Synopsis
Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how life has evolved in icy underwater environments.
- Programme: The Secret Life of Ice
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Ecosystems | Polar biomes | Ecosystems in Antarctica
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