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Sir David Attenborough looks at the natural history of the Antarctic continent

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Life in the Freezer: The Bountiful Sea

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The Bountiful Sea

27/08/1998

BBC Two - Life in the Freezer, The Bountiful Sea

Looks at how the abundant wildlife survives some of the hardest conditions on the planet.

A natural history of Antarctica presented by David Attenborough. Looks at how the abundant wildlife survives some of the hardest conditions on the planet.

With winter temperatures of -70C and winds of 100mph, only a few hundred people live in this inhospitable continent that is one and a half times the size of Europe. The wildlife, however, is abundant - millions of penguins, thousands of whales and half the world's seals somehow survive some of the hardest conditions on the planet.

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