NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
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Actor: NovaDirector: n/a
Brand: Wgbh Wholesale
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 56 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
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- How is it that dinosaurs have managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? This is one of the most intriguing enigmas in paleontology. And now, a unique field expedition to Alaska will utilize extreme engineering and perilous fossil hunting to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues. With the help of stunning CGI, NOVA breathes life into the polar dinosaurs&#
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DVD Review: Dinos up north!
Summary: 5 Stars
Fossil evidence shows that dinosaurs lived near the North Pole. This is a shocker given that it was assumed they were cold-blooded and need warmer environments. Few, if not no, reptiles live up there nowadays.
Though this work is designed for an educated audience, I think little children will love it, as they do most dinosaur-related stuff. This would be something that could be shown when a junior high or high school biology class is winding down for the holidays.
The computer graphics were amazing. They made dull bones truly come to life. I was amazed at how experts could look a bones that looked like rocks and say, "Oh yeah, that's a leg bone of X species."
In this work, they blased through rock with dynamite. I found that shocking as I would assume that could break fossils, rather than expose them. You know how Bart and Homer Simpson love seing things explode? I wonder if the documentary makers purposely included that footage to lure in that Simpson demoographic. Later, they do show the fine sweeping that I associate with digs.
The work is not diverse in terms of interviewees. Beside one South African woman of South Asian descent, everyone else is a majority male. Some say the pool of anthropologists is very diverse, but maybe that hasn't happened for paleontologists (sp?) yet. The work was diverse in terms of university location. One man from a Melbourne institution spoke with an American accent and I found that surprising.
I love the way this work examined theories and put numerous factors on the table. This work questions the meteor-as-killer theory and some people may want to view this work just to hear that discussion. The work said, "Maybe there are degrees of cold-bloodedness and warm-bloodedness" and that really made a light in my head turn on. Still, some viewers may be disappointed at how many theories are presented with not much conclusion. This may feel like teasing to some.
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