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Over one third of our planet
is frozen,

and yet, the icy worlds
of the Arctic and Antarctic

are as alien to most of us
as the surface

of another planet.

They are places of superlatives.

From ice caps that hold nearly 80%
of our planet's fresh water

to frozen forests
that encircle the entire globe.

These are places
that feed our imaginations,

places that seem to be borrowed
from fairy tales.

They're dominated and shaped
by the ice...

both by its coming
and by its going.

This is our planet's
last true wilderness

and one that is changing just as
we're beginning to understand it.

In this series, we'll be travelling
to all parts of these lonely lands,

both north and south,

to witness its wonders
perhaps for the last time

and to discover
some extraordinary examples

of survival against all the odds,

as can be found anywhere
on the planet.

The poles are permanently
capped with ice.

Nowhere is colder,
windier or more hostile to life.

I'm standing at the North Pole ...
the very top of the Earth.

Up here, it's easy to see
why the polar regions are so cold.

The sun never rises high enough
in the sky to warm my back

and those rays
that do strike the surface

are mostly reflected back
from this great whiteness.

But the fundamental problem is that
there's no sun here at all

for half the year.

The polar winter is unrivalled
in its harshness.

A night that lasts for months.

Only the toughest stay,

as temperatures plunge
to minus 70 degrees centigrade.

And yet, the greatest challenge
to life here is not the cold,

but the extreme swings
between the seasons.

When the sun finally returns,

an extraordinary
transformation begins.

This frozen world
begins to melt away.

The polar spring brings
a brief opportunity for life.

By summer, the sun no longer sets

and works its magic
for 24 hours a day.

Now it's a race to breed
before the sun departs.

By autumn, all but the hardiest
abandon the poles

and the ice extends its grip.

Land and sea close down
for the long, polar winter,

until, once again, the sun returns.

It's spring in the High Arctic

and the sun illuminates
a giant frozen ocean,

the first stop on our journey.

The most powerful land predator
is on the prowl.

A male polar bear
is searching for a mate.

Willing females
are few and far between

and the sea ice on which he travels
will soon melt and vanish.

He's running out of time to find
a mate in this vast, frozen desert.

Ten miles ahead,
a single female without cubs...

exactly what the male is seeking.

He seems to relish her scent,
even though she's miles away.

This is an exciting prospect.

She's clearly giving off
the right signals.

He locks onto her tracks,
eager not to lose her trail.

It's easier to tread in
the compacted snow of her footprints.

This pursuit could last for days.

The female eventually
comes into view.

The search is finally over.

For the female, only half his weight,

this must be
a nerve-racking encounter.

The male could kill her
if he chooses.

But he has other intentions...

and she is ready and willing.

She leads him to higher ground.

It seems that courting polar bears
prefer privacy,

often leaving the sea ice
and heading for the hills

to avoid the prying eyes

of rival males
who might disturb them.

Few have witnessed this moment.

For the male,

his only tender encounter
in an otherwise solitary life.

But it doesn't last long...

a rival suitor has also
caught the female's scent.

Courtship has to be put on hold.
He must fight for his rights.

THEY ROAR

He sees off this first challenger
without injury to either party,

but bloodier battles are to come.

THEY ROAR

Another battle won,
though he has been slightly injured.

He hurries back to his mate,

but now she seems to have
lost her enthusiasm.

Female polar bears
are high-maintenance.

Wherever she goes, he will follow,
mating with her when she allows

and guarding her at all times.

Over the next two weeks,
the male sees off many rivals

but the battles
take their toll on him.

He is almost spent,

but he has ensured that no other
bears have mated with his female.

It's time for the couple

to go their separate ways.

She will give birth to his cubs,
alone, in nine months' time

and he may never see her again.

He returns to the frozen ocean,

no doubt relieved
to resume his solitary ways,

and just in time.

The ice beneath his feet
will soon be gone.

Each spring,
the Arctic Ocean undergoes

an extraordinary transformation.

An area of sea ice
the size of Europe melts,

exposing the rich waters beneath.

Short-tailed shearwaters
have travelled 10,000 miles

from Australia to be here.

18 million visitors darken the skies,

the largest gathering of sea birds
on the planet.

Humpback whales have come
all the way from the Equator

to feed in these rich, polar waters.

Their giant tails
are five metres across.

Simply raising them above the surface

gives the whales
enough downward momentum

to reach the great swarms
of krill and herring below.

The shearwaters follow
the giants' lead.

For those who can get here,
in summer,

these waters provide a feast
of epic proportions.

But the good times
will be very short...

a problem that faces all life
in the polar regions.

Journeying south
across the Arctic Ocean,

the first land you reach
is Greenland,

the largest island in the world.

Despite its name,
Greenland is mostly white,

covered by a giant ice sheet

six times the size
of the United Kingdom.

In the middle of the island,
the ice is nearly two miles thick.

It's a bleak, quiet world.

Sapphire-blue melt lakes

are the first sign that
a dynamic process is underway.

Each lake forms in a matter of days,
expanding until it's miles across

and starts to overflow.

The spill water then carves its way
through the ice.

The water courses through
an icy delta

like blood along the arteries
of a cold-blooded monster,

a monster that is stirring.

And without warning, the water
suddenly plunges down an open shaft,

falling a vertical mile
into the heart of the ice sheet.

This meltwater has
a surprising effect...

it lubricates the junction

between the ice
and the rock floor beneath,

so the entire ice sheet
is now on the move,

sliding downhill into the ocean.

This, Jakobshavn Isbrae,

is the fastest-flowing glacier
on our planet,

moving as much as 40 metres a day.

As it advances,
it destroys everything in its path,

even cutting its way through
Greenland's great mountain ranges

on its drive downwards
towards the sea.

When speeded up,

these solid rivers of ice seem
to flow just like liquid rivers.

This is the titanic force

that cuts down mountains and levels
the surface of continents.

The ice is now entering
the last stage of its descent.

As it gains speed,

huge crevasses open that
extend down to its very core.

It's reached the ocean,

and millions of tonnes of ice have
lost the support of their rocky bed.

Something must give.

CREAKING

These icefalls are an ominous sign
of what is about to happen...

a rupture deep within the glacier.

A colossal iceberg is born.

This single block of ice,

many hundreds of metres across,

would dwarf the biggest
of mankind's buildings.

Every year,

tens of thousands of icebergs
are spawned by Greenland's glaciers,

and their number
is steadily increasing

as the climate continues to warm.

The break-up of the bergs
fills the bays of the Arctic

with exquisite ice sculptures.

It also releases great volumes
of cold, fresh water into the sea.

Greenland's meltwater influences
the course of the ocean currents,

which, in turn, has an effect
on the weather around the world.

The Arctic is closer to home
than many of us realise.

It includes the northernmost parts
of the three continents

on which most of us live ...
Europe, Asia and North America.

The first bare land we reach
on our journey south

is a bleak treeless wilderness
known as tundra.

Each spring,
animals travel up from the south,

to be ready for the rich grazing

that will be unveiled
by the spring melt.

For the caribou,

the timing is critical.

Arrive early and a winter storm
could kill you.

Delay too long and you may fail
to lay down the fat

needed to survive a polar winter.

Further south still,

and stooped, shrouded figures
end the flat monotony of the tundra.

This is the tree line,
the first place on our journey

with sufficient warmth
and liquid water

to enable a tree to grow.

Surviving here
is so crushingly difficult,

that it can take hundreds of years
for a seedling

to grow into a stunted shrub.

But even small trees

can provide cover for a predator.

Wolves. These, in northern Canada,

are the largest and most powerful
in the world

and they are setting out to hunt.

The pack is 25 strong,

a sign that the prey
they are seeking is formidable.

These bison are even bigger
than their southern cousins

and the largest land animals
in North America.

For generations,
wolves and bison here

have been shaped by their battles
with each other,

making each the most impressive
of its kind.

The bison will not stay long
among the trees.

They're not safe here.

The wolves are closing in,

but their chance of ambushing
the bison in the woods has passed.

Their prey are now in the open
and grouped together for safety.

The wolves will need
to work as a team

if they are to make a kill.

They circle the herd,
trying to unsettle it

and split it up.

But the bison are armed
and dangerous.

They will be safe as long as
they stick together.

The wolves up their game,
harrying the herd,

a ploy to trigger a stampede

and split away
one of the smaller ones.

The bison form a defensive circle
around their young,

horns pointing outwards.

The wolves need a bison
to break rank.

But the tables are turning
and now the wolves have to retreat.

The pack focus their attention
on the rear of the herd

and the bison begin to panic.

A young bison falls behind.

Even this yearling dwarfs the wolves.

Running head-down,
the herd's only thought is escape.

A stroke of luck for the wolves.

The kill will feed the pack
for several days.

But then they will have
to resume the chase.

At the frozen ends of our planet,

the struggle for survival
never eases.

South of the tree line,
the winters are shorter,

so trees grow faster and taller
and forests begin to appear.

As the warm, humid air from the south
meets the cold, arctic air,

the moisture it carries crystallises
and snowflakes fall from the sky.

Each crystal forms around
a particle of dust.

All have a six-fold symmetry

but no two have ever been found
with exactly the same shape.

Their variety and complexity
is breathtaking.

Each snowflake is water waiting
to be released in spring.

For this reason,

snow is the lifeblood
of these silent forests

and all that live here depend on it
in one way or another.

Some, like the great grey owl,
appear in spring for the boom times,

then vanish like phantoms.

Others, like their lemming prey,

are here year-round beneath the snow,
insulated from the cold air above.

The northern forests
are a crossroads

for seasonal visitors
and arctic specialists.

But they are so much more than this.

Together, they make up the taiga,
an unbroken belt of forest

that stretches 7,000 miles
around our planet

and contains one third
of all the trees on Earth.

The taiga forest marks the end
of our journey through the Arctic,

from the frozen ocean down across
the lands that surround it.

The other end of our planet,
the Antarctic, is starkly different.

A frozen continent
completely surrounded by ocean.

Icebergs here are so large

that they're measured in miles
not metres.

They're the only obstacles
in the path of giant waves,

which circle around the continent
unchecked by other lands.

These seas may be cold
and storm-racked

but they're bursting with life.

No bird is more at home in water

and they are masterful surfers.

Penguins are found only
in the Southern Hemisphere.

They can't fly,
but they don't need to.

There are no polar bears here.

These are Gentoo Penguins.

Each spring, they come ashore to lay
their eggs and rear their young.

Their hungry chicks
demand so much seafood

that both parents have to go fishing.

And fishing can be dangerous.

A southern sea lion.

It uses the speed of a breaking wave
to catch up with the Gentoos.

Sea lions normally eat fish,

so he's used to catching
streamlined swimmers,

but the Gentoos seem more
than his match out at sea.

He must change tactics.

Perhaps it will be easier
in the shallows.

But no! It seems penguins
are uncatchable in water.

How about on land?

The penguin's wings,
so powerful for swimming,

are of no help
when it comes to running.

Now, surely,
the sea lion has a chance.

But on the beach,
both are like fish out of water.

Rarely do hunter and hunted play
their roles with so little skill.

The outcome is anyone's guess.

Every summer,

over 40 million penguins
take to the Southern Ocean to feed.

They're joined by
thousands of whales.

Minkes are the most numerous.

They all come here to harvest
the richest ocean on Earth.

Carrying on south, we get our first
glimpse of the frozen continent.

Southern humpbacks, after travelling
4,000 miles from the equator,

are finally arriving in Antarctica.

Humans have long felt the lure
of this mysterious world,

yet it was only
a hundred years ago

that the first explorers
walked inland and were confronted by

the highest, driest
and coldest territory on Earth.

Every year,
the continent is transformed

as the sea ice that surrounds it
begins to disappear.

This melt halves
the size of Antarctica.

It's the most spectacular
seasonal change occurring

anywhere on our planet.

The remnants of the sea ice
are occupied by sunbathing seals

that have been here all winter.

But new arrivals are following
the retreating ice edge

and they have come here to hunt.

Killer whales,
the ocean's top predator.

Killers are like wolves,

for they will hunt animals
far larger than themselves.

But even smaller prey are a problem
if you can't reach them.

The solution is teamwork.

Swimming in perfect formation,
they flick their tails in unison

and create a wave
that cracks the ice.

They regroup and assess the damage.
A more powerful wave is needed.

The ice floe is breaking up.

Now they are close enough to get
a good look at their target.

The seal is a crabeater,
sharp-toothed and feisty.

Not their favourite.

The wolves of the sea
move on in search of easier quarry.

A Weddell seal. That's better.

These are more docile
and easier to tackle.

The pod stays close together
and travels silently.

This time, they unleash
a far more powerful wave,

and with astonishing accuracy.

These big waves are not intended
to break the ice,

but to knock the prey into
the water, and they rarely fail.

The seal is now
where the killers want it,

but the hunt is far from over.

They need to grab their prey
by the tail

while avoiding its snapping jaws.

Only then will they be able
to pull it down and drown it.

Sideswipes create violent
underwater turbulence, a new tactic.

Blowing bubbles gives cover for
others to lunge at the seal's tail.

Somehow, the seal manages
to reach a tiny ice floe.

The killers could easily grab it,

but now this seems to
have become a game.

The seal's life
hangs on a roll of the ice.

Yet again, the pod joins forces
to dislodge the seal.

The seal sees a chance to escape.

Exhausted, it no longer has
the energy to pull itself to safety

and the killers are moving in.

Game over.

Although such team hunts are
rarely seen, scientists believe

they may be the most complex ever
documented in the natural world.

They were first witnessed
by Captain Scott and his men

when they came to explore Antarctica
100 years ago.

Journeying further south,
the fragmenting ice is replaced

by a permanent sheet that doesn't
melt even at the height of summer.

It's a barrier that
many creatures find impassable.

It repels even
powerful minke whales.

They have to turn back

if they can no longer reach the air
they need to breathe.

Under the ice, life has to be
extremely specialised to survive.

Few of us will ever experience
this strangely-still world,

and, as yet,
no-one knows much about it.

The crystalline surface
of the ice stalactites

provides a home for ice fish whose
bodies are full of anti-freeze.

The ceiling of ice
shields those living below it

from the violent polar weather
that rages above.

Little here has changed
for millions of years.

The cold allows animals to grow
very slowly and become giants.

A relative of the woodlouse
is the size of a dinner plate.

And this so-called "sea spider"
has legs that span half a metre.

Now explorers
are revealing other worlds

that lie hidden beneath the ice
on land.

These smoking towers are the gateway
to a network of caves.

Each contains an extraordinary
assembly of ice crystals,

unlike any other on Earth.

Like snowflakes,
every crystal is unique.

Some are taller than a man.

Others are thought to harbour life,

seeded by strange bacteria that
thrive in these extreme conditions.

The breeze that gently sways
these crystals

is responsible for making them.

It's steam from
the molten heart of Mount Erebus,

the most southerly volcano
on our planet.

It's now thought that the ice caves
fringing this crater

may even be a home for
hitherto-unknown life forms.

From this oasis of warmth
at the edge of the continent,

our journey continues inland
towards the South Pole.

The first great hurdle

is the formidable
Transantarctic mountain range.

We are following the route
taken by Scott and Amundsen

as they struggled
to become the first humans

to reach the South Pole.

They were travelling on foot

and their first sight
of these mountains

must have been daunting indeed.

In front of them stretched
one of the world's longest ranges,

spanning 2,000 miles from one
side of the continent to the other.

The winds up here
are the fastest on Earth.

They reach speeds
of 200 miles an hour.

An ice-capped mountain
bears the scars of the gales,

bizarre sculptures
carved from solid ice.

It's not only the ice that yields.

This sculptured spire
is the remnant of a mountain,

eroded from all sides
by the ferocious elements.

Beyond, a wholly unexpected
landscape ... the dry valleys.

Only 1% of Antarctica
is free of ice,

and most of that bare rock is here.

The Dry Valleys are more
like the surface of Mars

than is any other place on Earth.

The floor is covered with
extraordinary natural sculptures,

created by the same winds that help
to keep these valleys free of snow.

Over time, entire boulders
are weathered from the inside out,

until just a shell remains.

At the head of these valleys,
the ice is making a breakthrough.

Millions of tons are tumbling
in slow motion into the valley.

These ice blocks
are the size of skyscrapers.

And this is the Beardmore Glacier,

which Scott and his men
somehow traversed on foot.

It's over 100 miles long

and one of
the largest glaciers on Earth.

But nothing could have prepared
those early explorers

for what they were about
to encounter.

The Antarctic ice cap, the largest
expanse of ice on the planet.

It's three miles thick in places

and imprisons 70%
of the world's fresh water.

From here to the South Pole
700 miles away,

there is nothing but ice.

I'm at the South Pole
at the end of my journey.

Although it's midsummer,
the temperature here

is a bone-chilling
35 degrees below freezing.

It's exactly a hundred years
almost to the day

that the first human beings
stood right here,

Amundsen followed by Scott.

In those days, reaching the poles

was regarded as the ultimate in
human endeavour and endurance,

and a source
of great national pride.

Today, the polar regions have
a rather different significance,

because now we've come to understand
that what happens here

and in the north
affects every one of us,

no matter where we live
on this planet.

The greatest challenge
for the team making Frozen Planet

was the extreme remoteness
of their locations.

Many of the shoots
lasted months at a time

and needed a number of crews
to join forces.

One location that would require
such siege tactics

was Mount Erebus,
Antarctica's most active volcano.

This magical mountain does not
give up her secrets easily.

To capture the full story
of Mount Erebus from top to bottom

required four different film crews.

The cave team is dropped
off at 12,000 feet,

close to the crater.

In howling winds and thin oxygen,

their challenge is to find
a way into the volcano itself.

They are venturing into the unknown.

Somewhere below are spectacular ice
caves, melted out by volcanic steam.

Getting the team safely underground

is a relief for director
Chadden Hunter.

Excellent, it's much warmer
down here, it's freezing up there.

Minus 29.

With him is cameraman
Gavin Thurston.

You sort of forget being in here,
you are actually inside a volcano.

You know, above us
and below us, there's bubbling lava

and you've got all these gases
seeping up through here,

which is how these caves are made,

so there's also increased
carbon dioxide in here.

As the cave team head deeper,

dangerous volcanic gases
make breathing difficult.

The clock is ticking.

They will not have long to find
the caves of crystals.

Above ground, the aerial team
is pushing for the summit of Erebus.

Series producer Vanessa Berlowitz
directs from the front seat,

while aerial cameraman Michael Kelem

controls the camera
attached to the nose.

We're going to be around
14,000 feet,

on the performance limits
of this aircraft.

Any bad weather comes in up there

and you're pretty much screwed,
really,

you've got to get off
the mountain fast.

Above 10,000 feet,
the pilot must breathe oxygen

through a plastic tube
in his nostrils.

Approaching the crater,
conditions do not look good.

Today, Erebus is belching out
steam and gases,

making flying extremely risky.

Up here, the air is so thin,
the helicopter can't hover

and must keep moving.

This is aerial filming
at its most extreme.

They struggle to get a clear view.

We're just coming up to 14,000 feet,

you can actually look
right into the lava lake.

Oh, that's looking really good,
Mike, just hold that there.

The cameraman captures
a rare shot of the molten lava,

but it's soon obscured again.

The volcano is temperamental.

The team have seized
a rare opportunity

to see into its molten heart,
but now they must descend to safety.

As the weather closes in above, the
cave team are making progress below.

It's Christmas Day and the crew
are dressed for the occasion.

Just watch my back on these icicles,

I don't want to snap that
top one off.

How strong are these pillars of ice?

It's about... Round about five...

So if I squeeze past,
it's not going to snap it?

Gavin is reassured by advice
from the scientist.

Oh!

Ohhh! Gavin!

I'm sorry.

That's terrible. Oh, look, it fits
perfectly, look. Look at that.

Fortunately, these crystals
are made of frozen water

and can grow back in weeks.

You've got these beautiful,
clear, glass-like pillars

and right next to it,
this really delicate...

Look how thin that filament
is there.

As the cave team explore deeper,

each chamber reveals ice crystals

more strange and spectacular
than the last.

No-one on the team imagined
a single Antarctic mountain

could house so many wonders.

Down at the foot of Mount Erebus,
a third crew, the dive team,

plan to explore
the volcano's lower slopes,

which extend beneath the frozen sea.

On board is underwater cameraman
Hugh Miller.

The problem is, we don't actually
know what's under the ice here.

So who knows,
it's a bit of an adventure.

Old-fashioned tools
still work best.

First, a hand chisel
to create an opening,

then a saw to widen the hole.

Ice-diving in the coldest waters
on the planet

should be taken extremely seriously.

This dive's going to be a lot of
things and warm is not on that list.

Insulated suits will keep them alive
under the ice for only 60 minutes.

Once the helicopter departs,
there's no margin for error.

The dive team begin to explore
the lower slopes of Erebus,

discovering a hidden world
rarely seen by humans.

Patrolling the icy shores
of the volcano are killer whales,

the most southerly in the world.

Tracking them from above
is the orca team.

They need a helicopter to get
ahead of the whales

and to land them
on the fragile sea ice.

Cameraman Jamie McPherson
must pick his spot carefully.

His aim is to get the cameras

as close to the killer whales
as possible without disturbing them.

He uses a film camera to capture
the action in slow motion.

And the orcas come right by him.

Even in the extreme cold,

a film camera proves to be
rugged and reliable...

provided there's enough film
in the camera.

End of the run. No!

I've got him coming out,
I just didn't get him going back in.

All right!

Below the sea ice, the dive team
is setting up an underwater studio.

Using a range of waterproof lights
and time-lapse cameras,

they hope to capture the growth of
bizarre underwater ice formations.

Over the coming weeks,

the dive team would go below the ice
over 100 times

to film
the extraordinary secret world

on the lower flanks
of Mount Erebus.

On top of the ice,
the orca team has repositioned.

Their new goal is to get
underwater shots of the whales.

They don't dare to
get IN the water with orcas.

Attaching a camera to a pole
is a safer option,

provided the whales
aren't put off by it.

No-one is prepared
for what happens next.

Tell her what you just saw.

HE LAUGHS

The entire pod arrives.

Eyeball to eyeball,

this is about as close to killer
whales as it's possible to get.

By using multiple crews and cameras,
the Frozen Planet team

have been able to capture the full
Erebus story, from the fire

at its crater down to the whales
that patrol its frozen shores.

It's quite a privilege to feel
whale breath on your face.

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