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Attenborough's Antarctic: An Exploration of Life in the Freezer is the title of a CD Rom, where David Attenborough presents the user with an exploration of the South Pole. The CD Rom was published by BBC Multimedia, the software arm of the BBC, which was eleased around May 1997, playable on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98 platforms.
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Attenborough's Antarctic is a deliberately ingenuously titled CD-ROM, since of course the Antarctic is the world's last great unexplored territory. A continent in its own right--and, according to Graham Hancock, the home of a lost civilisation--vast swathes of the Antarctic remain largely unknown. Nevertheless, this package still goes a long way towards developing an understanding of the history and nature of this remarkable place.
The range is very diverse. There are detailed and well-illustrated field guides of some of the sturdy creatures who survive down here--top marks to the regal King Penguins--as well as a series of historical and natural historical quests to keep the user's interest, tours of 6 regions narrated by the mellifluous David Attenborough, and a retelling of the stories of some of the explorers--Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton--who became famous for their obsession with the uttermost part of the earth.
Attenborough's Antarctic has been very well put together. The graphics and video shots are beautiful, the topographical maps give an unexpected sense of perspective to the "white continent", and the CD-ROM will be of much use to people putting their own Antarctic presentations together, coming with software that allows you to compile your own presentation using its text and illustrations. It is both a useful and an interesting package, which seems destined to have a long shelf life. --Toby Green
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Welcome to the South Pole and the surrounding area, one of the most extraordinary places on our planet. In this richly illustrated title you can investigate the Antarctic terrain, its seasons and the animals that live there
There are six guided tours introducing the key natural history themes within the program.
- You can select from eighth different locations in the seasons of your choice in sights and sounds and access short video previews.
- In explorer notes you can study an illustrated history of men who have explored the region.
- In the camera section you can build a sideshow from stunning photographs in the program.
- You can create your own electronic presentation or print-out using pictures from the main program in the seprate project maker.
- In quests you can take a series of challengers.}}
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Welcome to the South Pole and the surrounding area, one of the most extraordinary places on our planet. In this richly illustrated CD-ROM you can investigate the Antarctic terrain, its seasons and the Animals that live there; you can study an illustrated history of the men who have explored the region; you can build your own slide show from the stunning photographs in the programme and you can take part in a series of quests.
In the separate Project Maker, you can create and print out your own electronic presentation using pictures and scripts from the main programme. The Programme is narrated throughout by David Attenborough, who also gives guidance and help in specific places. But above all, this is a programme of exploration and discovery - so go whereever your fancy takes you, and experience the savagness, beauty and abundance of life in the colest place on Earth.
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External links[]
- Attenborough's Antarctic (CD Rom) on David Attenborough Wiki