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Chris heads to Mauritania, here he spends time with the fishermen of west Africa. He heads out to sea with a crew of the traditional fishermen, in a wooden boat and soon finds out how risky their form of fishing is. The fishermen speak a variety of language and Chris soon finds out he can only communicate with one Mauritanian nomad called Ahmed. Chris bonds with Ahmed who's also on his first fishing trip with the crew.
Chris heads to Mali, here he spends time with the Tuareg nomads who are scouring the desert for the right pasture for their animals. Chris faces traveling long distances on the back of a camel, as the nomads penetrate the desert's interior hoping to find the rains they need. Chris travels from Mali to Northern Kenya and explores the draught in this area. He enters a area claimed by both South Sudan and Kenya, meeting the Turkana people. Chris then heads to Somalia were he discovers islamists are arriving to recruit young men.
Chris heads to Norway, joining members of the Sami community, who have the oldest living culture in Europe. Each of the 3,000 members are responsible for herding 10,000 reindeer. He begins in the capital city of Kautokeino, attending the reindeer racing championships. Plus heads with the group on their migration to the coast. He heads through dramatic terrain, by snowmobile and skis. He goes on the six week-trek hoping to capture a reindeer birth on tape for the very first time. They have to be wary of predators with lynx, wolverine, bears and golden eagles ready to attack at any moment. On the trip, he learns how the reindeer inform the group and their beliefs and meets a man named Siri, a reindeer herder who now lives in town.
