The Paper's reporter Qian Chengxi
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Frozen Planet II trailer, soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, sung by Camila Cabello (02:15)
In the afterglow of the autumn tiger, do you want to see something cool? Frozen Planet II, which will launch on September 11, will take you to experience the world of ice and snow around the world: a thrilling moment recorded by a high-speed drone along a roaring avalanche, the moment of Siberian tiger hunting, the process of ice cracking under the microscope... It's been 11 years since the critically acclaimed Frozen Planet aired, and will Frozen Planet II be refreshing years from now?
"Frozen Planet II" will start airing on September 11, local time
To shoot the six-episode documentary, the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) spent four and a half years travelling to 18 countries and experiencing the difficulties of COVID-19. Sir David Attenborough, who still serves as narrator, said the documentary captured "natural phenomena that have never been seen before". The BBC revealed that scientists have published new papers on Lapland bumblebees based on the new animal behaviors filmed in the documentary.
In the first episode, viewers will see how Siberian tigers find hibernating animals in caves to survive the winter, which is the first time humans have filmed such behavior of Siberian tigers, and the film crew spent 3 years for this set of shots.
Frozen Planet II shots stretch from high mountains to the bottom of the sea
The 11-year wait has brought about an obvious advance: the soaring technology of photography. The film crew used microscopes to photograph cracks in the ice beneath the feet of the baby emperor penguins before they first plunged into the sea. Time-lapse cameras can capture the activity of Siberian tigers. The documentary also draws on the results of the UK's National Oceanic Service's collaboration with spatial imaging experts to show the melting of ice and snow around the world.
For the first time ever, NHU has used a new generation of lightweight, fast-reacting drones that can make us feel as if we were experiencing the thrill of flying down the hill with an avalanche. The drone also captured a violent crack in Greenland's ice. Usually, because this phenomenon is difficult to predict, it occurs too quickly and is difficult to photograph. For this shot, the film crew spent more than 4 weeks, 24 hours in turn to send people to crouch, once the ice crack was found, the drone would immediately dispatch, flying over the sea nearly a mile, to reach the huge Stoll Glacier. In the documentary, viewers will see spectacular scenes of ice cubes falling off the glacier at about 30 meters high.
The documentary filmed a real avalanche in the Sierra Shihala mountains of Russia's Caucasus
It is also a reminder to the audience that climate change is profoundly affecting the world. Executive producer Mark Bro said Frozen Planet II wasn't just about capturing beautiful footage, but also wanted to "draw attention to the changes that are happening right now."
According to the United Nations, Greenland and Antarctica are currently losing ice six times faster than they did 30 years ago, and Greenland's ice has been shrinking over the past 25 years due to climate change.
Of course, photographers have also experienced many difficulties for these shots. For example, to photograph how a newborn musk cow survives the first few days of its life in a barren world of frozen tundra, the photographer had to camp in a snowstorm in the Arctic — "he built a shed behind a snowmobile and lived there." ”
The crew worked on the ice
Audiences can also expect a soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, who also brought a new song to the documentary trailer with singer Camila Cabello.
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