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| Some Recommended Videos |
Penguins - DVD's: March of the Penguins Luc Jacquet, Warner Independent Features This French nature documentary won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It chronicles the arduous annual journey of the Emperor penguins of Antarctica as they leave their ocean habitat to walk far inland to their ancestral breeding grounds, enduring the harsh Antarctic winter to incubate and hatch their chicks. http://www.warnerbros.com/#/page=movies&pid=f-664e66f8/MARCH_OF_THE_PENGUINS&asset=059475/March_Of_The_Penguins_-_Original_Theatrical_Trailer&type=video/ Penguin Science Sponsored by the National Science Foundation This film portrays the study of Adélie penguins in their habitat, in order to understand their response to unprecedented climate and eco-system change. Available free from PenguinScience.com with a $10 shipping & handling charge. http://www.penguinscience.com/ Penguins - Online Videos: Magellanic Penguins in Argentina National Geographic scientist Dr. Dee Boersma Microchip-implanted penguins in Argentina are helping scientists by just doing what comes naturally on the birds' favorite "highway" to the sea. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090227-penguins-count-video-missions-wc.html The Planet - DVD's: Planet Earth BBC Natural History Unit & the Discovery Channel This groundbreaking eleven episode series, filmed in 2006, was the most expensive nature documentary ever filmed. Each series focuses on a different habitat on Earth and contains amazing video footage of the natural world. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html The Blue Planet BBC & the Discovery Channel A natural history of the world's oceans covers everything from the exotic spectacle of the coral reefs to the mysterious black depths of the ocean floor. The Blue Planet takes viewers on an epic journey that will profoundly change how we view our planet's oceans forever. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/blue-planet/blue-planet.html The 11th Hour Leonardo DiCaprio The 11th Hour explores how we have arrived at the last moment when change is possible in our environment, and what we can do to change our present course. Fifty leading scientists and thinkers discuss the most important issues facing our planet and people and what we can do. http://www.warnerbros.com/#/page=movies&pid=f-7a5bcfaf/11th_Hour&asset=059432/11th_Hour_-_On_DVD_Now&type=video/ Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog 'There is a hidden society at the end of the world. One thousand men and women live together under unbelievably close quarters in Antarctica, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science. Werner Herzog, accompanied only by his cameraman, traveled to Antarctica, with rare access to the raw beauty and raw humanity of the ultimate Down Under.' http://www.wernerherzog.com/main/index.htm http://www.slate.com/id/2193357 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure WGBH and White Mountain Films, LLC 'This film tells the extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now-legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. This is a true story of epic proportions where viewers will feel as if they have been transported back in time to experience what is considered to be the greatest survival story of all time.' http://main.wgbh.org/imax/shackleton/ If you can't find these DVD videos at your local store, most are available on Netflix. |
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