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''Going to Extremes'' and ''Surviving Extremes'' are television programmes made for Channel 4 by Nick Middleton. In each episode of the two series, Middleton visits an extreme area of the world to find out how people have adapted to life there. Both ''Going to Extremes'' and ''Surviving Extremes'' are accompanied by books of the same name, except in the USA where the latter is titled ''Extremes: Surviving the World's Harshest Environments''. There is also a third series, titled "Going to Extremes: The Silk Routes". ==''Going to Extremes''== In this series, Middleton visited the coldest, hottest, driest and wettest permanent settlements in the world. ;Cold: The coldest permanent settlement in the world is Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is −47 °F (− 44°C). ;Dry: The driest permanent settlement in the world is Arica in Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive years without a drop of rain. Fog is the people's only source of water. ;Wet: The wettest permanent settlement in the world is Mawsynram in India which annually competes for the title with its neighbor Cherrapunji. Outside the monsoon season, there is a water shortage. There is 14 meters of water a year there on average and all in 4 months, the other 8 months are drought. ;Hot: The hottest permanent settlement in the world is Dallol in Ethiopia known as the 'Hell hole of creation' where the temperature averages 94 °F (34 °C) year round. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Going to Extremes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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