NOVA

Polar Extremes

Directed by Lucy Haken, Joby Lubman
TV-PG
S47 • E1    Feb 4, 2020    55m
8.3
Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

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Cast of Polar Extremes

  • Rich BarclaySelf - Fellow, National Museum of Natural History
  • Jonathan BlochSelf - Curator, Florida Museum
  • Julie Brigham-GretteSelf - University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Dennis DavisSelf - Shishmaref Resident
  • Jaelyn EberleSelf - University of Colorado Boulder
  • Jason HillierSelf - EYOS Expeditions
  • David HollandSelf - New York University Abu Dhabi
  • Denise HollandSelf - New York University Abu Dhabi
  • Kayla IacovinoSelf - Volcanologist, NASA
  • Kirk JohnsonSelf - Presenter & Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History
  • Morris KiyutellukSelf - Elder and Shishmaref Resident
  • Marcelo LeppeSelf - Director, Chilean Antarctic Institute
  • Francis MacdonaldSelf - University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Diego PolSelf - Paleontologist, Argentina National Council of Scientific and Technical Research - Museum Egidio Feruglio CONICET- MEF Museum
  • Maureen RaymoSelf - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
  • Alexandra RothermelSelf - United States Department of the Interior, Death Valley National Park Ranger
  • Brian RougeuxSelf - Mountaineer
  • Jeremy ShakunSelf - Paleoclimatologist, Boston College
  • Dave StarkSelf - Mountain Guide
  • Clifford WeyiouannaSelf - Elder and Shishmaref Resident
  • James W.C. WhiteSelf - University of Colorado Boulder
  • Grant ZazulaSelf - Yukon Palaeontologist
  • Lucy HakenDirector
  • Joby LubmanDirector / Producer
  • David DuganProducer

 

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