An outstanding production, portraying the extreme environment of the polar regions and their animal denizens. As much as the descriptions of the habitats and the living organisms, it is also an account of the four-year odyssey of the BBC filming crew that braved such extreme conditions, risking their health and their lives amidst raging blizzards and crackin snow fields. By getting down in the ground with the local species, such as the penguins and the seals and whales, they have given us almost a physical experiences of the conditions. For most of us, who will never have the occasion to actually visit such places, this is truly a gut-wrenching alternative. ( )

De oneindige schoonheid van onze bevroren planeet Frozen Planet is het wonderlijke verslag van het leven in de ijzige uithoeken van de aarde en toont ons natuurverschijnselen die we nooit eerder gezien hebben. De bijzondere levens van pooldieren worden op de voet gevolgd: van pinguïns en orka's, tot ijsberen en wolven. Frozen Planet wordt geïllustreerd door adembenemende foto's uit zowel het Noord- als het Zuidpoolgebied. Een onmisbare en schitterende aanwinst voor elke natuurliefhebber!

An excellent book to complement the TV series. Utterly exquisite photography, but not much text. ( )

I really enjoyed this book. What an incredible, interesting and amazing journey and world. I might have given it less than 5 stars but I went to a brilliant talk by Doug Alan (a wildlife and documentary photographer) http://dougallan.com/#home who brought to life this incredible world that is described in this book. The 2 things working together just made it. Full of stunning photos. ( )

Mostly providing wonderful photographs, but also some trivia about the extra-ordinary life in the poles, the book was quite what I expected: I would recommend it for curious minds that are not scientists. Like most documentaries, this book raised more questions than gave answers: if you tell that the great gray owl has asymmetrically placed ears, I bet everyone wants to know where the ears are! Some facts (about the physical environment) were dropped here and there and mostly seemed correct and nicely simplified.

Most of all I enjoyed the last part: the problems the crew encountered, the good luck they had in getting the shots they got and the constant struggle against the nature - that is what the life near the poles is. ( )