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NOVA; Arctic Dinosaurs

09/15/2009

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Series

NOVA

Program

Arctic Dinosaurs

Program Number

3511

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? This is one of today's most intriguing, little-known enigmas in paleontology. Now, a unique field expedition, covered exclusively by NOVA, will set out for Alaska's North Slope to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues. With the help of stunning CGI, NOVA will breathe life into the polar dinosaurs' lives and environment in vivid detail. The team of researchers will combine extreme engineering and perilous fossil hunting, including digging a tunnel into the permafrost in order to collect the dinosaur bones. With Alaska's spectacular wilderness as a backdrop, this program will reveal a prehistoric lost world for the first time on television. In HD where available.

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Arctic Dinosaurs,” 09/15/2009, GBH Archives, accessed January 17, 2022, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F2AC9273CF674BD796D95B00A9F74F7E.

MLA: “NOVA; Arctic Dinosaurs.” 09/15/2009. GBH Archives. Web. January 17, 2022. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F2AC9273CF674BD796D95B00A9F74F7E>.

APA: NOVA; Arctic Dinosaurs. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F2AC9273CF674BD796D95B00A9F74F7E