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My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan (2024) is an exciting and family-friendly wildlife documentary that follows naturalist Gordon Buchanan on a journey across deserts alongside camels. Viewers experience the challenges and wonders of desert life, learn fascinating facts about camels, and gain insight into survival, adaptation, and the natural world. With stunning landscapes, engaging storytelling, and educational content, this adventure is perfect for nature lovers of all ages.
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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Just desert, mountains, sand dunes, endless emptiness.
00:38But it's not empty.
00:42This is a landscape where people have prospered for thousands of years.
00:48And their success is off the backs of one of the most unusual, one of the most recognisable creatures on earth.
00:56Camels. It is one of the most intriguing animals in the world, and it is an animal that I know nothing about.
01:06I've come here to find out why it is that camels have lived so successfully in this harsh environment and helped humans to do the same.
01:14The mission really is to understand this extraordinary animal.
01:19My plan is to experience this desert in the way that it's been done for centuries.
01:33It'll be a journey of nearly two weeks, crossing a seemingly inhospitable place.
01:41And I'll be doing it side by side with this most iconic, yet least understood animal.
01:46It's going to be really important to, I suppose, form a bond with these camels.
01:55How do you form a bond? It's an animal that I've never spent time with before.
01:59I'm going to try and do it by embarking on an epic journey across the Gobi with them.
02:05And my starting point is here, in the west of Mongolia.
02:11Up ahead are two Ghir.
02:14They're completely portable dwellings and home to a nomadic family who have very graciously agreed to lend me one of their camels.
02:22Nice and cosy.
02:30This is Byra, his wife Jaggi, and their family.
02:35They are currently in their springtime home on the plains where the weather is much warmer and there's grazing for their cattle.
02:41They'll soon migrate up into the mountains to escape the blistering summer heat.
02:45What might nomads think when they see a foreigner travelling through this part of Mongolia?
02:53That's good.
03:13They've also agreed to prepare me as best they can for the journey ahead.
03:19Jaggi has very kindly made me Adele.
03:22It's a traditional nomadic robe designed to protect me from the cold and wind of the Gobi in spring.
03:33I feel like a king.
03:36I have some gifts.
03:44I have some gifts.
03:44I forget.
03:45What's that?
03:45I have some gifts.
03:46I have some gifts.
03:47I have some gifts.
03:48I have some gifts.
03:49I have some gifts.
03:50This is the antlers from the deer that we have in Scotland.
03:54I have some gifts.
03:56I have some gifts.
03:57It's a gift.
03:58That's a gift.
03:59Perfect.
04:00C'est parfait.
04:14Bayra and Jaggi
04:16are keen to introduce me
04:18to my travelling companion
04:20for the next two weeks.
04:22I have a level of fear
04:24when it comes to these animals
04:26not because they're sort of unknown
04:28they look
04:30particularly approachable.
04:32I mean the closer you get
04:34the more
04:36strange they become.
04:38If you were to conjure up an image of a camel
04:40you'd most likely think of
04:42the one humped dromedary camel.
04:44About 90%
04:46of the world's camels are dromedaries
04:48but Mongolian camels
04:50are Batrian
04:52and they have two humps.
04:54It looks like
04:56someone made up
04:58an animal with all sorts of
05:00leftover bits of
05:02of other animals.
05:04Nose and mouth of a rabbit,
05:06ears of a grizzly bear.
05:08These big sort of calloused knees
05:10that look like they're from
05:12the gruffalo.
05:14And their feet are sort of like a dinosaur.
05:16They've got kind of really beautiful eyes
05:18so maybe the eyes of a
05:20of a fairy princess.
05:22Humps look like two yeti heads sort of bolted onto the back.
05:26You realise that this is just
05:28one funky looking creature.
05:34Right, I'm delaying the inevitable.
05:36This may be time for the test drive.
05:38It's just a little bit.
05:40Domesticated Bactrian camels live
05:42to around 35 years old
05:44and can reach a shoulder height
05:46of 2.3 metres.
05:48He needs to sit for me to get on
05:50and now I can see how those
05:52gruffalo calloused knees
05:54help protect them from the scorching sand.
05:58Before he hands over the reins,
06:00Byra wants to lead me out
06:02so I can get a feel for the camel.
06:04A weird animal and a weird noise.
06:08My word.
06:10OK.
06:18The first impressions, it's not a
06:20it's not an uncomfortable
06:22animal to be on.
06:24It's nice.
06:25I think it was a movement
06:26that I was worried about.
06:28I just thought there might be a
06:30sort of forward, backward, side to side motion.
06:32It is all of that
06:34but it's quite manageable.
06:38It's something that's got a hypnotic sway
06:40and that's what you've got.
06:43It's a bit hard about the backside though.
06:45I feel like I've got a lot of security.
06:47Look at your rear hump
06:49that I can rest against.
06:51I've got your front hump,
06:53if that's what it's called,
06:54that I can cling onto.
06:55The hump comes to like a really sharp point.
06:58Far to the top,
07:00the top,
07:01most of it,
07:02is actually like a kind of little
07:03pinnacle.
07:04You know, it's quite strange.
07:06That was the easy part.
07:08Now,
07:09I need to do it
07:10on my own.
07:11To make him stand up,
07:13what's the instruction?
07:15Yeah, hook, hook guys.
07:16OK.
07:17Hook, hook.
07:18There we go.
07:20Easily does.
07:21Right, easy.
07:22Hook, hook.
07:23Hook, hook.
07:24Domesticated camels have these nose pegs
07:25that are put in at the very start of their training.
07:27It's a bit like getting an ear piercing.
07:29You just jiggle the rope to the left
07:31if you want to go left,
07:32and you jiggle it to the right
07:34if you want to go right.
07:35What do you think about me being up here for a few weeks?
07:38Sound OK to you?
07:39There we go.
07:40And is it...
07:41Sok, sok.
07:42You pull him down like that.
07:43Sok, sok, sok.
07:44Sok.
07:45Sok.
07:46Sok.
07:47You pull him down like that.
07:48Sok, sok.
07:49Sok.
07:50Sok.
07:51Sok.
07:52Sok.
07:53Sok.
07:54Sok.
07:55Sok.
07:56Sok.
07:57Sok.
07:58Sok.
07:59Sok.
08:00Sok.
08:01Sok.
08:02Sok.
08:03Sok.
08:04Sok.
08:05Sok.
08:06Sok.
08:07Sok.
08:08Sok.
08:09My training and tuition has involved learning
08:10to make the camels stand up,
08:12learning how to stay on,
08:14getting them to sit down.
08:16How was that?
08:17So I suppose all the rest of it,
08:21I'm just going to have to figure out on my own
08:24or from the camels.
08:26How difficult would life be here if people,
08:36families didn't have camels?
08:38I just want to say thank you very much.
08:43Thank you.
08:44Bye.
08:45I have the camel that I'm riding,
08:46but Baira and Jaggi have also lent me a second pack camel for my food, tent, camera equipment.
08:58At this point, I'm wondering how I'll even manage one camel, let alone two.
09:20Fairly.
09:21What's that?
09:22Good.
09:23I'm good.
09:24OK.
09:25And then...
09:26I reckon I could do that.
09:28Bit of practice.
09:30Under.
09:31It has really taken me out of my comfort zone.
09:36You know, in an unfamiliar place with an unfamiliar animal,
09:40and it is an animal that I will 100% depend on,
09:44I'm not sure if there's been a bigger novice than me.
09:49OK.
09:50Just go easy on me, OK?
09:56Oh, yes, didn't you now?
09:59Hook.
10:01OK.
10:03Ready to go.
10:08Hook, hook, hook.
10:10I won't see Baira and Jaggi again until I return their camels.
10:13At the end of the journey.
10:20Between now and then,
10:24what happens?
10:25How it goes?
10:28It's anyone's guess.
10:34I mean, this is stunning.
10:37Look around.
10:38It's one of the most breathtaking landscapes I think I've ever seen.
10:45Very happy.
10:54Maybe it's pretty dramatic.
10:56I feel like I'm in a movie.
11:04I'll be heading for the mighty Boombat Mountains.
11:09On the way, I'll be crossing sand dunes, vast plains, and stopping at known water spots.
11:14It's a route that Jaggi and Baira know well.
11:18It's designed to challenge me so that I can get to understand the camels better.
11:23I'm hoping that I might even see some of the other extraordinary animals that live here.
11:29Like Saga antelope, wolves, wild camels, and the most endangered bear on the planet.
11:36The Gobi bear.
11:38Which might be found on the other side of the mountain.
11:40Off we go.
11:46Hook, hook, hook.
11:48Every animal has its own language.
11:50Hook, hook, hook.
11:52Come on.
11:53Why are you stopping?
11:55These camels will be trying to tell me something,
11:58and it's my job to try and understand what they're trying to say.
12:03Come on.
12:04They just sound grumpy the whole time.
12:13I've never spent time in a Sanjun system.
12:15Ever.
12:16Like this.
12:17Hook, hook.
12:19Woo!
12:21We have movement. Forward movement. That's good.
12:26I'm not going as the crow flies. I'm going as the camel walks.
12:29Which I think is going to be a little bit of a meandering route.
12:35Bactrian camels have an excellent ability to navigate,
12:40so even if they're taken off course by the dunes,
12:43they always find their way back to the route.
12:46Maybe this is what they're trying to tell me.
12:49What caught? Come on.
12:52I'm not hearing it.
12:54And it's not going well.
12:56Oh, come on, pal. Don't stop.
12:59This is a lot, lot harder than I anticipated.
13:04Successful working relationship with these camels,
13:08it's not guaranteed.
13:10If they don't trust me,
13:11they're not going to have their camel version of respect for me.
13:15There's a lot of room for failure.
13:17Now my sore heart is really beginning to hurt.
13:22Bother me.
13:26You need a dentist.
13:29Starting to insult the camel.
13:32It's only day one.
13:33Sorry about that. Just some hot.
13:39Bothered.
13:43I think we're all getting tired.
13:45What about if I tickle your ear?
13:47I think you like it, you just don't want to admit it.
13:51Good boy.
13:52Right, walk on.
13:54It's progressed.
13:59There is this perception that all deserts are blisteringly hot,
14:04but springtime here in Mongolia,
14:07the temperatures, they vary wildly from day to night.
14:11Last month it was minus 50 in this area.
14:14In the summer it could go up to plus 45 degrees Celsius.
14:20These camels are an animal that lives here year round.
14:23They can cope with that.
14:25And they don't struggle.
14:27The incredible thing about camel furt
14:30is that it actually helps cool them down.
14:33Their furt acts as an insulator,
14:35not just from the cold, but also from the heat.
14:41Just sitting up here,
14:42watching how he's always looking, always listening,
14:48you realise that they are incredibly sensitive animals
14:52and intelligent.
14:54They reckon that camels are almost as intelligent
14:58as African elephants.
14:59They are a very bright, emotional, sentient creature.
15:09I see it boys.
15:11An oasis.
15:12Gobi means waterless place in Mongolia,
15:17but there are patches of water here.
15:19It's sparsely dotted with lakes, oases, wells,
15:23which are critically important water sources for its people,
15:27wildlife and plants.
15:29Do you want some water? Here we go.
15:34How is it? Nice and cool.
15:37You can hear the water being slurped up through the mouth.
15:42Sounds like someone's unblocking their drain pipe.
15:51Having to work all its way from the mouth,
15:55down this S-bend,
15:58down the throat into the stomach.
16:00Camels don't lap water like a dog or a cat.
16:04They dip their lips below the water and suck.
16:07That means they can drink a large quantity of water very quickly.
16:11What they could drink in one sitting
16:14would actually weigh heavier than me.
16:16That makes me feel less guilty about sitting on your back.
16:19This vast desert was once under the sea.
16:25The legacy of that is that some of the water is still slightly salinated.
16:30Camels here are the only land mammal that can drink it.
16:34Their kidneys extract the salt from the water
16:37and the concentrated salt is passed out through their urine.
16:50How do you smell?
16:52Well, I can say it's going to get a lot worse before this journey's over.
16:57Right, we're done.
16:59Find nowhere to camp.
17:01Come on.
17:03You can have more tomorrow if you haven't had your
17:06full 150 litre quota.
17:19Just putting these hobbles on so that they can graze and move around this area,
17:35but not walk for miles and miles.
17:38Cool couple of travelling companions, that's for sure.
17:42Oh, look at the moon coming up.
17:45You see the moon?
17:46Nice work today.
17:50Sorry I got a little bit frustrated.
18:00So tomorrow's 23 kilometres.
18:03Looks pretty tough.
18:05We're talking about vertical rock.
18:08And you see that dark line on the map.
18:11Nistag Erik, it's called.
18:12And I'm just hoping that I'm going to find a way.
18:15A way through that.
18:32How are we camels?
18:34Do we sleep well?
18:35I'm riding a camel across this landscape that kind of time has forgot.
18:45The Gobi Desert is this unimaginably vast landscape.
18:51East to west, it's 1,000 miles.
18:56North to south, 600 miles.
18:59You could fit United Kingdom easily five times over into this one place.
19:05So I'm getting my first views of Nistag Erik.
19:10And it is, oh my gosh, it is a massive rock wall.
19:15Closer I get to this, the bigger it gets.
19:23It just doesn't look, it doesn't look doable.
19:29At the bottom of Nistag Erik, there are, I suppose, three choices.
19:33One, I ride the camel up.
19:37Two, I get off and walk the camel up.
19:40Three, I just don't do it at all.
19:42And I go for hours and hours and find my way around.
19:47I'm actually quite reluctant to get off.
19:50I'll learn more about the camels and their capabilities the longer I'm in the saddle.
19:54So I'm thinking, OK, what would an experienced nomad do?
20:00And I think they would ride to the top.
20:04OK, guys.
20:06Let's give it a go.
20:09Up we go.
20:11Hey, it's just a little easy-peasy walk.
20:19OK.
20:20Make sure you've got a good old grip.
20:26Camels lack a thing called a stifle fold.
20:29It's an area of skin that a lot of animals have.
20:32It goes from sort of partly down their back thigh up to their belly.
20:36It's kind of most pronounced you see it on horses.
20:39And with that stifle fold, a camel's not just restricted to its legs moving back and forward.
20:44So it gives them a lot of maneuverability and a lot of dexterity when they're moving over rough terrain.
20:52They're doing a grand job here.
20:53Come on.
20:55Also help climbing.
20:56They can put a lot of distance between their front legs and their back legs and stretch them out.
21:01OK, it's getting very narrow here.
21:04OK.
21:05Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
21:08Oh, my word.
21:10It's just falling off to the right and the left.
21:15Incredibly steep.
21:17OK, no slipping, no sliding.
21:19Come on.
21:20Huck, huck.
21:22Come on.
21:24Huck, huck.
21:25Oh, my God.
21:26Not to the left.
21:27Not to the left.
21:28Not to the left.
21:29Whoa.
21:30Good boy.
21:32Whoo.
21:33Oh, my word.
21:34Whoo-hoo.
21:36Yee-haw.
21:37Here we go.
21:39Well done.
21:41Good lads.
21:42That is incredible.
21:50I am very relieved.
21:52Exceptional.
21:54Ruff.
21:55You agree?
21:57Oh.
21:59This escarpment is a significant hurdle.
22:02But it's nothing really compared to the mountains that lie ahead.
22:13Nomads don't name their animals.
22:17But I would like to give both these camels names.
22:20You hear that squeaking noise?
22:24It's actually him grinding his teeth.
22:27Hey, you.
22:31What about you, Mr Squeaks?
22:33Oh, you let me tickle your ear.
22:36We're getting somewhere.
22:38You big dewy eyes.
22:39He just looks lovely.
22:40I was going to call this guy Grumpy Pants.
22:45God, that's a bit unfair.
22:47I think Chewy's good.
22:49You're always chewing the cud.
22:51And you sound a bit like someone of the same name.
22:55What do you think?
22:56I'm really starting to appreciate just how special camels are.
23:07His feet are incredible.
23:11They are huge.
23:12But I suppose if you weigh just shy of a tonne, you're going to need four big feet to stop you sinking into the sand.
23:22I remember when I was a kid, somebody told me that camels' humps contained water and that's how they could live in a desert.
23:32Even better than water, they contain fat because fat contains water and they can go for long periods without water, without food, when they've got fat stored on their backs.
23:47Each of those humps could contain 35 kilos of fat.
23:53When you look into their beautiful big eyes, they're a miraculous design.
23:59Two sets of eyebrows, three sets of eyelids.
24:02They can close their eyes down if there's driving snow or dust or sand and still get around.
24:09And inside that bunny rabbit nose are narrow winding passages lined with mucus that absorb moisture while the camel exhales, meaning that as little water as possible is lost.
24:23The more time I spend with camels, the more they make sense.
24:26I think maybe just another 20 metres and I'm going to get a view over to Bombag Mountain, that's where I'm heading.
24:54That's where I'm heading. Huck! Huck!
25:00Oh my word, look at that! That's sensational. What a view!
25:08Huge Durgan Lake, right in front of me and over to my left.
25:15Bombag Mountain.
25:16That's beautiful. Stunning.
25:20I think that is really going to test my camel riding skills to the max.
25:26You up for it?
25:28Yeah, I'll take that as a yes.
25:31That's a challenge for another day.
25:35Right now, the sun is dropping.
25:40I'm starving.
25:42And I've still to make camp.
25:46Feels good.
25:48I'm gathering dung and that's what I'm going to use to build my fire.
26:03So little waste with camels.
26:05The best grazing for them, the grazing they like the most, is a bristly grass and really thorny bushes.
26:12Their lips and tongues are incredibly tough and their mouths are lined with these firm fleshy protrusions,
26:19which stop the thorns jabbing and poking them while they eat.
26:22The food that goes into their mouths, they process and reprocess, chew the cud and get as much of the nutrients out of the food that they eat as they can.
26:33And even when it comes out of the back end, it's almost completely dry, so it dries super quick.
26:43Gosh, the smell, the actual smoke is really quite sweet and fragrant.
26:52The closer you are to nature, I think the better you can understand yourself.
26:57Because we surround ourselves by stuff that we don't need.
27:02We're out of touch, we're out of touch with nature, we're out of touch with ourselves.
27:07Certainly I get overwhelmed by my modern way of life.
27:13And what you realise that this simple way of life gives people is sort of a high level of contentment.
27:20There's a lot to envy about, you know, the contentment that people here seem to have.
27:29I'm very happy at the moment.
27:33I'm very happy at the moment.
27:50It is a beautiful morning.
27:52There's a water source just over the sand dunes where the camels can have a drink while I strike the tent.
28:04Off you go. Don't go far.
28:06The only problem is, I forgot to hobble the camels.
28:19Where are you at the hell?
28:20These camels, they could have gone anywhere.
28:34Not that they'd be running at 40 miles an hour, but they can.
28:38OK, dot on the horizon, there they are.
28:46OK, boys.
28:48Do not go anywhere.
28:50If I can't catch them, this is over.
28:51But that would just put an end to this whole trip.
29:04Could I go wide from them in the hope that they don't know that I'm trying to catch them?
29:08Let me just see if I can pick up the pace.
29:19OK.
29:20This might be...
29:22Hey, my boy.
29:23Do you want me to sort your rope?
29:25Hey, good boy.
29:26I can sort that.
29:29Bingo!
29:31Hey, my boy.
29:32Have you ever ridden a camel bear back?
29:41Neither have I.
29:46Oi, hoi, hoi.
29:51That saddle wasn't sore enough.
29:53This is pretty excruciating.
29:56No, no, no, no.
29:57My God, that is sore.
29:58As soon as...
30:00As soon as Dewy starts trotting,
30:02he squeaks his off.
30:05Please, please, please.
30:08There is a God of lost camels.
30:12I need him.
30:16So I'm going to...
30:18See if I can slip off.
30:23OK, this is really bumpy ground up here.
30:25Oh, you don't want to go there.
30:28It's very bumpy, this stuff.
30:30It is very bumpy.
30:32Got you.
30:34Oh, my word.
30:42Oh, Lord.
30:44Oh, jeez, I feel it crying.
30:46Oh, my God.
30:48I thought that was never going to happen.
30:51OK.
30:53Back to camp.
31:03In this environment,
31:05if you lose your camel,
31:06if you lose your horse,
31:08you're stuffed.
31:10No way you'd last more than four days tops.
31:13Thank goodness I could follow my footsteps back,
31:19or this could have got a whole lot worse.
31:23I just cannot afford to make any mistakes.
31:27Lesson learned.
31:30Big lesson.
31:31I'm amazed by how varied this landscape is.
31:39I've spent days working my way through a sand dune system,
31:44and now I've got many more days stretching in front of me
31:49across this vast, rocky plain.
31:51I can see a dot way off in the distance.
32:01I think it's not just a camel, but some are riding a camel.
32:10Right.
32:12Got to polish up on my Mongolian before any encounter.
32:17Hello is an easy one.
32:20As it says.
32:22Sen me no.
32:24It's easy.
32:25Hello.
32:27That means,
32:29I hope that your animals are fattening up.
32:32Well.
32:34Sen me no.
32:36This is about the halfway point of my journey,
32:40and it's great to bump into a fellow nomad.
32:43Who better to give me some tips?
32:45What do you think of my two camels?
32:48Do you think they look healthy?
32:50Definitely.
32:52I'll swap.
32:55Swap that one for this one.
32:57The heat coming from your camel is amazing.
33:01It's sitting against a radiator.
33:02So if it was in the wintertime, and you were lost,
33:08and you were in a blizzard, and it was minus 40,
33:11could you just cuddle up to the camel and survive?
33:14I'll have to remember that when we take to the mountains.
33:16And what do you think, sort of, for me to cross the mountains,
33:19how difficult do you think it's going to be with these two camels?
33:20How difficult do you think it's going to be with these two camels?
33:21I'll have to remember that when we take to the mountains.
33:23And what do you think, sort of, for me to cross the mountains,
33:27how difficult do you think it's going to be with these two camels?
33:29How difficult do you think it's going to be with these two camels?
33:30I'll have to remember that when we take to the mountains.
33:35And what do you think, sort of, for me to cross the mountains,
33:39how difficult do you think it's going to be with these two camels?
33:43Do you think it's best to lead the camels and walk up then, then ride them?
33:54et ride-up.
33:56Il n'y a pas d'exister.
33:58Il n'y a pas d'existence pour nomades.
34:01Il n'y a pas d'existence pour survivre.
34:04Qu'est-ce que les moments dans la vie
34:07qui vous donne ce sens de happiness?
34:10Il n'y a pas d'exister.
34:14Il n'y a pas d'exister.
34:17Il n'y a pas d'exister.
34:19Il n'y a pas d'exister.
34:23C'est pareil pour moi.
34:25Mais je pense que seconde à ça,
34:27je suis à mon heureux
34:29quand je suis comme ça.
34:34Il est temps de aller.
34:43Quand je suis arrivé ici,
34:44je pensais que vous êtes cagé par les conditions.
34:47Ce ne devrait pas être plus loin de la vérité.
34:50Je pense que des gens ont unimeinable liberté.
34:55Ils ne veulent pas juste sentir free.
34:57C'est un part de cette nomade de vie.
35:00Oh, c'est le site pour sore eyes
35:09Le site de Durgan Lake
35:13C'est vast
35:15120 square miles
35:18C'est comme un ocean
35:21Mais en comparaison
35:23C'est un peu de poudre
35:25Comparé à combien de ce qui était
35:27C'est une expanse de water
35:28Il y a toujours fait
35:30C'est une partie de l'acémane
35:32de l'inl Batoll
35:36Leibi de Dessert
35:39C'est le défi des élus
35:55C'est parti, c'est parti.
36:25C'est parti, c'est parti.
36:55C'est parti, c'est parti.
37:55C'est parti, c'est parti.
37:57C'est parti, c'est parti.
37:59C'est parti, c'est parti.
38:01C'est parti.
38:03C'est parti.
38:05C'est parti.
38:06C'est parti.
38:48C'est parti.
38:50C'est parti.
38:52C'est parti.
38:54C'est parti.
38:56C'est parti.
38:57C'est parti.
38:58C'est parti.
39:00C'est parti.
39:02C'est parti.
39:04C'est parti.
39:05C'est parti.
39:06C'est parti.
39:07C'est parti.
39:08C'est parti.
39:09C'est parti.
39:10C'est parti.
39:11C'est parti.
39:13C'est parti.
39:14C'est parti.
39:15C'est parti.
39:16C'est parti.
39:17C'est parti.
39:18C'est parti.
39:19C'est parti.
39:20C'est parti.
39:21C'est parti.
39:22C'est parti.
39:23C'est parti.
39:24C'est parti.
39:25C'est parti.
39:26C'est parti.
39:27C'est parti.
39:28C'est parti.
39:29C'est parti.
39:30C'est parti.
39:31C'est parti.
39:32C'est parti.
39:33C'est parti.
39:34C'est parti.
39:35C'est parti.
39:36C'est parti.
39:37C'est parti.
39:38C'est parti.
39:39C'est parti.
39:40C'est parti.
39:41C'est parti.
39:42C'est parti.
39:43C'est parti.
39:44C'est parti.
39:45C'est parti.
39:46C'est parti.
39:47C'est devenu le plus coolant antelope sur le planète.
39:53Si je suis ici peut-être 50 ans, je pouvais regarder des herds de milliers et de milliers.
40:01C'est généreux que c'est de voir les.
40:04C'est triste de savoir que c'est maintenant une maladie d'une espèce.
40:09Il y a un nombre de facteurs.
40:12Isolated population, small gene pool, climate change, poaching, disease from livestock.
40:21Of all of the things that these animals have survived, the biggest challenge might be the next 40, 50 years.
40:34I've never seen a saiga before, and I've wanted to, and now I have.
40:39So that means something to me.
40:49Don't go anywhere.
40:55That's so much better.
40:56This is an unusual landscape.
41:02The animals that live here, they're kind of unusual.
41:05The thought that there is a species of bear living in somewhere like this.
41:13That is something that really does blow my mind.
41:15You know, that is, I suppose, the ultimate, the ultimate would be to see a Gobi bear.
41:25But before I can even start to look, the camels and I have to face the toughest leg of our journey yet.
41:34This is where we leave the plains and head up into the mountains, the last leg before we drop into bear country.
41:42Now these mountains are beginning to look big.
41:54I'm concerned about it.
41:55Doing it on camelback, that's what I'm most worried about.
41:58This is kind of pro-level, really, taking camels over very rugged terrain, steep inclines.
42:11So, yeah.
42:12I started off as being the novice here, but I think for this leg, we're all rookies.
42:18OK, we're in the mountains.
42:29If all goes well, it'll take three days to climb up to a pass where we'll be able to cross the mountain.
42:37Rocky is anything.
42:39Those big boulders that I'm going to trip over, loose stuff I'm going to slide on.
42:46But the camels, man.
42:48Make it look easy.
42:51These huge feet of theirs can find even the smallest area to put their foot down.
43:01Right, my boy.
43:04OK.
43:08Oh, man, the air is thin up here.
43:14So,
43:14two and a half thousand metres
43:19is about twice the height of the highest mountain
43:25in the UK.
43:27It's a little herd of yaks.
43:43These are domesticated yaks.
43:46They pretty much live up in the mountains all year round.
43:48Nomads will come up here
43:53to milk them.
43:56They can cope with
43:57blisteringly cold conditions.
44:00They can dig through the snow to
44:01get at their feet.
44:03Oh, my God, there's a wolf.
44:10Wolf behind me.
44:14Oh, wow.
44:15That is incredible.
44:17Incredible.
44:17I think the yaks might have spotted the wolf.
44:28I suppose there's no surprise
44:29that I'm seeing wolves up in the mountains
44:32away from people
44:34because
44:36across the world
44:38they are persecuted.
44:39beautiful animal.
44:44Wolves are the primary predator
44:46for camels here
44:47but a single wolf
44:48wouldn't go for a big, healthy animal
44:50like Chewy or Squeaks.
44:52They would go for a smaller, wild camel.
44:55Oh, what a spot.
44:56That was great.
45:04Right, my boy's just up ahead.
45:06I could go a little bit higher.
45:09that I don't want to today.
45:14Well, well done, boys.
45:19I think my first encounter
45:21with Chewy and with Squeaks
45:23I thought there's no way
45:25that we're going to become
45:25buddies.
45:28But we definitely have.
45:29They're just such charming individuals.
45:32So, yeah.
45:34I've grown to love
45:35the most unlikely
45:37unusual of animals.
45:39here, my boys.
45:54Oh, my God.
45:58Really?
45:59Oh, Jesus.
46:05Oh, Jesus.
46:08Oh, my God.
46:11Holy moly.
46:13What I do now.
46:14who are you?
46:19You're a snowy hump.
46:24This fur will eventually shed
46:26in the summer
46:27but right now
46:28it's still a thick, thick coat
46:29of long, soft hair
46:30as long as 15 inches
46:32in places
46:33protecting them
46:34from the biting cold
46:35and wind.
46:36Here we go.
46:37It's all gone.
46:38You can't go over
46:48the highest point.
46:50That is incredibly steep,
46:52incredibly high.
46:54There's a pass.
46:57There's a lower
46:58sort of
46:59fairly vast saddle.
47:01That might be the best way
47:02up and over.
47:02Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
47:06We're gaining altitude
47:06with every single step.
47:09So, this is the toughest
47:10part of the journey
47:11in the toughest
47:12possible conditions.
47:13as anxious as I am
47:22about this route.
47:25Man, it is beautiful.
47:28Stunning.
47:38Come on, dudes.
47:39I don't know whether
47:52it's just because
47:52I've come higher
47:53but the weather's
47:54taking a change
47:55in front of me
47:57is completely
47:57enshrouded in mist
48:00and behind me
48:01it's the same.
48:04And the camels
48:05are very reluctant
48:06to move forward.
48:08but I've
48:09I've committed to this.
48:11There's no going back.
48:14Come on, boys.
48:14We've got to do it.
48:16Hook, hook.
48:17Hook, hook, hook.
48:19Hook.
48:25Man, just find
48:26a little bit of a path.
48:28I've got the camels
48:29moving a bit.
48:33Right.
48:33We are very
48:45nearly there.
48:48The mountain pass
48:49is in sight.
48:54This is...
48:56I mean,
48:57I've literally got
48:58another
49:0020 metres to go
49:02and the hard part
49:05of this
49:05journey is over.
49:11Oh!
49:12Ten more paces
49:13and I'm at the pass.
49:16One,
49:18two,
49:19three,
49:20four,
49:21five,
49:22six,
49:23seven,
49:24eight,
49:25nine,
49:26ten.
49:27Oh, wow.
49:32Oh, my.
49:34Whoo!
49:41Right.
49:43Okay, boys.
49:45We've done it.
49:46We have done
49:48this part.
49:48When it comes
50:02to amazing animals
50:03and the world
50:03is full of them,
50:05they're as amazing
50:06as it gets.
50:08And my appreciation
50:09and admiration
50:11for these
50:12two camels
50:13is,
50:14ah,
50:15it's beyond words,
50:16really.
50:16Okay.
50:16love you guys.
50:22Incredible.
50:24Can't believe
50:25that there was
50:26a day
50:26when I was
50:28scared of you
50:30and now
50:31hope
50:32and just gaze
50:34into those
50:35dreamy eyes
50:36with appreciation
50:40and love
50:41and respect.
50:42Yeah.
50:42Downhill.
50:49Ahead.
50:51The Gobi Bear
50:52awaits.
50:53Ha, ha, ha, ha.
51:02Now we've made it
51:03over the mountain,
51:04I'm embarking
51:04on the final leg
51:06of my journey,
51:07my search
51:08for the Gobi Bear.
51:09There are strict
51:12controls over
51:13the place
51:13where the Gobi Bears
51:14live,
51:15meaning I can't
51:16take Chewie
51:17and Squeaks
51:17with me.
51:19So nomads
51:19will take care
51:20of them
51:20for a few days
51:21until I return.
51:24The Gobi Bear
51:25territory is
51:26south of the
51:27Boombat Mountains
51:28and covers
51:29and covers
51:29a massive
51:30area.
51:36This is the
51:38Great Gobi
51:38strictly protected
51:39area.
51:40It covers
51:40over
51:4146,000
51:43square
51:43kilometres
51:44and within
51:46that area
51:47there's believed
51:49to be
51:50no more than
51:5150
51:51Gobi Bears.
51:54So this is
51:54yeah,
51:57a needle
51:57in a haystack
51:58doesn't quite
51:59cover it.
52:02Where do you
52:03start looking
52:04for a Gobi Bear?
52:06The most likely
52:06places for any
52:07mammal that lives
52:08in the desert
52:09is sort of
52:09a source of
52:10water.
52:15The reason
52:16that I'm looking
52:16in here,
52:18if you look
52:18around this
52:18landscape,
52:19this is the
52:20only little
52:21stand of
52:21vegetation
52:22and that's
52:23because there's
52:24water here.
52:32Aha!
52:34This
52:35is some
52:37bear droppings.
52:39Bear poo.
52:41Yeah,
52:41you can tell
52:41it's from
52:42a bear.
52:43If you break
52:44it open
52:44it's going
52:45to be all
52:46just
52:47vegetation.
52:50Gobi Bears,
52:50they are
52:51omnivores
52:53like other
52:54brown bears
52:55living in
52:55different parts
52:55of the world
52:56but these
52:57bears,
52:59their diet
52:59is almost
53:00entirely
53:01vegetation.
53:02But this
53:03is great,
53:03there's a
53:04clear sign
53:05that this
53:05is an
53:06area that's
53:06frequented
53:06by the
53:08bears.
53:09I think
53:09setting up
53:10the camera
53:10traps here
53:11is a
53:11really good
53:11idea.
53:12there's
53:15less than
53:1550 of
53:16these
53:16bears
53:16left
53:17so
53:17scientists
53:18put out
53:19extra
53:19food
53:20at this
53:20time
53:20of
53:20year.
53:22They've
53:23kindly lent
53:23me some
53:24of their
53:24camera traps.
53:27The bears
53:27are just
53:28out of
53:28hibernation
53:28so they're
53:29at their
53:30hungriest.
53:32There's not
53:33much natural
53:33food around
53:34so this
53:36food that's
53:36been provisioned
53:37for them
53:37I'm hoping
53:38that this
53:39is going
53:39to be
53:39the focus
53:41for them
53:41and so
53:42therefore
53:43it's the
53:43focus for
53:43me.
53:45The chances
53:46are low.
53:48One scientist
53:48here has
53:49only seen
53:50a bear
53:50with his
53:50own eyes
53:51five times
53:52in 20
53:53years
53:53and I'm
53:54only here
53:55for a few
53:55days.
53:57But I'll
53:58give it
53:58my best
53:59shot.
54:03It's about
54:03to get
54:04dark soon
54:04so I'm
54:05all set
54:06up.
54:07Camera
54:07is good
54:07to go.
54:08Bed
54:09is incredibly
54:10comfortable.
54:12I've spent
54:12time with
54:13lots of
54:13other bear
54:14species
54:14in different
54:15parts of
54:15the world
54:16but the
54:17goby bear
54:17is very
54:18different.
54:19It is
54:19I would
54:20say the
54:20most
54:20hardcore
54:21way more
54:23hardcore
54:23than a
54:24polar bear.
54:26There's a
54:26lot of
54:26food up
54:27in the
54:27Arctic
54:27for a
54:28goby bear
54:29and it's
54:31next to
54:31bugger all
54:32here.
54:34And it's
54:35actually my
54:36birthday
54:3652.
54:39I know
54:39incredible
54:40right.
54:41I mean
54:42it's my
54:42birthday
54:42and what
54:44a nice
54:44way to
54:44spend it.
54:57It's just
54:58after six
54:59o'clock in
54:59the morning.
55:01Sun's not
55:02up but
55:02there's enough
55:03light that I
55:03can see down
55:04over this
55:04whole area
55:05and I don't
55:07see no
55:08bears.
55:11But there's
55:12always a
55:12chance that
55:13the camera
55:14trap might
55:14have caught
55:14something.
55:24Right.
55:25In this
55:26little box
55:26I have
55:27the cards
55:28from the
55:29camera trap
55:29from the
55:30water
55:30points
55:31and feeding
55:31areas
55:32in this
55:33area.
55:34Here we
55:35go.
55:36I almost
55:37don't want
55:38to look.
55:40Nothing.
55:42Oh!
55:42Whoa, whoa, whoa,
55:43whoa, whoa, whoa,
55:43go back, go back.
55:44Hang on, what was
55:45that?
55:46Oh!
55:47Ah, it's a
55:48it's a fox.
55:52Okay.
55:52Some partridge.
55:53Hey, a hare.
55:59Oh, camel.
56:01How cool is
56:02that?
56:03That is great.
56:04Very different
56:04from Chewy
56:06and Squeak.
56:08These wild
56:08camels are
56:09only found
56:09in Mongolia
56:10and parts
56:11of China.
56:13They're
56:13critically
56:14endangered
56:14with less
56:15than 1,000
56:16left.
56:18Okay, next
56:19one, come
56:19on.
56:23Oh, you
56:24beauty.
56:26Look at
56:26that.
56:28Gosh, look
56:29at him.
56:31I'm saying
56:32him because
56:32this has
56:33got to be
56:34a male.
56:35He is
56:35huge.
56:36I'm just
56:36blown away
56:37by seeing
56:37this.
56:38Just sings
56:39to my
56:39heart to
56:40see a
56:42Gobi
56:42bear.
56:44Especially
56:45one that
56:45is stunning
56:47as this.
56:49Just
56:49rolling
56:50along.
56:51Raven
56:52and a
56:52bear.
56:53both after
56:54the same
56:55source of
56:55food.
57:01For me,
57:02wildlife
57:02filmmaking
57:03is all
57:03about
57:04showing
57:04people
57:04how
57:04special
57:05the
57:05natural
57:05world
57:06is
57:06and
57:06how
57:07fragile
57:07and
57:07how
57:08vulnerable
57:08it
57:08is
57:09so
57:10that
57:10anyone,
57:10everyone
57:11can
57:11do
57:12whatever
57:12we
57:12can
57:12to
57:14prevent
57:14unique
57:16animals
57:16like
57:16this
57:17from
57:17disappearing.
57:18I
57:19fell
57:19in love
57:19with
57:19camels
57:20on
57:21this
57:21trip
57:22to
57:22Mongolia
57:22and I
57:23think
57:23it's
57:24easy
57:24on
57:24first
57:24sight
57:25to
57:25fall
57:26in love
57:26with
57:26the
57:26Gobi
57:26bear.
57:30As much
57:31as I've
57:31travelled
57:31through
57:32these
57:32amazing
57:33varied
57:33landscapes,
57:34I think
57:35the thing
57:35that will
57:35stay with
57:36me
57:36is
57:36the
57:36journey
57:36that
57:37I've
57:37been
57:37on
57:37with
57:37these
57:37camels.
57:40Without
57:41these
57:41camels,
57:42the world
57:42would be
57:43a very
57:43different
57:43place.
57:44The
57:47success
57:47of
57:48the
57:48great
57:48Mongol
57:49empire,
57:50the
57:50greatest
57:50empire
57:51in the
57:52world,
57:52was also
57:53on the
57:54backs
57:54of
57:54these
57:55camels.
57:59I've
58:00really
58:00learned
58:01about
58:01these
58:01animals.
58:02I know
58:02what makes
58:03them
58:03so special.
58:05I know
58:05what is
58:06wonderful
58:07about
58:08them.
58:09I know
58:09what they're
58:10capable
58:10of.
58:11this
58:16nomadic
58:17way of
58:17life
58:17would
58:18not
58:18be
58:18possible
58:18were
58:19it
58:19not
58:19for
58:19these
58:19extraordinary
58:21quite
58:22weird
58:22looking
58:22beasts.
58:41who
58:43were
58:43back
58:45and
58:46that
58:47was
58:47the
58:48first
58:49one
58:50could
58:51see you
58:52and
58:52I know
58:53what they're
58:54going to
58:55and
58:56going to
58:57next
58:58and
58:58next
58:58one
58:59time
58:59to
59:00find
59:00your
59:01life
59:01and
59:02will
59:02and
59:03can
59:04see you
59:06see you
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