The Fascinating Plant That Lives For 300+ Years | Seasonal Wonderlands | BBC Earth

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Published 2024-03-15
Svalbard in the Arctic spends many months of the year in complete darkness, an unrelenting frozen winter with temperatures down to minus 40 Celsius. Some organisms – such as the compass plant – have adapted an ingenious method to survive in these extremes, ready for when the sun finally reappears.

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All Comments (21)
  • @grannyplants1764
    How can you make a documentary about a specific plant and not even give the botanical name !? 🌱
  • @SAmaryllis
    Wish we had more information about how the dome captured heat, and what the inner structure of it looks like!
  • @Cherry_grove968
    After 10 years of not watching BBC earth, it feels so weird with the narrator not being John Hurt. RIP🕊️
  • @farah_di_ipoh1968
    When I was a teenager (42-43 yrs ago) I would take my sketch pad, color pencils and go sit in a field somewhere and start drawing the wild flowers. The tinier they were, the more beautiful they were. Now I am not sure if I can sketch again. My life depends on it actually. 😅
  • @ambergris5705
    The plant is Silene acaulis, if like me you were disappointed to not have the name. Common names include Compass plant, as mentioned, but also moss campion or cushion pink. Still don't know how it produces heat though.
  • @SunnyIlha
    May the Earth thrive forever. Nature is tantamount to Humanity.
  • @footfault1941
    Charming flowers of colors like anywhere else. Noticeable absence of buzzing pollinators reminds us it's tundra!
  • @3082frank
    Beautiful camera work. This is just like home in the canadian Arctic. We have all the same plants here on the tundra 😊
  • @larryg.9187
    ... I absolutely love watching BBC Earth clips 🤗 ...
  • @laurie113
    Nature will always amaze me and give me hope in this someone’s Dreary world.
  • @CheifR0cka
    Okay, I don't like any of that ASMR stuff. But the sound of snow melting? Chefs kiss