Sunday, April 01, 2012

Keeping an eye on the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica.- "Frozen Plant" (click title to entry - thank you)


Tonight's Frozen Planet profiles Antarctica and the Norwegian Arctic during that time of year when, as narrator David Attenborough — Alec Baldwin in the North American version — describes it, "A single day lasts for months."

Photograph by: Handout , Discovery/Jason Roberts





Frozen Planet, BBC and Discovery Channel's (click here) eye-filling and occasionally heart-rending documentary series about the Earth's polar regions, moves to its regular day and time tonight, starting with what is arguably the highlight episode of the entire series.
Titled, simply, Summer, it profiles Antarctica and the Norwegian Arctic during that time of year when, as narrator David Attenborough — Alec Baldwin in the North American version — describes it, "A single day lasts for months."...