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The Bountiful Sea
A natural history of Antarctica, presented by David Attenborough. With winter temperatures of minus 70 centigrade and 100mph winds, only a few hundred people live in this inhospitable continent that is one and a half times the size of Europe. The wildlife, however, is abundant wildlife – millions of penguins, thousands of whales and half the world’s seals somehow survive the hardest conditions on the planet., Travel with David Attenborough as he explores life on the Great White Continent. In the centre of Antarctica for a thousand miles in all directions, we can find nothing but ice. In the whole of this continent, which is larger than Europe, there is a year round population of no more than 800 people. This is the loneliest and coldest place on earth, the place that is most hostile to life and yet, in certain places, it is astonishingly rich., How ice dominates the ecosystems and affects animal habitats in the South Pole. Host: David Attenborough., With winter temperatures of minus 70 degrees centigrade and winds of 100mph, only a few hundred people live in this inhospitable continent that is one and a half times the size of Europe. The wildlife, however, is abundant – millions of penguins, thousands of whales and half the world’s seals somehow survive some of the hardest conditions on the planet., How ice dominates the ecosystems and affects animal habitats in the South Pole.
