How an Arctic Squirrel Survives Winter | Wild Alaska | BBC Earth

Out in the tundra the Arctic ground squirrel is awakening from his eight month hibernation, the longest deepest hibernation of any animal on Earth and pretty soon the females will awake too. Taken from Wild Alaska. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub WATCH MORE: New on Earth: https://bit.ly/2M3La96 Oceanscapes: https://bit.ly/2Hmd2kZ Wild Thailand: https://bit.ly/2kR7lmh Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of astounding, entertaining, thought-provoking and educational natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this. Want to share your views? Join our BBC Studios Voice: https://www.bbcstudiosvoice.com/register This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx