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>> in these mountains, people and boomers just don't get along. this man alone has killed dozens of them. and today, he has one more in his sights. >> [speaking spanish] . >> at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes. home to spectacular wildlife. for centuries, people and animals have battle for supremacy. 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, one of the world's last great wildernesses. it str...

But even here in patagonia's most extreme environment, there are hardy pioneers. this camp is the temporary home of a elite team of glacier scientists. you need much more than a phd to work in a place like this. >> [speaking foreign language] >> very little is known about the impact of climate change on the icefield. the water directorate is funding research to find out how much is melting. expedition leaders are never

Western region of the antarctic, it is an area called the monzon see —— amundsen sea, and it is melting rapidly, all the glaciers in that area. this is a particularly big one. thwaites is the size of great britain or florida, if you can imagine a glacier that big. it is speeding up, it is something evermore ice into the ocean, so it is a keystone glacier, it is a glacier scientists are watching because they are worried about the future. if antarctica puts more and more ice into the ocean it will raise sea levels, so this is one of the glacier clinic they are watching, because it is so big ...

It's a glacier scientists are watching because they are worried about the future. if antarctica puts more and more ice into the ocean it will raise sea levels, so this is one of the glaciers they are watching, because it is so big and because it is moving so fast. they have been throwing everything at it, these last few years. they are in the middle of a big research programme, the us and the united kingdom, they are putting people on the ice, they are studying it every day with satellites. they even have robots going under the glacier to look at what is happening at its floating front—end, ...

I would have been underneath it and not just that, if you look down behind me there, where the waterfall is and across you can see all those rocks are smooth because the glacier was there, too, and if the cameraman pans across, the incredible thing the glacier ran 150 years ago right down into the valley, the buildings you can see in the distance are hotels they built at the bottom at the foot of the glacier. as dave pans back i'll explain that the glacier scientists say are a warning to the world. if the ice melts it won't cause a catastrophic rise in ocean levels but it will of course if the...