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Episode Details: Polar Extremes

Nova

Polar Extremes

Episode #4701

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Summary: Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places -- beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic -- uncover the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

Full Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

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