首部全面反映青藏高原人与自然和谐相处的纪录片《第三极》，每集46分钟，共6集，以近40个故事的体量讲述青藏之美。影片展现了生活在全球海拔最高地区青藏高原上的人类，个体的生存与家族的幸福，人与自然之间的令人惊叹的平衡，以及在这种极端严峻的自然环境中人类生命的坚韧，和由此锻 造出的心灵的善良、智慧和友爱。

In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due to an underwater incident, she discovers that she can breathe underwater. Her grandfather reveals that in truth she is one of the mythical sea-people. Using the city folk's xenophobia, local politicians spark a war with this hidden people to distract people from their current resource problems, and Elfie is caught in the middle of it.