Frozen Planet II 4K UHD

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The behaviour filmed by Frozen Planet II is so special a scientific publication is underway based on our BBC footage.

BBC Studios partners with FRIDAY! for the BBC Planet franchise". www.bbc.com . Retrieved 1 September 2022. As temperatures rise at an unprecedented rate our frozen planet is literally vanishing before our eyes. The series reveals the true impact on both wildlife and humans. We meet scientists who’ve dedicated their lives to understanding what these changes mean - not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the planet as a whole. Journeying from pole to pole, we reveal the surprising frozen worlds that exist across the planet and the remarkable animals that make them their home.Ruggedised timelapse cameras were deployed to glaciers across the world so that the team could document changes in ice over the course of filming. Locations include Svalbard, Antarctica, Greenland, and the Quelccaya glacier in the Peruvian Andes. Only around 120 Amur leopards remain in the wild, now limited to the far east of Siberia, but huge conservation efforts are slowly increasing their numbers (Image: Sergey Gorshkov) In Frozen Ocean the series dives into a world of water and ice to reveal the animals which survive on and under the Arctic sea ice. It’s a seasonal story that begins in the depths of winter. This is a time of plenty for polar bears who can afford to play in the short winter days, through to the perils of spring as the sea ice breaks up, finally to its bountiful summer where visitors are drawn to the ocean from afar to feed up and breed.

To film calving glaciers from an aerial perspective the team used drones. The glacier in question, Store Glacier, measures 5km across and the team had to be on standby watching the glacier 24/7 for more than four weeks, ready to launch the drones whenever action seemed likely, within minute of activity starting. Our frozen planet is changing. In this final episode, we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean, not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the world as a whole. It will air on multiple broadcast channels globally and be simultaneously published across BBC and BBC Studios platforms, plus Hans Zimmer and Camilla Cabello’s social channels.

Episode 2 - Frozen Ocean

Working in conjunction with bee scientists, the team used a new low-light sensitive 6K camera called the ‘Mavo’ to reveal the secret life of the Lapland bumble bee as she emerged from her underground burrow and raised her brood. This happens in total darkness so the team needed a camera which could capture enough detail without disturbing the queen. We meet lonely albatross forming unexpected male-male pairs as there are no longer enough females to bond with, before journeying across the Southern Ocean to meet the largest animal on earth - giant Antarctic blue whales. These are seldom seen, let alone filmed. Under the sea ice we meet a mother Weddell seal who must defend her pup from the attractions of an amorous male In the series we celebrate the frozen planet through wildlife, engaging the audience with animal stories and magical settings that will enthral them. I also wanted to show what changes had taken place in these regions while we were filming the series.