Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - From Pole to Pole
In this episode of David Attenborough's Planet Earth, follow the sun's seasonal journey and how it affects the lives of all creatures.
© British Broadcasting Corporation
2006 | PG | 49m | UK
Directed by Alastair Fothergill & Mark Linfield
When Planet Earth first aired in 2006, it stopped the world. Groundbreaking aerial photography, five years in the making, and images of our planet that no one had ever seen before. Nearly two decades on, it will still take your breath away.
The lives of animals and plants are dominated by the sun and fresh water which trigger seasonal journeys. The latest technology (of 2006) and aerial photography enable the Planet Earth team to track some of the greatest mass migrations.
In the Arctic spring, a mother polar bear and cubs emerge from their winter den. They have just two weeks to cross the frozen sea before it melts and they become stranded. Share the most intimate and complete picture of polar bear life ever filmed. Further south, time-lapse cameras capture the annual transformation created by the Okavango floods.
From Pole to Pole is part of the 2026 Environmental Film Festival; a series of compelling films that celebrate our planet and the people fighting to protect it. See the full lineup here.
