From chameleons giving birth on the frosty slopes of Mount Kenya to endangered Amur leopards in the Russian forest and killer whales hunting Weddell seals on ice floes in the Antarctic, Frozen Planet shares incredible undiscovered stories. BBC's Frozen Planet is beautiful and all, but it's not saying anything new – review". The Independent. 11 September 2022 . Retrieved 19 September 2022.

In May 2012, Frozen Planet won in three categories at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, collecting prizes for best sound, best editing, and best photography. [37] At the BAFTA Television Awards, Frozen Planet was nominated for Best Specialist Factual and the YouTube Audience Award, but lost in both categories. [38] It was also nominated for a Royal Television Society award. [39] Discovery, BBC Team Again for 'Frozen Planet' TV Event for 2012". Multichannel News. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008 . Retrieved 25 April 2008. Exclusive 'BBC Earth Experiences' Rolling Out Across the Holland America Line Fleet". Holland America Blog. 2 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021 . Retrieved 4 November 2021. Pearson, Allison (14 December 2011). "Fake? Sir David Attenborough is a wonder of the world". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017 . Retrieved 15 December 2011.For others, the frozen sea is a trap. A pod of beluga whales has been confined to an ice hole for five months, slowly starving to death as the food around them runs out. Their salvation lies in the strengthening sun that comes with spring, melting the sea ice, allowing their escape.

The subject of the second programme is to follow the polar spring: the ice melts and migratory animals move to the polar regions. Most animals give birth to their offspring. Animals highlighted in this episode include the Adélie penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae), the polar bear ( Ursus maritimus) hunting for ringed seal ( Pusa hispida), the narwhal ( Monodon monoceros), a species of sea gooseberry (phylum Ctenophora), a species of sea slug, a species of sea snail, the Arctic cod (could be Arctogadus glacialis or Boreogadus saida), the Arctic woolly bear moth ( Gynaephora groenlandica), the Arctic wolf ( Canis lupus arctos), the king penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus), the macaroni penguin ( Eudyptes chrysolophus), the wandering albatross ( Diomedea exulans), the southern elephant seal ( Mirounga leonina), and the killer whale ( O. orca). Our planet is powered by the oceans, entangled in plants, and home to animals of every colour, shape and size. But in its last true wilderness, our planet is white . . . welcome to our frozen planet.Levin, Gary (8 April 2008). "Another sweeping nature special when 'Planet' freezes over". USA Today. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011 . Retrieved 25 May 2010. a b "Delve deeper into the Frozen Planet with The Open University". Press Release. The Open University. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2011.

I went to Antarctica to direct the killer whale shoot. We'd been on location only 15 days when one of the crew developed an infection. We steamed to a base several days away to get her urgent medical attention, then headed even further north to drop her off on a cruise ship. Madrak, Susie (17 November 2011). "La La La, We Can't Hear You! Discovery Channel Won't Show Last Episode of Climate Change Series". Crooks and Liars. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011 . Retrieved 17 November 2011. Above the boreal forest, we cross into the Arctic Circle, where conditions become so extreme that trees can no longer grow. This is the tundra. Living here are relics of the last ice age, musk ox. In spring, their calves face a far greater danger than the cold, grizzly bears. Encounters can be brutal, but if just a few calves survive the gauntlet, the herd’s future is secure. Today, due to climate change, our frozen peaks are undergoing rapid change. Using groundbreaking time-lapse photography, we reveal mountain glaciers vanishing before our very eyes and discover what a warming world may mean for our most famous mountain resident of all, the giant panda.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). At the point in the sequence that our female leaves her youngster - alone on a small ice floe in the middle of freezing nowhere - you're emotionally engaged. Then we reveal the difficult truth: due to climate change, storms are more frequent and the ice is thinning, which means many pups are being blown into the water before they are properly able to cope. It's heartbreaking. Can you share some examples of how climate change is affecting animal behaviour? a b c "Most viewed programmes". BARB . Retrieved 2 October 2022. (data available for Frozen Planet II broadcast weeks by searching archive)