Frozen Planet
About Frozen Planet
In the ends of the earth, Frozen Planet takes viewers on an
extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet, North
and South. The Arctic and Antarctic are the greatest and least
known
wildernesses of all magical ice worlds inhabited by the most
bizarre and hardy creatures on earth.
Our journey begins out on the frozen Arctic Ocean, close to the
North Pole. The sun is back after 6 months of darkness. We follow a
pair of courting polar bears, which reveal a surprisingly tender
side. Next stop is the giant Greenland ice cap where waterfalls
plunge into the heart of the ice, and a colossal iceberg calves
into the sea. Humpback whales join the largest gathering of
seabirds on earth to feast in rich Alaskan waters. Further south,
the tree-line marks the start of the Taiga forest, containing one
third of all trees on earth. Here 25 of the worlds largest wolves
take on formidable bison prey.
At the other end of our planet, the Antarctic begins in the
Southern Ocean where surfing penguins struggle to escape a hungry
sea-lion, and teams of orcas create giant waves to wash seals from
ice floes a filming first. Diving below the ice, we discover
prehistoric giants terrifying sea spiders and woodlice the size of
dinner plates. Above ground, crystal caverns ring the summit of
Erebus, the most southerly volcano on earth. From here we retrace
the routes of early explorers, Scott and Amundsen, on their quest
to be the first humans to reach the South Pole.
