Frozen Planet

2011•1 series
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In noting that most of his TV work across 50 years has been about the world's tropics, Sir David Attenborough marvelled at the beauty he saw while making `Frozen Planet', which documents his travels to what BBC calls `the last great wilderness on the planet', the polar regions. Attenborough, 84 at the time, said he couldn't imagine why he left visiting such astonishing and beautiful places until so late in his life. The seven-part series takes viewers on a yearlong arctic expedition, tracking the lives of polar bears, wolves, killer whales and penguins from the spring through the winter, and concludes with Attenborough looking at how global warming is affecting not only the poles, but also the rest of the planet.

To the Ends of the Earth: Episode Image
Episode 1To the Ends of the Earth

David Attenborough reveals the vast wilderness of the polar regions. At the North Pole, polar bears court and the sun returns after six months of dark.

Spring: Episode Image
Episode 2Spring

Landmark nature series. See warmth and life return to these magical ice worlds as spring arrives in the polar regions and the sun appears after an absence of five months.

Summer: Episode Image
Episode 3Summer

David Attenborough's visually stunning nature series. The sun never sets over summer in the polar regions. See how hordes of animals exploit this brief window of plenty.

Autumn: Episode Image
Episode 4Autumn

Witness how solar landscapes change as the big freeze returns. Most animals leave on epic journeys, some battle to breed and for a few it is a time of opportunity.

Winter: Episode Image
Episode 5Winter

During winter most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet's harshest winters.

The Last Frontier: Episode Image
Episode 6The Last Frontier

The penultimate part of David Attenborough's acclaimed nature series. This episode looks at us humans, one of the polar regions' most ingenious inhabitants.

On Thin Ice: Episode Image
Episode 7On Thin Ice

David Attenborough investigates the effects of rising temperatures in the polar regions.

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