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NOVA
Polar Extremes
Season 47
Episode 1
Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.
- Airdates
- Wednesday Dec 17, 9:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Thursday Dec 18, 2:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal
- Thursday Dec 18, 1:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Sunday Dec 21, 9:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Monday Dec 22, 1:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Monday Dec 22, 8:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Tuesday Dec 23, 3:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Tuesday Dec 23, 4:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Tuesday Dec 23, 9:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Wednesday Dec 24, 2:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Wednesday Dec 24, 5:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
- Wednesday Dec 24, 8:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Wednesday Dec 24, 2:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Saturday Dec 27, 7:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Encore
- Sunday Dec 28, 1:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
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