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201655 minPGdocumentary

animals biodiversity marine-conservation climate-change wildlife-conservation

Wildest Antarctica

201655 minPGdocumentary

Antarctica's breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife, including penguins, seals, and whales, face significant threats from climate change and human activity.

animals biodiversity marine-conservation climate-change wildlife-conservation

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Wildest Antarctica

2016• 55 minPG

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Antarctica's breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife, including penguins, seals, and whales, face significant threats from climate change and human activity.

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Greg Grainger

Greg Graingerdirector

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The stunning, awesome, majestic, chilling beauty and grandeur of the Antarctic and its wild creatures, all in dramatic action sequences.... from penguins and seals to whales and birds. Not only great action, a compelling highly topical storyline: The many real threats to this pristine paradise and its wildlife.

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