasur 31:11 Ushguli, Georgia: Stone Towers of the Caucasus 33:19 Kibber, India: Cut Off for 6 Months 35:04 Sahara Desert: The Tuareg Nomads 37:01 Wae Rebo, Indonesia: The Village in the Clouds 38:52 Yanjin, China: The Narrowest City on Earth 40:46 Henningsvaer, Norway: Arctic Fishing Village 42:59 Shibam, Yemen: The Mud Skyscraper City 44:47 Lindisfarne, England: The Island Cut Off by Tides 46:35 Phugtal Monastery, India: Monks Inside a Cliff Cave 48:43 Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain: A Town on a Cliff Edge 50:48 Montserrat Monastery, Spain 52:54 Moorea, French Polynesia 54:32 Aescher Guesthouse, Switzerland 56:24 Mount Huashan, China: Monks and Porters on the Cliffs 58:26 Schafberg, Austria 1:00:14 Pripyat and the Chernobyl Zone, Ukraine #ExtremePlaces #EdgeOfSurvival #HowPeopleLive #4KDocumentary #TravelDocumentary