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Samaritan’s Purse is helping a church in El Alto, Bolivia.

A land of extremes, home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals have battled for supremacy. but now enemies are becoming allies. together they face new challenges in our rapidly changing world. >> you are at the mercy of the elements. >> this is the story of what it takes to survive. on the edge of the world. ♪ for 12 months, our film crews journeyed from the southern tip of the continent -- >> whoa! >> -- to the peaks of the andes. >> we made it! >> equipped with cutting-edge

♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ we're on a journey up into the mountains of patagonia. one of the most sparsely populated places on earth. but even here, humans have left their mark. at 2,400 veto, this valley runs eas eastward, high into the andes.

As we fly even higher into the an andes, the air thins and the temperature drops. patagonia is transformed into a world of ice. almost 90% of all the glaciers ins a ha s a can be found here. few creatures can survive on these barren rivers of ice. but one remarkable animal thrives on them.

European settlers and their voracious sheep may have laid waste to patagonia's mountain grass grasslands, but up in the andes, others have lived in balance with the ground for generations. this mountain is home to this family. their pastures are a few hours' ride away, so ricardo and his son, ricardo jr. saddle up early. their goats will eat almost anything, but the good stuff is