The Magic of the Wild

screenable online: 5 episodes

The Americans were the first to bring the idea of a national park to the world: Back in 1872, the area of Yellowstone National Park was designated a national park by the US Congress — the first national park ever to exist in the world.

Among the most famous national parks worldwide are, besides, Yellowstone National Park, Denali National Park in Alaska, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and two parks in Canada: Kluane National Park and Reserve and Banff National Park.

Each episode of this series is dedicated to one jewel of these natural wonders. For one year each, the filmmakers accompany the rangers and scientists who have dedicated themselves to the preservation and exploration of this unique and beautiful nature that is threatened, especially by climate change.

The documentary takes the audience into a breathtaking world, far in the icy north and wild west of Canada. In Canada, a country full of natural beauty and infinite space, national parks have been…

In the documentary, the north beckons. Pure, uninhabited and, for many visitors, with its almost endless lonely wilderness still full of secrets. In 1972, the Kluane National Park was founded in the…

On the border between the USA and Canada, a large project unites very different actors: they want to enlarge a national park in order to save it. The Waterton-Glacier Peace Park is a unique natural…

For the ZDF documentary, a camera team travelled to the spectacular Denali National Park several times during the year. Behind the scenes of the park, the filmmakers were able to accompany people who…

Yellowstone, the oldest National Park on earth: famous for its diverse wildlife and a massive magma chamber in the depths that characterizes its distinctive landscapes. The National Park in the…