Planet Earth [videorecording] / a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production, in association with the CBC ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill ; producers, Penny Allen, Vanessa Berlowitz, Mark Brownlow, Andy Byatt, Huw Cordey, Jonny Keeling, Mark Lindfield.
Title from disc surfaces. Narrator, David Attenborough.
Contents:
Disc 1: From pole to pole ; Mountains ; Fresh water -- Disc 2: Caves ; Deserts ; Ice worlds -- Disc 3: Great plains ; Jungles ; Shallow seas -- Disc 4: Seasonal forests ; Ocean deep.
Summary:
This experience captures rare action, impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers. Experience sights and sound never before captured on film. Using High Definition photography and revolutionary ultra-high speed cameras, five years in the making, over 2000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen across 200 locations, and is the ultimate portrait of our planet.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.