Frozen Planet II (BBC Earth)

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The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice. The series was met with critical acclaim and holds a Metacritic score of 91/100. [5]

The series took four and a half years to produce, and being filmed over ten years after its predecessor, Frozen Planet II took advantage of significant advances in camera, microphone and drone technology; using drones to capture live avalanches and disintegrating glaciers. [4] Each episode, except for the last, concludes with a segment entitled Out in the Cold that highlights how some of the sequences in each episode were made. The first instalment works its way up from Antarctica to the Arctic via the Great Steppe, north of the Himalayas, the boreal forests (where the Siberian tiger roams a 700-square-mile territory looking for the 10kg of slower animal it needs a day) and Greenland. To avert the risk of falling victim to Stendhal syndrome, numbed by the relentless beauty of it all, the sweeping majesty is carefully punctuated with lighter moments. Midgley, Carol (11 September 2022). "Frozen Planet II review — life, death and love in a freezing climate". The Times . Retrieved 4 January 2023. Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer collaborate on new song for Frozen Planet II". www.bbc.com . Retrieved 28 September 2022.

Baker, Emily (11 September 2022). "Frozen Planet II is a staggeringly beautiful call to arms against climate change". inews.co.uk . Retrieved 19 September 2022. Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer collaborate on new song for Frozen Planet II". www.bbc.com . Retrieved 25 September 2022. Uncertainty surrounded whether the series' seventh episode, which focuses on climate change, would air in the United States, where it is a politically sensitive issue. Frozen Planet II review – TV so relentlessly wondrous that you'll feel like a child again". The Guardian. 11 September 2022 . Retrieved 19 September 2022. The waters surrounding Antarctica may be the richest of all, but they are also home to an exceptionally sophisticated predator, the killer whale. To reach their favoured prey, the Weddell seal, a family of killer whales have learnt to generate their own waves, washing the seals off their ice floes. It’s a technique that has been passed down over generations and is coordinated by the family matriarch, who can be over 100 years old.

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. Frozen Planet wall calendars were published in the UK for 2012 ( ISBN 9781847708564), [48] 2013 ( ISBN 9781780540818) [49] and 2014 ( ISBN 9781780543093). Hold your breath in the frozen forest where wolves play hide-and-seek with bison, and meet the lemmings that outwit an arctic fox by building their home right under her feet, buried deep beneath the snow. BBC's Dynasties II, Frozen Planet II and Planet Earth III are heading to South Korea". SEENIT. 8 June 2022 . Retrieved 24 August 2022. The BBC can be criticised for many things in recent times, but when it comes to documentaries, the corporation is still a cut above.

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Wrap up warm, and discover spine-tingling true stories from our incredible planet, in this ground-breaking new BBC Earth series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Read more Details 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?

It was filmed by the BBC Natural History Unit. The production team, which includes executive producer Mark Brownlow and series producer Elizabeth White, was previously responsible for the award-winning series Blue Planet II (2017). In a press release, Camila Cabello said: "... Frozen Planet II is stunning and Sir David’s narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from global warming. I’m grateful to be able to lend my voice to such an inspiring series." [29] The US broadcast won four prizes at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in September 2012, including outstanding nonfiction series, cinematography, sound editing, and picture editing. [40] The following month, it won in three categories at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol, UK, taking the Panda Awards for best sound, best cinematography, and best series, the latter shared with Human Planet. [41] In January 2013, the series won the public vote for Best Documentary Series at the UK's National Television Awards, beating out Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, One Born Every Minute and Planet Earth Live. [42] YearDiscovery, 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. Correspondent, Matthew Moore, Media. "BBC lets slip Attenborough's next adventure: a sequel to Frozen Planet". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 24 August 2022. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) In the United States, Frozen Planet premiered on the Discovery Channel on 18 March 2012 with Alec Baldwin replacing David Attenborough as narrator of the first six episodes. [17] [18] The "Autumn" episode from the BBC series was replaced by "The Making of Frozen Planet", a compilation of the Freeze Frame featurettes, and the title of the sixth episode was changed from "The Last Frontier" to "Life in the Freezer". The network originally decided not to broadcast Attenborough's "On Thin Ice" episode, citing "scheduling conflicts", but later reversed their decision, [19] [20] and "On Thin Ice" was broadcast on Earth Day, 22 April 2012.