The Planet Earth series took more than 5 years to create. Narrated by Sigourney Weaver (famous actress and conservationist), this eleven-part series contains unprecedented high-definition production and captures many never-before-seen life behavior and some stunning views of locations on our planet.

It has received 4 Academy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - and rightfully so!

1. Pole to Pole: Find out in this Planet Earth episode - from a new perspective how the creatures of Earth are interconnected, spanning the sun's travels over the earth and the seasons. This episode concentrates on the seasons - and how they produce the most amazing spectacles on this planet.

2. Mountains: Life on this planet's highest peaks - view the mightiest mountains and the highest peaks, along with the rare animals that inhabit them including snow leopards and a family of pumas along with their survival behaviors.

3. Deep Ocean: Follow Discovery's investigation of the deepest parts of 2/3 of the Earth's surface - the oceans. View amazing shows from the most spectacular and beautiful species.

4. Deserts: Deserts can be the world's harshest environments and life there can resort to desperate measures to survive. Various deserts, including Chile's Atacama Desert and a desert of Namibia, life's struggle for survival in unbelievably difficult conditions.

5. Ice Worlds: Travel to the poles with Discovery to the harshest of our lands. How life defies the coldest conditions is something to behold. This is an ecosystem where few would have the ability to survive.

6. Shallow Sea: Explore the rarely seen sights in some of the ocean's most beautiful shallow waters, where the sunlight reaches the sea floor. Spectacular life and beauty.

7. Great Plains: Here are the Earth's largest open land habitats where the largest group of animals in the world live. This episode concentrates on lengthy migrations and bold hunts.

8. Jungles: The three percent of the planet that houses over half the world's species - find out how they test their own survival skills in this brutal but lush environment.

9. Fresh Water: Observe life in our planet's freshest waters - from the deepest lake (where the world's only fresh-water seal resides) to the highest waterfall, this episode reveals the secret lives of these waters.

10. Seasonal Forests: Watch as Discovery Planet Earth investigates these regions that are temperate but contain some of the most elusive creatures on this planet. Watch a largely unexplored part of Earth come to life.

11. Caves: An underground world with some of the most unusual creatures in existence - adapted to a world without sunlight. Fascinating habits of these strange life forms.

My first stop on the hunt for the Planet Earth Series would be DiscoveryChannelStore.com, since they often have some great sales on their DVD's, and they sell them the set in three different formats: DVD, HD DVD (for HD players only), and Blu Ray Disc (for Blu Ray players only).

There are also several related products and packages available from the Discovery Channel Store that may interest you, including:

DVD & Book Gift Set

Planet Earth: The Filmmaker's Story DVD

Ultimate Planet Earth Collection

The Future, Environment & Conservation DVD