FROZEN PLANET II, TVNZ 1, Monday, January 9, 7.30pm
It’s 11 years since the first series of Frozen Planet and we don’t have to wait long to discover what more than a decade of technical advances means to the way nature can be portrayed. Near the beginning of the first of six episodes, a pod of killer whales are shown co-operating to generate waves that scoop seals off the ice floes they have mounted to escape their hunters. It is mind-blowing. It’s also not the last time in the series that apex predators are caught doing their thing and potentially upsetting more sensitive viewers.
The wizardry of the David Attenborough-presented documentaries is often about getting up close and intimate with wild creatures, through concealment, disguise and patience. For much of Frozen Planet II, it’s about sheer, dramatic scale.
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