Status
Available
Publication
New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 1995.
Description
Life in the Freezer is a nature documentary series produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit. Presented by David Attenborough, the series explores the wildlife of the world's most inhospitable region - Antarctica. Following plant and animal life through the seasons, the programmes show how creatures adapt to even the coldest and toughest of weather conditions, from the wandering albatross - which uses the wind currents of the southern ocean to circumnavigate the globe - to the Waddell seals and emperor penguins which remain on the continent, even during the depths of winter.
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LibraryThing member Dilip-Kumar
This is another good example of the popular science books produced as an adjunct to television series during the 1980s and 1990s by leading media companies, characterised by authoritative text, outstanding visuals (often pioneering for their time). This one portrays the Antarctic region in all its
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starkness and terrible beauty, with stunning photographs of regions and places hardly visited by people. Especially impactful and moving are the descriptions of the struggles of various species to survive and bring up their young, of which surely the stories of the emperor penguin and the wandering albatross are surely the most poignant. A great achievement by the author and the production teams. Show Less