Polar Extremes

About Polar Extremes

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places—beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic—Johnson uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.

Polar Extremes is a 2020 documentary film directed by Lucy Haken. It runs 113 minutes and was released in February 2020.

Kirk Johnson plays Self - Host.

Members will find paleontology, fossil, climate, and polar in it. It streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel in the United States.

Creature from the Black Lagoon, Ammonite, and Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur make useful companions to Polar Extremes. It carries a NR rating.