BBC Atlas of the Natural World - Africa/Europe (Wild Africa / Congo / The First Eden / Europe - A Natural History)

Price 34.95 - 59.98 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 794051291721


Manufacture Fine Line Home Video

Manufacture Country USA

From the BBC"s internationally renowned, award winning Natural History unit comes the second release in this extraordinarily ambitious undertaking. BBC Atlas of the Natural World is a unique survey of life on Earth in all its remarkable richness an beauty. This six-disc set brings together four landmark BBC series that combine to give one of the most comprehensive portraits of Africa (Wild Africa and Congo), the Mediterranean (The First Eden) and Europe (Europe: A Natural History) ever assembled. In over 12 hours of programming reaching back over three billion years, viewers will examine the birth of these vast continents from the dawn of time and examine how the rise of human civilization has forever changed the landscape. Special Features: Documentaries: The Nile (2x50) Crocodiles and Kings - Examines the Nile through the eyes of the ancient Egyptians The Great Floods - Ancient Egypt was built on the promise of the Nile"s annual great flood Documentary: Spirits of the Forest: Madagascar - The landscape and wildlife of Madagascar, a treasure house of weird and wonderful wildlife Documentaries: Scandinavia: Lands of the Midnight Sun - Every year seasons transform the fjords, forests & mountains of Norway & Sweden; each season brings challenges & harvests to man & nature. Fresh Waters, Salt Seas - From the polluted Baltic to the overfished Arctic the relationship between man and nature has changed and the future is uncertain. Documentary: Fire and Ice - A film about how Iceland"s wildlife, including puffins and Arctic foxes, survives volcanic eruptions and scalding geysers.