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Life in the Freezer
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419824036
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419824031
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
MPN: E2476
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 22, 2005
Running Time: 180 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
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Editorial Review:
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 thethousands half the world's seal population and seabirds galore.Running Time: 174 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 794051247629 Manufacturer No: E2476
Life in the Freezer is a startling portrait of Antarctica as a dramatic, violent, yet ultimately poetic ecosystem. It's also a miraculously beautiful documentary that can stir an armchair adventurer, make one wish to be standing alongside host David Attenborough as he gazes at the dream-like enormity of glaciers ("glass-yeers," as Attenborough pronounces it) or visits one of the pristine, Georgian islands where seabirds flock during Antarctica's version of spring and summer. With its frozen mass subject to cyclical expansions and retractions, Antarctica's changes determine the feeding, mating, and habitat patterns of a wide variety of wildlife. Life in the Freezer's multi-episode format allows each of those changes to be explored in rich detail. Attenborough demonstrates why certain birds migrate to Antarctica at the same time that humpback and killer whales show up to feed on swarms of shrimp-like krill. In some of the most amazing footage in the series, bull elephant seals appear on Antarctica's shores to manage their harems, mate as often as possible, and brutally fight to keep competitors away. As for penguins: they march, they partner up, they stand still in sub-zero snowstorms. But they also end up as seal prey (a darkly comic sight) and vault through sea waves like mythic heroes. This 1993 series is something special, easily surpassing March of the Penguins as a vision of life in the harshest environment on Earth. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Remarkable Penguin
Life in the Freezer is the right title for this wonderfully filmed view of a remarkable creature. The viewer shivers as talented and dedicated photographers capture an amazing land of frozen waters and glaciers.
Rating: - The definitive Antarctica doc
This is the best doc on Antarctic wildlife ever done. Every mammal & bird are covered in detail along with their diets. The photography is excellent, though the detail is not up to Planet Earth standards (we've become a bit spoiled with HD)... but then this was filmed in the 90's. In its day it was totally state of the art, and remains so for content.
Rating: - Much like "March of the Penguins"
If you liked "March of the Penguins" you should like this as well. Broader coverage than just Emperor Penguins.
Rating: - Absolutely Stunning
A real treat for the eyes.
Too bad, I didn't buy it in HD DVD format.
There is a lot of aerial coverage, I would like a bit more ground coverage.
There is only 1 chapter on penguins. the cover is misleading, it should show other life forms as well.
The narrator could be more convincing but where else you would find someone with a degree in nature science, willing to go to south pole and be exceptionally good at communicating thoughts.
But still a must see. I highly ... Read More
Rating: - Great DVD
Buy this DVD and not HappyFeet. Much more interesting, truthful, entertaining and educational. Great story telling and photography is beautiful.
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