Round Planet, Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular landscape and a diverse habitat which supports an array of wildlife. But this serene habitat also holds a dark secret: it sits atop a super-volcano that could 'blow' at any minute. This episode follows the park's residents; the beavers, otter...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, BBC (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 31 sec)) : sound.
Series: Round Planet.
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Summary: Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular landscape and a diverse habitat which supports an array of wildlife. But this serene habitat also holds a dark secret: it sits atop a super-volcano that could 'blow' at any minute. This episode follows the park's residents; the beavers, otters, elks and bison that are oblivious to this ticking time bomb, thriving in this land of extremes. Our narrator, esteemed naturalist Armstrong Wedgewood (actor Matt Lucas) is waiting for a potentially life changing phone-call, but still delivers hilarious anecdotes from his crew's filming trips to the region.
Item Description: Originally released by BBC, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 22, 2019.
Yellowstone National Park (1:11); Seismic Activity (1:54); Winter in Yellowstone (3:18); Spring Thaw (3:20); Elk (5:44); Clark's Nutcracker (3:09); Beavers (5:31); Credits: Round Planet: Yellowstone (0:29);
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Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular landscape and a diverse habitat which supports an array of wildlife. But this serene habitat also holds a dark secret: it sits atop a super-volcano that could 'blow' at any minute. This episode follows the park's residents; the beavers, otters, elks and bison that are oblivious to this ticking time bomb, thriving in this land of extremes. Our narrator, esteemed naturalist Armstrong Wedgewood (actor Matt Lucas) is waiting for a potentially life changing phone-call, but still delivers hilarious anecdotes from his crew's filming trips to the region.
6 - 8, 9 - 12.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 31 sec)) : sound.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 6 - 8, 9 - 12.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.