Adélie penguins on iceberg surrounded by masses of floating ice, Western Antarctica. Summer is the time when parents make fishing trips round the clock to feed their growing chicks. Frozen Planet
Snowy owl female with chicks, Arctic. Each chick eats two lemmings a day so the parents are kept very busy. Frozen Planet
Ellesmere Island, Canada. These wolves are extremely remote and unused to humans. It took the crew many weeks before the wolves would allow them to get this close. Frozen Planet
Young polar bears relaxing on ground. Hudson Bay, Canada. Frozen Planet captured a surprisingly playful and sociable side of polar bears. Frozen Planet
Mother polar bear and two cubs on pack ice, Svalbard. She is sizing up the camera crew as a potential meal whilst they were filming with their aerial camera mounted to a zodiac. They tried to maintain a distance of 15 metres at all times - but sometimes the polar bears didn’t observe the rules! Frozen Planet
Grey owl as seen on "Frozen Planet."
King penguins as seen on "Frozen Planet."
Male polar bear follows female, showing battle scars. The size difference is clearly illustrated - the male weighs twice as much as she does. The Frozen Planet crew filmed the entire courtship sequence over a fortnight, capturing extraordinary intimate and tender moments. The male had to defend his interests in the female by fighting off at least 10 rival males. By the end of the period, he was covered in blood and limped away into the sunset. But at least he had ensured that his female hadn’t mated with any other males. This would guarantee that the cubs that she would give birth to in nine months time would be his. He returns to his solitary ways out on the sea ice, and will never see his mate again. Frozen Planet
Polar Bears in Decline
Disappearing Penguins
