Deep under Antarctica’s blanket of ice lies traces of a lost world of Dinosaurs and pre-historic creatures. Great forests once covered the now frozen Antarctic continent; gargantuan Titanosaurs roamed its valleys, and proto-mammals darted through the undergrowth. It was also home to the largest carnivore of its day, the Cryolophosaurus – Antarctica’s T-Rex.
This 2-part series follows paleontologists on a journey of exploration to uncover fossil evidence of these ancient animals and plants that once thrived here. Their quest is also to unravel the mysteries of how these creatures survived in a land located in the polar circle where its dark for 4 months a year.
第二集，勘探行动持续推进。我们将揭晓：1990年代「南极暴龙」冰冠龙（Cryolophosaurus）与长达7米的草食性动物——冰川龙（Glacialisaurus）的重大发现，如何让这片曾被视为生命荒漠的冰原大陆，重新点燃世人的探索热情；并呈现新证据，指出坚韧的原始哺乳动物水龙兽（Lystrosaurus）可能透过休眠熬过极地黑暗寒冬与剧毒气候剧变；最终揭示六千六百万年前，小行星撞击地球后，南极恐龙与史前生物的真正命运归宿。
In the second of two episodes, the expedition continues apace. We find out how the great discovery in the 1990s of the Cryolophosaurus, dubbed the T-Rex of Antarctica, and a 25-foot-long plant eater, the Glacialisaurus, lead to a renewed interest in a continent that was once thought to be largely devoid of life. And reveal how new evidence that a tough proto-mammal, Lystrosaurus, may have hibernated to survive dark polar winters and toxic climate upheaval; and, ultimately, reveal what happened to the Antarctic dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures after the infamous asteroid struck the earth 66 million years ago.
第二集，勘探行动持续推进。我们将揭晓：1990年代「南极暴龙」冰冠龙（Cryolophosaurus）与长达7米的草食性动物——冰川龙（Glacialisaurus）的重大发现，如何让这片曾被视为生命荒漠的冰原大陆，重新点燃世人的探索热情；并呈现新证据，指出坚韧的原始哺乳动物水龙兽（Lystrosaurus）可能透过休眠熬过极地黑暗寒冬与剧毒气候剧变；最终揭示六千六百万年前，小行星撞击地球后，南极恐龙与史前生物的真正命运归宿。
In the second of two episodes, the expedition continues apace. We find out how the great discovery in the 1990s of the Cryolophosaurus, dubbed the T-Rex of Antarctica, and a 25-foot-long plant eater, the Glacialisaurus, lead to a renewed interest in a continent that was once thought to be largely devoid of life. And reveal how new evidence that a tough proto-mammal, Lystrosaurus, may have hibernated to survive dark polar winters and toxic climate upheaval; and, ultimately, reveal what happened to the Antarctic dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures after the infamous asteroid struck the earth 66 million years ago.
我们展开前往南极洲冰雪大陆的新探险。科学家抵达位于横贯南极山脉的沙克尔顿冰川营地，展开为期6个星期的挖掘工作。在二叠纪-三叠纪地质带进行挖掘，我们了解到原哺乳动物水龙兽如何在2亿5200万年前的大灭绝事件中存活下来，这场灾难杀死了世界上大部分生物。以及巨型肉食性两栖动物如何可能在这个重大事件后统治南极洲。探险队的古植物学家也揭示了一个重大谜团的线索：失落的极地森林如何可能在每年4个月没有光合作用的情况下存活。
In the first Episode, the new expedition to the ice continent of Antarctica begins. Scientists arrive at their camp on Shackleton glacier, located in the Transantarctic mountains, to begin their 6 weeklong dig. Excavating in the Permian-Triassic geologic zone, we learn how a proto-mammal, Lystrosaurus, survived a massive extinction event, 252 Mya that killed off most creatures around the world. And how giant carnivorous amphibians may have dominated Antarctica after this momentous event. The expedition’s paleobotanist also reveals clues to a great mystery: how the lost polar forests may have survived without photosynthesis for 4 months every year.
