Life in the Freezer (1993)
BBC

Description

Antarctica is the wildest, coldest, most isolated continent on Earth. Encrusted in 90% of the world's ice, its 5.4 million square miles are doubled each winter by the freezing of the seas. The average temperature at the South Pole is -56, dropping to -90 and below in mid-winter. Yet this inhospitable landscape is home to a surprisingly rich variety of wildlife. Natural history guru David Attenborough and his camera team spent three years braving mountainous seas, blizzards with 100 mph winds, plummeting temperatures and glaciers the size of cathedrals to capture the majesty of Antarctica both on land and underwater. In this starkly beautiful landscape, they discover penguins by the millions, whales by the thousands, half the world's seal population and seabirds galore.

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Antarctica

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10 Amazon user reviews

These movies are so realistically and clearly presented that you need a blanket to curl up in while watching Attenborough walk around in freezing Antarctica filming all kinds of creatures - on land, under water and in the air. The guy (and his camera team) are simply unbelievable.
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9.0 DVD Active | Pete Roberts

The visuals are simply stunning and the audio mix does nothing to harm the ears so you’d be a fool if you were a nature documentary fan and didn’t pick this one up. That said, though, wear a jumper because you’ll get quite cold just watching it.
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9.0 DVD.net.au | Anthony Horan

A superb documentary series that offers unique image after unique image of one of the most fascinating and under-explored places on the globe, Life in the Freezer is a must-see for anyone who loves being gobsmacked by nature; it's also compulsory viewing for penguin nerds everywhere.
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8.0 TVShowsOnDVD.com | Gord Lacey

I love the Attenborough documentaries! I've seen a number of good nature shows and documentaries, but the Attenborough shows seem to come together in a way that none of the others can come close to. There are some of the most incredible shots you'll ever see on screen, and Attenborough's narration imparts amazing facts about the subjects.
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