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Life in the Freezer Season 1 Episode 6

David Attenborough’s natural history of Antarctica focuses on man’s struggle to survive in this frozen world. From Captain Scott’s old hut, he describes the race to be the first to the South Pole, and he reveals how today scientists and support staff manage to live at the Pole all year round, despite temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius and weeks of total darkness.

Episode Title: Footsteps in the Snow

Air Date: 1993-12-23