Product Details

• Actors: PBS
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: WGBH BOSTON
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00018U99I
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,920 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Join daredevil glacionauts for a plunge into a hidden waterworld.

Mont Blanc, western Europe’s highest peak, rises majestically in the Alps. But deep inside its massive glaciers lurks a hidden danger–killer lakes with the potential to burst free—just as they did in 1892 when a mid-summer torrent of cascading mud and water claimed 200 lives. Armed with high-tech gear and boundless courage, a NOVA team goes where no one has gone before—deep inside the sub-freezing waters of Mont Blanc’s 1000-foot-thick Mer de Glace ("Sea of Ice").

Looking for clues to find out if Mt. Blanc’s historic catastrophe is ready to repeat itself, scientists dive into the eerie inner world of glacial cracks, crevasses, ice shafts, water wells, and tunnels, searching for the dangerous hidden lakes.

Descent Into the Ice gives you the most intimate look at mountain glaciers ever filmed. Spectacular footage captures these icy behemoths in motion from above and, most astoundingly, from below–while a new breed of explorers known as "glacionauts" reveal the mountain’s uniquely beautiful and threatening waterworld.

Special DVD features include: materials and activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A search for lakes hidden under the glaciers, March 26, 2005

By	Himanshu Shangari (Jalandhar, Punjab, India) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although beautifully made this movie will only be interesting for people who are in love with glacier stuff. A team in search of lakes hidden under the glaciers of mount blanc of Europe is depicted in this movie. A great deal of information on how do they go inside the glacier, what equipments are used, how the blockage of water is detected from top to bottom flow of water by adding colour to it and all that stuff. Watch worthy and value for money for those who are interested.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, January 18, 2008

By	schmidtc "schmidtc" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

I expected more from a broadcast with such a flashy title. All you see are some divers going down into an 80 feet deep well in murky waters. That's the whole descent! Over after five minutes! The rest is interesting but nothing really exciting.