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Footsteps in the Snow

08/10/1998

BBC Two - Life in the Freezer, Footsteps in the Snow

A look at how today scientists manage to live at the Pole all year round.

David Attenborough's series on Antarctica focuses on the race for the South Pole and reveals how today's scientists live in this frozen world all year round.

David Attenborough's natural history of Antarctica focuses on man's struggle to survive in this frozen world. From Captain Scott's old hut, he describes the race to be the first to the South Pole, and he reveals how today scientists and support staff manage to live at the Pole all year round, despite temperatures of -70C and weeks of total darkness.

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