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The program that brings you a world beyond imagination... This landmark, high-definition series from the BBC's world renowned Natural History Unit brings to the screen the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic. Ambitious and epic in scale, it is the ultimate close encounter with the polar regions, capturing all the jaw-dropping beauty and majestic power of the elements.

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Did You Know?

• Hundreds of football sized Brunsvigia bosmaniae flower heads emerge out of the ground at the same time exactly three weeks after autumn’s first 15mm of rain.
• Killer whales are actually dolphins (Delphinius Orca).
• The biggest snake ever was 91cm wide, over 13 metres long and ate crocodiles. Fortunately it became extinct more than 50 million years ago.
• Meerkats cannot focus on anything within six metres of themselves. When they bob their heads they are trying to get the perspective right.
• A Kasanka bat colony consumes six million kg of fruit per night. An area the size of Central Park in Kasanka is home to up to 11 million fruit bats.

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