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Frozen Planet (Blu-ray)
Produced by: Vanessa Berlowitz , Alastair Fothergill
Narrated by: Sir David Attenborough
From the Emmy-winning team behind Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this is the original 7-part BBC series, Frozen Planet,
narrated by world-renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough and
including over 90 minutes of footage not shown on television plus over
four hours of bonus materials!
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The
scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements are
unmatched anywhere else on our planet. And these vast, frigid
landscapes are surprising rich with life. Using the latest camera
technology, Frozen Planet captures unimaginable imagery above and
below the ice and follows the extraordinary fluctuations that accompany
the changes of seasons. Using crystal clear high definition
cinematography, Frozen Planet will open your eyes to the remarkable colors and variety of life in this truly unique environment.
Item Number: 16288
- Format:
- Blu-ray
- Run time:
- About 5 1/2 Hours
- Originally Aired On:
- Discovery Channel
- Closed Captions / Subtitles:
- This Product has English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
French Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles - Special Features:
• Science at the Ends of the Earth – An examination of the remarkable scientific work being performed at the South Pole
• Freeze Frame – A series of 7 10-minute “making of” featurettes, one for each episode
• Production Video Diaries - A set of 47 video shorts made by the Frozen Planet producers, directors, camera crew and more giving personal insights into this remarkable series
• Frozen Planet: The Epic Journey – The best moments from this remarkable series compiled into one 60-minute highlights special
• Music Only Viewing Option
• English and Parisian French Narration and English, Spanish and Quebecois French Subtitles
Embark on the trip of a lifetime, as the BBC's acclaimed Natural History Unit takes you on a spectacular polar expedition into a breathtaking landscape most humans will never experience. Ambitious and epic in scale, this landmark series is the ultimate portrait of the great wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic before they change forever. Narrated by world renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough, Frozen Planet has taken new technology to the most extreme and remote parts of our planet, capturing groundbreaking imagery as camera teams go deep under the ice into a magical world of giants, plunge into the heart of an erupting polar volcano and fly to the South Pole across the Antarctic ice cap. Get closer than ever before to the lives of charismatic animal characters and witness extraordinary examples of survival against the odds.
To the Ends of the Earth
At the North Pole, the sun returns after six months of darkness.
Spring
Spring arrives in the polar regions, and the sun appears after an absence of five months.
Summer
Polar animals race to rear their young during times of plenty under the midnight sun.
Autumn
Autumn brings epic journeys for polar wildlife as most hurry to escape the refreeze.
Winter
The story of the few extreme survivors who remain in the polar regions during winter.
The Last Frontier
What draws humans to the coldest and most hostile reaches of our planet?
On Thin Ice
David Attenborough investigates the effects of rising temperatures at the polar regions.
"The photography…was stunning." – The Daily Telegraph
"Two largely separate strand of his life-as the father of natural
history television, and as a growing voice of environmental concern- are
finally coming together." – The Telegraph
"I want to be transported to these places" – The Guardian
"Every element of BBC1’s Frozen Planet is crafted to make one’s heart soar" -The Guide
"Frozen Plant is fabulous, beautiful, sumptuous." – The Guardian
"A visual feast" – The Guardian
"Attenborough is who you want. He provides the passion, and a lovely dignity to it all. Charm too. He is the Don." – The Guardian
"Sharp as ever and kind" – The Guardian
"Amazing things to be discovered" – The Guardian
"Extraordinarily powerful sequence filmed from land and helicopter" – The Guardian
"The filming of killer whales tipping ice flows and knocking seals off was an unbelievable achievement" – The Guardian
"Distinctive: authoritative without pomposity; avuncular without levity;
and yet still – and here’s the important bit – hushed and hesitant" – The Guardian
"Extraordinarily skilled, patient, brave and resourceful professionals" – The Guardian
"A monopoly on serious wildlife broadcasting over the last half a century" – The Guardian
"Reveals the extraordinary life found in the Polar Regions" – The Guardian
"Most memorable images from the series are recaptured, with a
well-written text, emphasizing the fragility of these extraordinary
places." – The Guardian
"Particularly smashing" – The Guardian
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