科技进步和社会发展已经使石油资源及其衍生品渗透进了现代人生活的方方面面，因此现代社会对石油的需求也在不断上涨。但是我们的石油从哪里来？现有石油资源还能供我们肆意挥霍多久？石油价格是否会因此大幅上涨？这些都是与我们生活息息相关的问题。为了解决油田减产问题，越来越多的中小盆地开始投入勘探开发，深海的勘探开发也取得了很大的进展。除此之外，在南极，北极，还有苔原地带，还存在着大量的资源仍待开发。当然，石油的开发也意味着承担极大的风险，墨西哥湾的原油泄漏已经为我们敲响警钟。21世纪的我们仍需为石油而战。

　　主持人Graham Bell和Ed Leigh穿越天寒地冻的加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省，前往2010年冬奥会的起源地。一路上，他们拜访了与世隔绝的偏远居民，了解他们是如何在冰天雪地里生活的。他们走访了当地的矿工、伐木工和猎手。最后他们徒步翻越海岸山脉来到冬奥场馆Whistler。(文： life_is_good@YDY)
　　Graham Bell and Ed Leigh journey southwards through the frozen province of British Columbia, Canada, towards the home of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. En route, they travel through remote communities cut off from civilisation through the winter, learning how the locals survive off the land.
　　Leigh and Bell experience this harsh life for themselves alongside miners, loggers and hunters, and find out what it is like to function and work in such harsh conditions. Their journey ends with a gruelling trek on foot through the spectacular Coast Range Mountains into Whistler, one of the Olympic venues.

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