Langt ude i den antarktiske ødemark ligger en lille amerikansk forsøgsstation. Den iskolde fred på basen forstyrres af en ikkejordisk eksistens med alt andet end fredelig hensigter, der kan tage form efter hvad den slår ihjel. Snart må beboerne kæmpe for livet uden at vide, om deres kolleger i virkeligheden er monsteret i forklædning.
Kongepingviner danner par ved at synge sig ind i hinandens hjerter. Derfor er det mere end almindelig surt for pingvinen Mumble, da han opdager, at han ikke kan synge. I stedet beslutter Mumble at forsøge at danse sig til opmærksomhed fra sin elskede. Opmærksomhed får han, men ikke på den gode måde. I hvert fald ikke til at begynde med.
Palæntolog Kate Lloyd slutter sig til Dr. Sander Halvorsons dansk/norske team af forskere på Antarktis, hvor de har opdaget et rumskib begravet i isen og en organisme, som ser ud til at være død. Da et eksperiment befrier rumvæsenet, dukker "noget" op, som kan antage forskellige former og kopiere et hvilket som helst levende væsen. Kate og besætningens pilot, Carter, kæmper for at forhindre væsenet i at dræbe dem én efter én... Paranoia spreder sig snart som en epidemi, mens den ene efter den anden bliver inficeret, og en spændende kamp for overlevelse er i gang.
Verdens koldeste sted - Antarktis - danner rammen om dette gribende polareventyr fra Disney. Eight Below er inspireret af en virkelig hændelse og er en historie om tro, håb og grænseløst venskab. Da en forsker bliver skadet under en ekspedition og en isnende polarstorm samtidig trækker op over Antarktis, bliver polarguiden Jerry Shapherd og hans kollegaer nødt til at evakuere forskningsstationen i al hast. Jerrys trofaste slædehunde bliver tvunget til at blive i det ubarmhjertige klima. Og drevet af et ubrydeligt venskabsbånd, og med enestående mod, gør Jerry sig klar til at vende tilbage for at redde sine venner. En opgave der bliver det sværeste han nogensinde har gjort...
Den største af alle pingvinarter, Kejserpingvinen, lever på Antarktis. Der er ikke mange andre dyr tilbage på Antarktis. De er flygtet fra den bidende kulde, den kolde is og den hårde storm. Men pingvinerne holder stand. De kan svømme, men deres helt specielle form for yngel og æglægning kræver, at de også opholder sig på den faste, kolde is.
Engang var Bernadette Fox en prisvindende arkitekt, men nu er hun en småpsykotisk og deprimeret curlingmor. Efter en mislykket tvangsindlæggelse, en nabokrig og problemer med den russiske mafia, forsvinder hun pludselig, og hendes 15-årige datter Bee sætter alt ind på at finde hende.
Den Emmy-vindende BBC-serie, Vores Planet, er klippet sammen til filmen Earth - en betagende fortælling om planetens dyr, deres levesteder og selve Jordens eksistensgrundlag.
Vi er midt i 1. verdenskrig. En tysk ubåd sænker et britisk skib og tager de overlevende ombord. Kort tid efter er ubåden ude af kurs og besætningen må skaffe mere brændstof for at komme hjem. Da støder de på en mystisk ø, hvor et ældgammelt olieraffinaderi muligvis kan levere det brændstof de skal bruge. Eneste problen: Øens lokalbefolkning. En besynderlig blanding af dyr og mennesker fra forskellige tidsperioder. Der er dinosaurs, flyveøgle og primitive hulemænd!
Playful penguin Pingu lives with his family in Antarctica, where he often finds himself caught up in mischievous high jinks with his pal Robby.
In an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station in which winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months, a small team, known as the Winterers, remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their innovative research. Renowned biologist Arthur Wilde is determined to find a solution to climate change, but his quest turns into a nightmare when several of his esteemed scientists suddenly begin to die.
Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart and sensation left alone. When we reach that place, what will we think? Howling, 40 degree angle. Raging, 50 degree angle. Shouting, 60 degree angle. A wilderness beyond the heavy sea. The furthest south, far from civilization. At the top of the Earth. We will find lights through the girls' eyes to live tomorrow.
David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.
The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
The Japanese 38th South Pole research expedition team are at the Dome base. Located 1,000 km away from the main Showa base at an altitude of 3,800 m, it is called the most inhospitable place on earth with an average temperature of -54 deg Celsius. No living thing or even a virus can survive in such an environment. Three of the seven-member expedition team are researchers and the remaining four are support personnel. However, they are common men who have to live together in the confined space of the Dome base for one year.
The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen in their attempts to reach the South Pole. The series ran for seven episodes and starred a wide range of UK and Norwegian character actors as well as featuring some famous names, such as Max von Sydow, Richard Wilson, Sylvester McCoy and Pat Roach. It also featured performances early in their careers by Bill Nighy and Hugh Grant. Subsequently Huntford's book was republished under the same name. The book put forth the point of view that Amundsen's success in reaching the South Pole was abetted by much superior planning, whereas errors by Scott ultimately resulted in the death of him and his companions.
In 2049, the only remaining data center "Black Box" on the planet rendered uninhabitable by climate disaster. The recorder who resides in "Black Box" accidentally brings out the documentary made by 2023 musicians... The last record on earth left with music on the fast-destroying earth, "The Black Box on Earth"!
Sir David Attenborough looks at the natural history of the Antarctic continent
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton makes an epic 500-mile journey to the South Pole by kite, by ski and - in a world first - by bike, to raise awareness for Sport Relief.
Take a journey to Antarctica to experience the world’s most extreme wilderness, to see the massive undertaking it is to support human life there, and to chronicle the world-changing science being done. Embed with missions on the ice, underneath it, and atop some of its peaks, as scientists and survival experts join forces to fight brutal conditions to help change the world.
Double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, TV presenter Ben Fogle and Doctor Ed Coats compete in one of the world’s greatest challenges – the 2009 race to the South Pole - the first organised race since Scott and Amundsen almost 100 years ago.
Documentary series aimed at understanding the jobs of the "Ice Rangers": these men and women who manage the practical aspects of the Princess Elisabeth polar station on a daily basis. What drives them to the idea of coming to isolate themselves on this basis? How do they manage to manage their emotions and their private lives? This daily life will be juxtaposed with scientific missions and challenges and, therefore, more universal questions to understand why it is important to continue research in this white continent and what challenges for tomorrow this represents at the planetary and climatic level.
In 1989, the German polar explorer Arved Fuchs and the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner set out together to reach the South Pole on skis without sled dogs or motor technology and then cross the entire Antarctic. There are problems right from the start because the onward transport to the starting point by plane cannot be carried out on time. Finally, the adventurers set off from Patriot Hills Base Camp on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to the Pole. The completely different character traits of the two men quickly emerge. Messner is impetuous and pushes for speed. The calm Fuchs divides his strength and consistently follows his pace during all planned breaks. On New Year's Eve 1989, the two men are warmly welcomed by the crew of the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. But the much larger and more dangerous part of their adventurous continental crossing still lies ahead of them. The 3-part documentary shows one of the last great adventures of modern times in impressive pictures.
This series follows a modern expedition that re-creates Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition, which launched in 1914. The series joins a crew of five intrepid explorers, led by renowned adventurer, scientist, and author Tim Jarvis, as they duplicate Shackleton's epic sea-and-land voyage in a replica of the original explorer's lifeboat.
Series following the reconstruction of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's epic, but ill-fated, trek to the South Pole in 1911
