The Arctic Ocean and the boundless hostile Antarctica, the inhospitable snowy peaks of the Himalayas, the eternal glaciers of Greenland, the European Alps and Andes in South America, the barren tundra and the unknown forests of Siberia. Eleven years after the release of the first cycle, the cult BBC documentary series Frozen Planet returns with six new episodes that explore the frozen corners of the Earth and the daily lives of their amazing animals: polar bears, emperor penguins, Siberian tigers, flamingos, African elephants, giant pandas. Evergreen Sir David Attenborough remains the host of the series. It took about four and a half years and 2,200 shooting days to complete, on all continents, in 18 different regions of the world.

New landscapes of stunning beauty, stories of coexistence and new perspectives captured on camera for the first time. “The purpose of the new episodes is to show the abundance and diversity of these beautiful frozen habitats, as well as the difficulties that animals face and have to overcome in order to survive in these worlds that seem distant and hostile to us,” the award says. victory with Emmy and Bafta producer Elizabeth White. “Every continent has an icy environment, and this season we have visited every one of them. We hope that people realize that we are much closer to these places than we think, and that many species of life and animals survive there. As a consequence, we hope this will encourage people to continue to protect them. Because climate change affects not only the poles, but all these frozen regions of the planet,” said producer Alex Lanchester.

The issue of climate change is at the center of the new cycle. As temperatures rise at an unprecedented rate, frozen regions of the Earth are disappearing before our eyes. The series explores the implications for both wildlife and humans. Wanting to capture landscape changes while filming episodes, they set up time-lapse cameras in the Andes, Antarctica, and beyond the Arctic Circle. “With this, I really hope we can show the magnitude of the change that is happening, how fast it is happening, and what the implications are for local, cold-adapted animals,” said EMMY award-winning producer Mark Bronlow. To this end, in the latest episode of the series, the floor is given to scientists who have dedicated their lives to recording change and understanding its implications, who are invited to share this knowledge with viewers while sending an optimistic message, says Mark Bronlow: late. There is still time, we can still protect these frozen ecosystems and wildlife, but we need to change our habits.”

The documentary series Frozen 2 will premiere on Sunday 30 October at 19:00 on BBC Earth via Cosmote TV.