Dark fears over the North Pole. Long sheltered from large-scale industrial exploitation, the Arctic is now at risk of becoming the last El Dorado for major oil companies. This, combined with the melting of ice caused by global warming, poses enormous ecological risks: the impact of an oil spill, for example, would be incomparably more serious in this extreme climate than in any other part of the world.

Documentary originally produced for BBC's television series "Natural World".

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Documentary about bears where the animals were filmed completely undisturbed.

Aquatic life, textures, and viscera found along the Northern California coast.

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Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate...

Alaska... Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discov...

Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet...

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A look at the great wolf debate with comments and views from people on both sides. It also contains ...

Explore the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops f...

William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of...

A group of artists settle in a swamp on the banks of the Indre River. Meanwhile, a voice describes a...
Mary Field edits the time-lapse photography of F. Percy Smith to show the life cycle of ferns and re...
Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of fro...

Underwater and microscopic photography by F. Percy Smith tell the story of a newt's life.

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer hom...

In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mo...

Danusia and her daughter Basia live far away from the modern world, in tune with the rhythm and laws...