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Under Antarctic Ice
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Antarctica. On the surface, it’s the bleakest of lands, with ferocious winds, flightless birds, and enough ice to flood half the planet’s population if it were to melt. But below that frozen mass, a fantastic environment of indescribable beauty teems with life. NATURE takes viewers into the world that is Under Antarctic Ice.

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This program premiered January 12, 2003.

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steven trayanoff -- August 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

love your programs

Ana -- August 25th, 2008 at 11:20 am

i love your programs…diving is my fav.

Mathilda -- September 18th, 2008 at 2:08 am

it is really amazing!!

BettyH -- September 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm

Very good programs ! Love its !!!

Rain -- October 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

love the program, feel like I am a part of the action!
:)

Tanache -- October 29th, 2008 at 5:16 am

love it as well i do fell as if iam there thank you and my children will thank u keep the great work

bill goodwin -- November 1st, 2008 at 4:03 am

For a program called “nature” there’s not much nature in it. It seems to me that the documentary is focused more on the researchers than nature. It should be called “people in nature”

bobbie barton -- November 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

i love all of your shows there should be more of them on the air.they are intresting as well as educational

Rajiv -- November 21st, 2008 at 4:51 am

I couldn’t seem to find the shot that’s the thumbnail for this video in the “Watch Full Episodes” page, that (jellyfish?) looks quite stunning..

gregor -- November 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm

beautiful, thanks & congratulations

el -- November 25th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

I really love your programs…I just would love to see more animals, but the show was great. I do not have the opportunity to travel but I just imagine myself in those beautiful and inaccesibles places…thanks!!!

Oren -- December 1st, 2008 at 3:34 am

Through your shows and many others like it, I can easily say Nature is the only true life on earth. And the only true life that will survive our human behavior.

Art Souther -- December 2nd, 2008 at 3:02 am

Makes me yearn for the old Nature of George Page, when nature was much more the focus. This film had an amateurish quality, and far too much time was spent on mundane scenes of interaction among humans.
Its sad to see such an outstanding nature show slip so far from the George Page days. Thus used to be the only nature program that rivaled the wonderful programs produced by the BBC.

Jay -- December 4th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

This program is one of the few that inspire me

Gene -- December 10th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

Another fine program; in a word, spellbinding.

It was insinuated that Dale Stokes’ unfortunate decompression sickness would prevent him from diving again. I hope this is not the case.

Soung-Chul -- December 15th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

I’m speechless. It’s stunning & wonderful.
I’ve never known that the Antarctic ecosystem has these diverse creatures.

Holli -- January 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 am

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Awesome!

[...] Science: Physical & Behavioral Adaptations: Under Antartic Ice [...]

ST -- February 4th, 2009 at 1:07 am

A very good program!

lorenzo -- February 25th, 2009 at 2:56 am

awesome episode, must of token a lot of time and effort. Their effort is appreciated

Jazmine -- March 3rd, 2009 at 12:48 am

Amazing Video…. I do wish they showed more of the animals under water… Over all it was a great program!!!

JA -- March 11th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

Excellent and breathtaking!

All Dad -- May 30th, 2009 at 2:10 am

Nature at it’s best, my 2 year old was glued to the screen, that’s saying a lot!!

junard moya -- August 17th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

this is realy amazing video

Brenda -- September 8th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

I love every episode that pbs has. Very intresting!!!

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