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Planet earth. Disc 2 [videorecording] / 2 entertain ; a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill ; producers, Huw Cordey, Vanessa Berlowitz.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: E2938 | BBC VideoLanguage: English Summary language: French, Spanish, English Original language: English Publication details: [S.l.] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007.Description: 1 videodisc (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1419849360 (set)
  • 9781419849367 (set)
Other title:
  • Planet earth [videorecording]
  • Planet earth
  • Title from container: Planet earth as you've never seen it before, the complete series [videorecording]
Uniform titles:
  • Planet Earth (Television program : 2006)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.95/4 22
LOC classification:
  • QL50 .P583 2007
Contents:
Caves -- Deserts -- Ice Worlds.
Narrated by David Attenborough.Summary: Segments 4 through 6 of the BBC 11-part nature series.Summary: Caves: Deep in an undiscovered world, including both poisonous and flooded caves, we find astonishing crystals; cave angel fish, the five million bats of Deer Cave in Borneo; and troglodytes, and weird creatures like the Texas cave salamander, that never sees daylight or sets foot on the surface.Summary: Deserts: Unravels the secrets behind desert survival and for the first time on such a scale, reveals the ephemeral nature of this dynamic environment.Summary: Ice worlds: The advance and retreat of polar ice is the real challenge to life. As the sea freezes in Antarctica all animals flee, except for the Emperor Penguin. Meanwhile, in the Arctic, humpback whales are feeding and the polar bear swims vast distances, stalking a colony of walruses.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA PLANET 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000781220

Title from disc label.

Caves -- Deserts -- Ice Worlds.

Narrated by David Attenborough.

Segments 4 through 6 of the BBC 11-part nature series.

Caves: Deep in an undiscovered world, including both poisonous and flooded caves, we find astonishing crystals; cave angel fish, the five million bats of Deer Cave in Borneo; and troglodytes, and weird creatures like the Texas cave salamander, that never sees daylight or sets foot on the surface.

Deserts: Unravels the secrets behind desert survival and for the first time on such a scale, reveals the ephemeral nature of this dynamic environment.

Ice worlds: The advance and retreat of polar ice is the real challenge to life. As the sea freezes in Antarctica all animals flee, except for the Emperor Penguin. Meanwhile, in the Arctic, humpback whales are feeding and the polar bear swims vast distances, stalking a colony of walruses.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby surround, dual-layer, DVD-9.

English dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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