Life In The Freezer

ANTARTICA. Experience the beauty, and the sadness of the last true wilderness on Earth.... At one and a half times the size of the United States, it has a year round population of only 800 people. Three quarters of the world's fresh water envelops it in a layer of ice so thick it conceals mountain ranges as vast as the Alps. And with temperatures below -70oC and winds of 120mph, Antarctica is the coldest, loneliest place on Earth. But it is also a place of majestic beauty which can support astonishingly rich and varied forms of wildlife. Presented by David Attenborough, Life in the Freezer reveals incomparable standards of natural history filming to trace Antarctica's seasonal cycle from the long winter months when the formation of the ice almost doubles its surface area, to the race to summer when the race to breed really heats up. The scenes are incredible:mighty hump-back whales feeding deep within the icy polar waters; a bloodthirsty battle between two bull elephant seals over access to their individual "harems"; thousands of king penguin chicks marshalled as far as the eye can see on the exposed Antarctic beach; the forcefeeding of an albatross chick by its industrious parents; the heartbreakingly dignified final walk back up the beach of a fatally wounded penguin. With more scenes of sheer beauty, passion, comedy, aggression and sadness than any other drama, Life in the Freezer is an unmissable opportunity to experience the last true wilderness on Earth. © A BBC production in association with The National Geographic Society and Lionheart Television International Inc.