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Fierce Earth

Avalanches
Season 2  |  Episode 7  |  ABC ME  |  September 11, 2018

Earth and environment

Geography

Science
3-4 5-6
Classification: General Classification: General

The team travel to avalanche country and the French ski town of Tignes in the Alps. Clare and Dougal go skiing in the shadow of the biggest avalanche threat in the mountains and test out the latest survival technology.

The team travel to avalanche country and the French ski town of Tignes in the Alps. Clare and Dougal go skiing in the shadow of the biggest avalanche threat in the mountains and test out the latest survival technology.

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