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around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next h...

50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thous...

>> at these latitudes, the sea can be terrifying. they say below 40 degrees south, there is no law. but below 50, there is no god. at the ends of the earth is 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 a story of what it takes to survive. on the edge of the world . patagonia's far south is dominated by the wind. and the cold. extending below the 50th parallel, no...

>> at these latitudes, the sea can be terrifying. they say below 40 degrees south, there is no law. but below 50, there is no god. at the ends of the earth is 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 a story of what it takes to survive. on the edge of the world . patagonia's far south is dominated by the wind. and the cold. extending below the 50th parallel, no...

Only ones plying these waters. >> the steady stream of ships through the straits might drive away the whales entirely . >> to make his case, he needs proof that the whales are stressed, and that means taking a sample. but chasing whales in boat mace panic them.