Frozen Planet, Wednesday 2nd November, 9pm, BBC One
If you haven't seen the eye popping spectacle that is Frozen Planet, then head to BBC iPlayer and join the millions of people who are still picking their jaws up from the floor after last weeks episode 'To the ends of the Earth'. This week Spring arrives, and after five months of night, warmth and life return to these frozen kingdoms - the greatest seasonal transformation on our planet is underway.
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Spring arrives to turning headsIf you haven't seen the eye popping spectacle that is Frozen Planet, then head to BBC iPlayer and join the millions of people who are still picking their jaws up from the floor after last weeks episode 'To the ends of the Earth'. This week Spring arrives, and after five months of night, warmth and life return to these frozen kingdoms - the greatest seasonal transformation on our planet is underway.
Male Adelie penguins arrive in Antarctica to build their nests
It takes a good property to attract the best mates and the males will stop at
nothing to better their rivals! But these early birds face the fiercest storms on the planet. Eventually, the female Adelie penguins arrive, chased from the water by killer whales. Mating and chick rearing lie ahead of them
In the Arctic, a polar bear mother is hunting with her cubs.
Unicorns of the North are on the move
Inland, the frozen rivers start to break up and billions of tons of ice are swept downstream in the greatest of polar spectacles. This melt-water fertilizes the Arctic Ocean, feeding vast shoals of Arctic cod, and narwhal who use cracks in the ice as temporary highways. The influx of freshwater accelerates the breakup of the sea-ice - an area of ice the size of Australia will soon vanish from the Arctic.
Arctic wolves race to raise their cubs before the cold returns.
Elephant seals fight furious battles amongst the greatest mass of animals on the planet.
