04- Frozen Seas

Original air date: 4 October 2001

The outline shows how the programme unfolds, more detailed information is in the text timeline below

Selected material

A break in the ice

There can be two kinds of breaks in the ice. The image on the left shows a polynya, where the current is too strong for the ice to freeze over (3’31). On the right there is a waterhole that belugas keep open by constantly moving about (4’50).

More episodes

01 - The blue planet
02- The Deep
03- Open Ocean
05- Seasonal Seas
06- Coral Seas
07- Tidal Seas
08- Coasts
09- Deep Trouble
10- Making Waves
Series in retrospect