Beneath The Frozen World

Series: Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau Series

Duration: 22

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1977

Creator: METRO GOLDWYN MAYER FILMS INC

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Observes Jacques Cousteau and his crew as they explore the harsh environment of the Antarctic Circle. Explains the undersea activity of seals as divers submerge through breathing holes the seals have gnawed through the ice. Descends in a mini-sub to film life forms in the freezing waters-jellyfish squid, and the mysterious ice fish, which has no red blood cells. Views eerie caverns and fissures formed by the buckling and refreezing of ice packs., The brief summer of Antarctica is the setting for this exploration under the perennial ice. The underwater life is bizarre, the underwater ice forms surreal.

Complete Record: Observes Jacques Cousteau and his crew as they explore the harsh environment of the Antarctic Circle. Explains the undersea activity of seals as divers submerge through breathing holes the seals have gnawed through the ice. Descends in a mini-sub to film life forms in the freezing waters-jellyfish squid, and the mysterious ice fish, which has no red blood cells. Views eerie caverns and fissures formed by the buckling and refreezing of ice packs., Observes Jacques Cousteau and his crew as they explore the harsh environment of the Antarctic Circle. Explains the undersea activity of seals as divers submerge through breathing holes the seals have gnawed through the ice. Descends in a mini-sub to film life forms in the freezing waters--jellyfish, squid, and the mysterious ice fish, which has no red blood cells. Views eerie caverns and fissures formed by the buckling and refreezing of ice packs. Narrated by Rod Serling., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.