"Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...

"Climb with monkeys. Swim with dolphins. Take a ride through the incredible Amazon!"--P. [4] of cover.

"Four years in the making, filmed over 3000 days, across every continent and in every habitat, with breathtaking new high definition filming techniques developed since Planet Earth, Life presents 130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world, 54 of which have never been filmed before."--Container.

From pole to pole. The introduction to the series looks at our planet as a whole and considers the key factors that have shaped its natural history. Without fresh water there is not life on land, while the sun dominates the lives of all animals and plants on Earth and defines their habitats. Mountains. This tour of our mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of...