Antarctic Guide Blog
Majority of International Broadcasters Will Show All Frozen Planet episodes
Frozen Planet There have been some assumptions in the press today about Frozen Planet, that I don’t feel are a true reflection of how the show has been sold and marketed around the world, so I wanted to provide some clarity. http://blogs.bbcworldwide.com/2011/11/15/majority-of-international-broadcasters-will-show-all-frozen-planet-episodes/
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad The BBC has dropped a climate change episode from its wildlife series Frozen Planet to help the show sell better abroad. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html
The ice doesn’t care
When natural historian Sir David Attenborough first set foot in the arctic wilderness, he was silenced by the almost unprecedented scale of it, he says. “I though of the space, I suppose, and loneliness, and insignificance,” he adds, and pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts. “It’s a corny response, but it is what […]
Aurora from space
Have a look at these amazing time lapse images of the aurora borealis from space http://vimeo.com/32001208
Antarctic Guide launches
A new website for all things Antarctica has just launched in time for the 2011 Antarctic summer season. Besides an incredible level of information about explorers, wildlife and the locations visitors may see, Antarctic Guide is also a clearing house for the latest news about Antarctica. It has been developed by Antarctic expedition staff with […]
South Polar Times reborn
The South Polar Times was an on-site monthly publication for two Antarctica expeditions. The first two volumes come from Robert Falcon Scott’s “Discovery” expedition during the winters of 1902 and 1903, edited by Sir Ernest Shackleton and Louis Bernacchi (on the expedition’s only typewriter). The third volume was edited by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, on Scott’s last expedition, the […]