About Ice Sheet
An ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km².
Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable'
... These floating tongues of ice extend from the main Ice Sheet into the ocean, and play a key role in holding back the glaciers behind...
Climate change: Greenland's culture shifts as Arctic heats up
... It s one of the few outlets where Greenland s Ice Sheet meets the sea...
Frozen Planet II returns with live footage of avalanche
... Greenland and Antarctica are currently, and Greenland s Ice Sheet has been shrinking continuously for the last 25 years due to climate change, There is humour and heartbreak - and efforts to build a connection with the " characters" - as the series producer Elizabeth White likes to refer to the animals...
Antarctica: Southern Ocean floor mapped in greatest ever detail
... " We can also study how the Antarctic Ice Sheet has changed over thousands of years just by looking at the seafloor, " explained Dr Rob Larter from the British Antarctic Survey...
Climate change: UN report to show true scale of impacts
... " The study will also outline key " tipping points" likely to be passed as the world warms - some of which are irreversible like the disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet...
IPCC: Climate change report to sound warning on impacts
... The study will also outline key " tipping points" that are likely to be passed as the world warms - some of which are irreversible like the disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet...
'I've seen irreversible change but hope too for planet'
... And on my first trip to the Greenland Ice Sheet, in 2004, researchers were talking of the melting ice as more of a problem for the future...
Archaeological digs in new locations at Culloden Battlefield
... The stone was torn from the ground as a huge Ice Sheet crept out of the west towards the Moray Firth coast...
Frozen Planet II returns with live footage of avalanche
High-speed drones whizz along an avalanche's deadly wall of tumbling snow, rare Siberian tigers hunt hibernating prey, and microscopes capture ice breaking.
More Than a decade on from The First series, Frozen Planet II returns, using new technology to give BBC viewers an unprecedented insight into life in The coldest parts of Our Planet , many of which are under huge threat from Climate Change .
It took The Bbc Natural History Unit (NHU) four and a half years of filming across 18 different countries to produce The six-part series.
The result, Sir David Attenborough reveals in The opening sequence, captures " natural phenomena never before seen by humans".
The success of The series in revealing new Animal Behaviour has already led to one scientific publication on The Lapland bumble bee - with more expected to follow.
From episode one, viewers will see an endangered Siberian Tiger (also known as The Amur tiger) prowling for potential sources of food sleeping out The Winter in Caves - The First Time this activity has been filmed.
They are so Elusive - - it took three years to get them on camera.
The benefit of waiting 11 years for a new series is that camera technology has moved on considerably.
Microscopes were used to film ice cracking below baby emperor penguins' feet as they made The Treacherous journey to The Sea . Motion-triggered time lapse cameras were set to catch a tiger on The Move . The NHU even partnered with space-imaging experts to document The Great ice melt on a global scale.
Perhaps most impressive is The First ever use by The NHU of a New Generation of light-weight fast-response drones.
This enabled The Team to capture The terrifying first-hand experience of flying down The mountainside alongside an avalanche.
These drones were also used to document a mammoth ice calving in Greenland - a fast and difficult to predict event.
For More Than four weeks The Team watched on rotation for 24 hours A Day , ready to send The Drones nearly a mile across The Ocean to reach The vast Store Glacier. The resulting clips immerse The viewer in towering blocks of ice, some 100ft (30m) high, as they break away from The glacier.
Mark Brownlow , executive producer of The series, points out that Frozen Planet II is not just about capturing nice footage but also " draws attention to changes going on now".
Greenland and Antarctica are currently, and Greenland 's Ice Sheet has been shrinking continuously for The Last 25 years due to Climate Change ,
There is humour and Heartbreak - and efforts to build a connection with The " characters" - as The series producer Elizabeth White likes to refer to The Animals .
In one sequence you're desperately willing newborn musk oxen to make it through The First days of their brutal lives in The barren world of The frozen tundra.
Amid The Animal drama it's easy to forget that someone was enduring The same extremes behind The camera to capture such moments.
Alex Lanchester, Frozen Planet II producer, said that " The camera operator who filmed The musk ox story had to camp out in The Arctic in blizzard conditions".
" He towed behind him a garden shed on his Skidoo and he lived in that. "
Besides The difficulties that always come with filming in The Most treacherous places on Earth, This Was all done during a global pandemic.
One film crew had to quarantine for 42 days in South Africa before even beginning their trip to Antarctica.
Although The Stars of Frozen Planet II are No Doubt The Animals , The series brings some A-list quality in The soundtrack.
Hans Zimmer scored The Music for The series, and worked with Camila Cabello to produce a new song for The trailer.
: " To be able to combine My Passion for The Planet We Live on and my Music Is A Dream come true.
" Sir David's narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from Global Warming . "
Frozen Planet II begins on Bbc One at 20:00 BST on Sunday.
Source of news: bbc.com
