Antarctica—cold, barren, yet arguably one of the most beautiful
places on the planet. Travel to this remote area of the Earth and
discover the diversity of life that actually exists where no one
would expect life to be.
Meet the penguins who call Antarctica home. It’s hard not
to laugh when you see their awkward on-land exploits, but you’ll
be amazed at the grace and beauty of their underwater exploits.
The Antarctic is the only place on earth with no permanent human
inhabitants. Drier than the Sahara and three times higher than the
highest place on earth, it is also the coldest, with temperatures
plummeting to minus 53 degrees C. And yet, the Antarctic holds 70
per cent of the world’s water in its ice sheets.
Explorers from Scott to modern day scientists risk everything to
try and unlock the secrets of this remarkable continent. Important
studies monitoring the hole in the ozone layer, spelunking in hidden
crevasses to collect ice core samples, and other scientific work
being carried out under extreme conditions is captured by the camera
for the giant screen. For the vast majority of us—this is
the closest we’ll ever get to Antarctica.
The landscape is at once forbidding and beautiful Penguins are at home on land and in the sea in the Antarctic
