Frozen Planet II [Blu-ray]

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BBC One – Frozen Planet – Episode guide". Bbc.co.uk. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011 . Retrieved 2 November 2011. On the featureless tundra, an Arctic fox must strike a living alone. She is a wanderer and will roam many hundreds of miles searching for tiny lemmings, hidden deep underground. The only way to reach them is with a head dive. In the remote far east of Russia, a rare Amur leopard prowls the seemingly empty, snow-covered forest. With little prey available, it must use its ingenuity to find a meal. It follows crows in the hope of finding carrion, but it must not stay long, for it shares the forest with a far larger but equally hungry big cat, the Siberian tiger. a b c d e f g h i "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014 . Retrieved 26 October 2011. This episode follows the polar autumn: temperatures are dropping, seas are freezing, and arctic animals migrate south away from the expanding ice. Animals highlighted in this episode include the polar bear, the beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas), Brünnich's guillemot ( Uria lomvia) being hunted by Arctic foxes ( Vulpes lagopus), the muskox ( Ovibos moschatus), the caribou, the southern giant petrel ( Macronectes giganteus), the South Georgia pintail ( Anas georgica georgica), the Adélie penguin being hunted by leopard seal ( Hydrurga leptonyx), and the emperor penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri).

Step into the winter season with David Attenborough. Frozen Planet 2 is here, and ready to transport you to the frozen ecosystems few of us will ever see or comprehend. This viewers guide will provide you with the highlights and recommendations for enjoying this series. Viewers may be familiar with the BBC Earth series which utilizes modern technology and long-term filming to capture the most remote regions of the planet.To the north of the tundra is the Arctic Ocean, the only ocean that can completely freeze over. Living here is one of the most peculiar animals on earth, the hooded seal. Males have extraordinary inflatable noses, producing a bright red balloon out of their left nostrils. One male hopes this will make him irresistible.

Midgley, Carol (11 September 2022). "Frozen Planet II review — life, death and love in a freezing climate". The Times . Retrieved 4 January 2023. Three more awards for Open University co-production Frozen Planet at Wildscreen Panda Awards". Open University. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012 . Retrieved 4 February 2013.We also filmed a Siberian tiger looking for bears in Russia, which was incredible,” says the episode’s producer Alex Lanchester. “Then in Canada, grizzly bears emerge from hibernation just when musk oxen have their calves and there’s nowhere to hide…”