Product Details

• Actors: Martin Sheen
• Format: Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: DK Vision & BBC
• VHS Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304165196
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,606 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Which is which? We think of both places as similar ice realms, but Eyewitness: Arctic and Antarctic explains how they are a world apart (both literally and figuratively). The polar regions received their names from the Greeks: the Arctic is so called for the Great Bear, Arctus, in the northern sky; the opposite of that, Antarctic, means "no bear." The story of these icy kingdoms begins with a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, beautifully narrated by Martin Sheen, who goes on to explain the harsh ecosystems. The Arctic is a continent of ice, capable of producing icebergs the size of Belgium. Amazingly, the average iceberg holds enough freshwater to supply a family of five for 100,000 years. This documentary is chock full of facts and information about these icy lands at the top and bottom of our earth, and at the same time is extraordinary and fascinating to watch. --Samantha Allen Storey

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Penguins and Arctic Wolf, January 22, 2011

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L. Elliott "languageartsteacher" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness (Nature Series) - Arctic & Antarctic [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have watched this movie five or six times, and I love it. I made up 75 questions on it for my classes, and they loved it, too. It is so interesting. I love the way they had everything about the Arctic with the wolf and the Antarctic with the penguin. The video mentions at least four works of literature that we also studied. I really enjoyed the movie and it led me to create an entire unit. Scholastic had an Arctic unit idea that I also used, having the kids write diary entries, one of which was written in sparkly gel pen for the bulletin board. Thank you DK for another quality product.