Polar Explorations

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"Created in collaboration with National Geographic"--Publisher's web site.
"Course no. 3502"--Disc label.
Course consists of 22 lectures.
Each lecture ca. 30 min.
Disc 1. A passion for the poles -- Seasons at the poles -- Connections between the poles -- The saga of Arctic exploration -- The icy heart of polar seas -- Geology of the Arctic Circle.
Disc 2. Science and spirits of the Arctic sky -- Indigenous peoples of the Arctic -- Greenland and Arctic Islands -- Terrestrial mammals in the changing Arctic -- Seabirds of the Arctic and Antarctic -- Marine mammals, from whales to walruses.
Disc 3. The race for the South Pole -- Geological features of Antarctica -- Antarctica's window on the universe -- Diving under polar ice -- Resource development in polar seas -- South Georgia and Macquarie.
Disc 4. Living among the penguins -- Antarctica : a continent for science -- Basics of polar photography -- Photographing polar landscapes.
Presented by Sylvia A. Earle, Ralph Lee Hopkins, Fen Montaigne, Edward M. Murphy, Michael E. Wysession.
DVD.
NTSC.

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