An ambitious Blue Planet ripoff, with tiny cryoconite hole creatures and their environment presented in an epic style. Sigur Rós – or comparable Swedish music (also maybe Mercury Rev – Holes with unhelpful lyrics faded out) – on the soundtrack. Sibelius too. Narration / commentary: woman’s electronic voice mashup of Stephen Hawking and Attenborough.
microbiomes of the cryosphere and their dark secrets