Synopsis
12,000 years ago, much of the northern hemisphere was covered in ice.
- Programme: How Earth Made Us
- Episode: Water
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Glacial landscapes | Glacial landforms | Ice
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