DOCUMENTARY
Shiretoko’s Ice Floes
DOCUMENTARY
30 min Episode(s): 1
English
English
Perhaps it is the ice floes that have protected the natural environment of Shiretoko, Japan’s last frontier. This program features drift ice, mid-winter’s white wanderer that brings bounties to Hokkaido’s seas. Exploring beneath the ice, the mysterious lives of winter’s rare sea creatures have been captured here.
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