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Title:

Polar extremes / produced by David Dugan ; directed by Lucy Haken ; a NOVA production by Windfall Films for WGBH Boston.

Publisher:

PBS,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Climatic changes.
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Haken, Lucy, 1981- television director.
Dugan, David, television producer.
Burnard, Sabrina, editor of moving image work.
Leigh, Piers, director of photography.
De Wardener, Max, composer (expression)
Johnson, Kirk R., on-screen presenter.
PBS DVD (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from title screens. Kirk Johnson, presenter.

Summary:

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson embarks on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of the planet. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places - beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic - NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

Series:

Nova

ISBN:

1531711820
9781531711825

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1143695939

UPC:

841887043571

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)