It covers an area larger than Britain and France combined, yet frozen Alaska has a population smaller than Bristol.
Although a stranded stranger's chances of survival in this hostile wilderness are slim, extraordinary tales have been recorded, such as the beachcomber who crashed his plane and struggled for ten days before being found by hunters, and the photographer who documented the ordeal of passengers when their ship ran aground in 1910. Director Ben Southwell ; Series producer Dick Colthurst (R) (S) (W) David Attenborough 's Life in the Freezer and other natural-history boxed-set offers: page 8