Life in the Freezer

Buy This Item Life in the Freezer by BBC Warner  Available from Amazon  $9.99  on 11-15-2008     <I>Life in the Freezer</I> 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. <I>Life in the Freezer</I>'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 <I>March of the Penguins</I> as a vision of life in the harshest environment on Earth. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> Reader Reviews 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 recommend it.

Life in the Freezer Available from Amazon Price: $9.99 Updated on 11-15-2008.

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