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Life In The Freezer [1993]

Director: Alastair Fothergill
Format: PAL
Released: 16 Sep 2002
RRP: £16.99
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A must watch if you are going to go to Antarctica - By: Antony, 06 Nov 2006
Great summary of alll the areas most people visit when they go to Antarctica. Deception island was quite interesting, looked a lot different then what I imagined compared to what I thought it would compared to what I've read in travel guides.

Some amazing footage, including footage in the water with leopard seals!


Stunning masterpiece - By: A. Walsh, 18 Dec 2005
I know the March of the Penguins is getting a lot of press lately & there is some stunning cinematography in that piece but anyone who liked that will be blown away by Life in the Freezer. Having marvelled at it a first time, I was actuallly drawn back to watch the entire series several times. Attenborough is his usual fabulous, inobtrusive gentleman who hooks you in. Everything from March of Penguins I knew already from Life in the Freezer but there is sooooo much more here about so many animals. The antartic is teaming with life & this DVD set is just an amazing discovery.

Don't miss this one.

"Small but perfectly formed" - By: , 04 Mar 2004
I've always been fascinated with the Antarctic- I watched this religiously when it first came out & it must have made it's mark as many of the scenes I remembered after 10 years.

There are some incredible moments- the life & death of creatures who's whole lives seem to consist of nothing but hardship, huge mountain ranges untrod by human footsteps & the driest place on earth; where the only living things are algae in the rocks.

It's not an epic like the other Attenborough titles- the episodes are 1/2 hour or so long but what it seems to do is cover a bit of everything.

Not such a bad thing when you consider there reallly isn't that much there:

birds (mostly penguins)
krill (lots of)
whales (not enough of)
seals (can be nasty)
algae (a bit dull)
man (can also be nasty)

Very well put together with breathtaking camerawork this is well worth having & watching again & again.

My favorite bit of alll is the Emperor Penguin, standing in a screaming blizzard for months, in darkness, huddled together in the middle of the continent, incubating his solitary egg & waiting for his partner to return so he can then walk 100 miles to the ice edge to eat himself.

Brilliant.

Let nature be your teacher. - By: , 08 May 2003
Amazing. Sir David Attenborough's contribution to our understanding & appreciation of the natural world cannot be surpassed. As an Englishman in America - life in a cultural freezer you might say - I have reallly come to appreciate the quality of BBC programming & here it is epitomised.

The photography (BAFTA award winning) is superb & the narration is exactly what you would expect from Sir Attenborough, humourous, informative, & accessible to alll ages. I can thoroughly recommend not only this title but alll of Sir Attenborough's programs, from Blue Planet to Life of Mammals - They will be a much valued part of your DVD collection for years to come.