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  • Nature's Great Events The Great Melt (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, Family

Nature's Great Events

The Great Melt (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 49 min | Documentary, Family
As winter finally passes and the sun climbs over the Arctic, the 4,000,000 square mile ice-sheet rapidly begins to melt, revealing an archipelago of islands, channels and seas. For the masters of the ice, the polar bears, this is a moment ...See moreAs winter finally passes and the sun climbs over the Arctic, the 4,000,000 square mile ice-sheet rapidly begins to melt, revealing an archipelago of islands, channels and seas. For the masters of the ice, the polar bears, this is a moment of jeopardy but for others like the arctic fox, beluga whales, thousands of lemmings and immense flocks of birds this is the richest place on Earth. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Peter Bassett
Composers
Ben Salisbury (music composed by) | Barnaby Taylor (music composed by)
Cinematographers
Martyn Colbeck (photography) | Warwick Sloss (photography)
Editors
Andy Netley (as Andrew Netley) | James Taggart
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 11, 2009
Release date
May 29, 2009 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 win & 1 nomination

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