Frozen Planet II [Blu-ray]

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Games of Thrones' top creative arts Emmy winner". The Denver Post. Associated Press. 15 September 2012 . Retrieved 16 September 2012. [ dead link] Singh, Anita (12 December 2011). "Frozen Planet: BBC 'faked' polar bear birth". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. We saw golden eagles in the Alps hunting mountain goats by dropping them over cliffs as a predation technique,” says Alex Lanchester. “And in China, we saw a twerking Giant Panda! The male's scent mark their territories and, to get it higher up the tree, they do a handstand and shimmy!”

Uncertainty surrounded whether the series' seventh episode, which focuses on climate change, would air in the United States, where it is a politically sensitive issue. This episode was initially not expected to be shown in the United States. Ten networks that would have run the episode opted out, citing fear of controversy. [34] The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice. The series was met with critical acclaim and holds a Metacritic score of 91/100. [5] Our frozen planet is changing. In this final episode, we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean, not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the world as a whole.

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Frozen Planet II is a BBC Studios Natural History Unit production for BBC One, co-produced by BBC America and The Open University, Migu Video, ZDF and France Télévisions. The Executive Producer is Mark Brownlow and the Series Producer is Elizabeth White. Wildlife in the Arctic Ocean experiences huge seasonal challenges, from walruses evading the summer heat, to beluga whales trapped in an ice hole until spring arrives. The episode follows about the climate change, global warming, the melting of the ice caps and their consequences. Polar bears and Adélie penguins lose their habitat and the Inuit must adapt, as well.

For those new to these series (hey, life can take us in many directions!), the best recommendation is the very first episode: Frozen Worlds. It’s a good primer / “best of” the entire series. For a change of pace, it’s worth watching the last episode as well: Our Frozen Planet. It leaves behind the nature documentary format and takes a deeper look at the scientists researching climate change and the effect on different environments. Finally, it’s also worth noting that the last ten minutes of each hour-long episode is a “behind the scenes” mini-doc about what it was like shooting one of the sequences from that particular episode. BBC One - Frozen Planet, Winter, The newest polar bear in the world". BBC. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011 . Retrieved 13 December 2011.

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a b c d e f g h i "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014 . Retrieved 26 October 2011. a b "Discovery Channel Announces March 18 Premiere Date for Frozen Planet: Discovery Channel". Dsc.discovery.com. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. In an interview with Radio Times, Attenborough explains that "data from satellites collected over the last 40 years show a drop of 30% in the area of the Arctic sea ice at the end of each summer." [31] Former UK Conservative politician Lord Lawson dismissed the idea as "alarmism", provoking a polar oceanographer working with the show to describe his criticism as "patronising", wrong and the "usual tired obfuscation and generalisation". [32] Attenborough subsequently rebutted Lawson's allegations. [33]