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An explorer undertakes a solo Antarctic expedition to document the life beneath the ice.
Antarctica, often perceived as barren and lifeless, is in fact a dynamic ecosystem teeming with life. Hosted by explorer Ariel Waldman, the episode follows her solo expedition through Antarctica’s extreme environments as she documents the thriving microscopic wildlife, including tardigrades, hidden beneath the ice.
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Life at the Edge Preview
Preview: Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Antarctica, often perceived as barren and lifeless, is in fact a dynamic ecosystem teeming with life. Hosted by explorer Ariel Waldman, the episode follows her solo expedition through Antarctica’s extreme environments as she documents the thriving microscopic wildlife, including tardigrades, hidden beneath the ice.
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Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
A lot of people think of Antarctica as a place that's barren and mostly lifeless.
But really, this is a continent that's absolutely dynamic, filled with so many ecosystems, hundreds of species, and it's at the precipice of change.
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 56s | Getting to Antarctica is a long road. Life manages to thrive in this extreme environment. (2m 56s)
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