I'm not normally much of a fan of nature documentaries, but I watched this one as it appeared on the Guardians Top TV of 2022 list. I watched the first run, from 2011 first, as I hadn't seen that either. Turns out that was a mistake as despite a slight refocus on cold climates away from the poles, this has a lot of repeated scenarios from the first season, and again the repetition within the series was pretty noticeable.
Away from the Earth polar regions, challenging cold conditions exist but various hardy ecosystems have still been established. Whether in Norway or New Zealand, the altitude of Mountain ranges all creates an area of permanent snow and Ice which some animals call home. But just like at the poles, the catastrophic effect of climate change is reducing the levels of Ice and Snow and already causing changes in behaviours and leading to significant falls in population levels.
I read a professional review that said that this plays a bit light a greatest hits album, and that's certainly not far wrong. You remember the Orca death wave, you better because it's coming back again here. Would you like to see a scientist climb down a Moulin again because it's happening. I appreciate that some of this would be alleviated if it was eleven years since you say the first series and not about 24 hours, as it was for me. It was very noticeable though. There is repetition within episodes too, as the Freeze Frame section has been renamed "Out In the Cold" and highlights how some aspect of the show was recorded.
Again, that's a fairly lengthy criticism for something that I have to say that I enjoyed and that was another vast, sacrificial undertaking for the cameramen involved. There were new tools at their disposal this time, such as drone cameras and it's worth it for the imagery they're able to capture. I fear that the environmental message will continue to fall of deaf ears, rejecting science again for profits.
Noble, beautiful and educational - if perhaps a little repetitive.
Away from the Earth polar regions, challenging cold conditions exist but various hardy ecosystems have still been established. Whether in Norway or New Zealand, the altitude of Mountain ranges all creates an area of permanent snow and Ice which some animals call home. But just like at the poles, the catastrophic effect of climate change is reducing the levels of Ice and Snow and already causing changes in behaviours and leading to significant falls in population levels.
I read a professional review that said that this plays a bit light a greatest hits album, and that's certainly not far wrong. You remember the Orca death wave, you better because it's coming back again here. Would you like to see a scientist climb down a Moulin again because it's happening. I appreciate that some of this would be alleviated if it was eleven years since you say the first series and not about 24 hours, as it was for me. It was very noticeable though. There is repetition within episodes too, as the Freeze Frame section has been renamed "Out In the Cold" and highlights how some aspect of the show was recorded.
Again, that's a fairly lengthy criticism for something that I have to say that I enjoyed and that was another vast, sacrificial undertaking for the cameramen involved. There were new tools at their disposal this time, such as drone cameras and it's worth it for the imagery they're able to capture. I fear that the environmental message will continue to fall of deaf ears, rejecting science again for profits.
Noble, beautiful and educational - if perhaps a little repetitive.