1
00:00:00,375 --> 00:00:01,875
♪ (drum) ♪

2
00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000
Downloaded from
YTS.BZ

3
00:00:05,379 --> 00:00:06,881
♪ (drum) ♪

4
00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000
Official YIFY movies site:
YTS.BZ

5
00:00:10,384 --> 00:00:12,387
♪ (drum) ♪

6
00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,975
♪ (tribal chanting music) ♪

7
00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:27,818
♪ (ethereal tribal music) ♪

8
00:00:40,372 --> 00:00:42,518
Ryan Reynolds [voice-over]:
There's a place on our planet,

9
00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:47,838
ancient and primordial,
hidden to most of the world.

10
00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:51,968
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

11
00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:11,570
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

12
00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:29,588
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

13
00:01:45,396 --> 00:01:49,483
Here, glacier-crowned peaks

14
00:01:49,566 --> 00:01:52,194
protect an ancient rainforest.

15
00:02:10,963 --> 00:02:12,966
[Moks exhaling]

16
00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:25,228
Home to one of the rarest
animals on Earth, the spirit bear.

17
00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:27,312
[birds squawking]

18
00:02:32,568 --> 00:02:37,448
There are fewer than
200 of them alive today.

19
00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:43,204
This is Moks.

20
00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:46,373
Now, you might think she's
an albino or a polar bear,

21
00:02:46,456 --> 00:02:49,961
but she's a rare subspecies of
the North American black bear.

22
00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,889
Now that she's left her winter den,

23
00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:02,848
where she slept for six months,

24
00:03:02,931 --> 00:03:05,810
you can imagine it's a little
slow going just to wake up.

25
00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:09,855
Not to mention... the morning breath.

26
00:03:09,938 --> 00:03:11,900
[Moks exhales]

27
00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:26,455
♪ (soft gentle music) ♪

28
00:03:42,513 --> 00:03:44,514
[grunting]

29
00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:03,200
Moks has lived in this part
of the rainforest all her life.

30
00:04:03,283 --> 00:04:06,287
Some years she'll have
cubs, some years she won't.

31
00:04:06,371 --> 00:04:07,913
But don't worry about her.

32
00:04:07,997 --> 00:04:10,832
There's others in the
neighborhood to keep her company.

33
00:04:18,757 --> 00:04:23,680
People have lived here
since the Ice Age... and still do.

34
00:04:23,762 --> 00:04:25,473
Marven: Okay, that was one of the places

35
00:04:25,555 --> 00:04:27,432
where she likes sleeping.

36
00:04:27,475 --> 00:04:28,685
Nelson: Yeah.

37
00:04:28,767 --> 00:04:30,894
Marven [voice-over]: My
name's Marven Robinson,

38
00:04:30,978 --> 00:04:32,521
Gitga'at First Nation.

39
00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:36,024
My Indian name is Mengees Hyke.

40
00:04:36,108 --> 00:04:38,528
That's from the Raven Clan.

41
00:04:40,571 --> 00:04:42,406
Reynolds: Long ago, the elder chief

42
00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:45,033
of Marven's First Nation
tribe gave him the job

43
00:04:45,117 --> 00:04:48,538
of protecting the spirit bear
and its ancient forest home.

44
00:04:53,375 --> 00:04:54,918
Marven: Okay, we're gonna set up

45
00:04:55,002 --> 00:04:59,716
- in one of the best spots on the creek.
- Okay.

46
00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:08,598
Reynolds Today, he's
teaching his son Nelson

47
00:05:08,682 --> 00:05:10,435
about the ways of the spirit bear,

48
00:05:10,517 --> 00:05:14,396
so he, too, can be their
guardian in the future.

49
00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,440
My name is Nelson Robinson.

50
00:05:16,524 --> 00:05:19,610
I'm 12 years old.

51
00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:23,238
My Indian name is Nu'Nuk Gamol.

52
00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:25,365
That's "Baby spirit bear."

53
00:05:25,449 --> 00:05:28,870
My grandfather gave me my Indian name.

54
00:05:30,954 --> 00:05:35,418
I've been coming out here since I was four

55
00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,879
I'm pretty comfortable around bears.

56
00:05:38,963 --> 00:05:44,134
Reynolds The First Nations
people are a big reason

57
00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:47,637
this wild and unchanged place still exists.

58
00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:54,896
But the very foundation
of this natural wonder

59
00:05:54,978 --> 00:05:56,730
comes from a unique marriage

60
00:05:56,814 --> 00:06:00,526
between the rainforest and the ocean.

61
00:06:03,071 --> 00:06:05,990
The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest

62
00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:11,745
and most intact coastal
temperate rainforest left on Earth.

63
00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:21,630
This place contains more life by weight

64
00:06:21,713 --> 00:06:24,716
than a tropical rainforest like the Amazon.

65
00:06:26,802 --> 00:06:28,553
Some of the largest trees here

66
00:06:28,637 --> 00:06:31,848
are more than a thousand years old.

67
00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:33,892
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

68
00:06:42,276 --> 00:06:47,115
This is one of the rarest
forest types left on Earth.

69
00:06:54,622 --> 00:06:57,666
The unique conditions that
make these forests possible

70
00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,668
can only be found in small,

71
00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:02,754
scattered pockets around the planet.

72
00:07:05,298 --> 00:07:07,593
Forests like this are so rare,

73
00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,680
they only ever covered
one half of one percent

74
00:07:10,762 --> 00:07:13,307
of the Earth's land surface.

75
00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:17,603
And today almost all of it is gone.

76
00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:23,901
Over half of the remaining
coastal temperate rainforests

77
00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:28,822
lies along Canada's rugged
Pacific coastline in British Columbia.

78
00:07:37,247 --> 00:07:40,584
Here, there is more than
20,000 miles of coastline

79
00:07:40,668 --> 00:07:45,882
winding around a maze
of islands, inlets, and fjords.

80
00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:55,223
This mosaic of land and
sea makes for ideal conditions

81
00:07:55,307 --> 00:08:03,064
to transfer marine nutrients to the forest
from the bounty of the ocean.

82
00:08:09,197 --> 00:08:13,242
A cold water ocean supports
more life than a warm one,

83
00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,076
making the North Pacific

84
00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:18,581
one of the richest oceans in the world.

85
00:08:25,129 --> 00:08:32,345
If you look deeper, you'll see that the
forests here aren't just above ground.

86
00:08:51,279 --> 00:08:53,032
Underwater kelp forests are one of the mos

87
00:08:53,115 --> 00:08:56,535
productive ecosystems on the planet.

88
00:08:58,412 --> 00:09:03,042
They're essential to
one species in particular.

89
00:09:04,376 --> 00:09:06,294
[animals squawking]

90
00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,798
Sea otters.

91
00:09:08,839 --> 00:09:10,841
[ocean waves crashing]

92
00:09:11,801 --> 00:09:17,472
Over 100 years ago, they were hunted to
extinction here, for their luxurious fur.

93
00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:22,852
About 50 years ago, a few otter families
were transplanted here from Alaska,

94
00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:26,899
and the population has thrived ever since.

95
00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:34,365
Otter moms raise their pups alone.

96
00:09:34,447 --> 00:09:37,368
And, boy, are they a handful.

97
00:09:37,451 --> 00:09:39,662
Or in this case, a tummy-full.

98
00:09:42,038 --> 00:09:45,875
You'd be hard-pressed to
find a more dedicated parent.

99
00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:03,519
♪ (soft lilting music) ♪

100
00:10:12,695 --> 00:10:15,072
[whale bellows]

101
00:10:15,155 --> 00:10:19,118
Humpback whales have
also returned to the coast.

102
00:10:22,538 --> 00:10:25,081
They, too, had once been hunted out,

103
00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:27,751
but now thousands of whales come each year

104
00:10:27,835 --> 00:10:30,962
to fatten up after their
long migration from Hawaii.

105
00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:33,048
[gulls squawking]

106
00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:41,432
They time their arrival each
spring to take advantage

107
00:10:41,514 --> 00:10:44,809
of one of the biggest
buffets on the planet...

108
00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:46,604
[soft voices calling]

109
00:10:46,687 --> 00:10:51,192
...the return of Pacific herring to spawn.

110
00:10:51,274 --> 00:10:54,445
This event is so important
to the Heiltsuk First Nations

111
00:10:54,528 --> 00:10:57,990
that it marks the start of their New Year.

112
00:11:00,033 --> 00:11:02,577
Saul [voice-over]: The wanay, the herring,

113
00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:06,499
are something that we
have a long relationship with.

114
00:11:08,583 --> 00:11:11,169
Herring season is like seeing a relative

115
00:11:11,253 --> 00:11:13,004
who we haven't seen for a while.

116
00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:14,756
It's a reunion of sorts

117
00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,885
that needs to be protected and cherished.

118
00:11:18,969 --> 00:11:20,888
My name is Saul Brown.

119
00:11:20,971 --> 00:11:23,599
My Heiltsuk name is Adejepa,

120
00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:26,686
meaning the "silver-tipped
supernatural grizzly bear."

121
00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:29,647
I'm 25 years old, and I'm from Bella Bella.

122
00:11:31,606 --> 00:11:37,529
Herring season is my favorite
time of the year as a young person.

123
00:11:37,613 --> 00:11:40,323
Getting out on the water and understanding

124
00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:42,052
that what I'm doing is an ancient practice

125
00:11:42,076 --> 00:11:45,830
that my ancestors did.

126
00:11:45,913 --> 00:11:48,832
I love herring season
because we all come together

127
00:11:48,916 --> 00:11:52,168
and share that food and experience.

128
00:11:54,171 --> 00:11:57,633
It always makes my heart
full to see these animals

129
00:11:57,716 --> 00:12:00,385
come and converge where there's a feast.

130
00:12:00,469 --> 00:12:02,471
[seals barking]

131
00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:06,975
♪ (upbeat music) ♪

132
00:12:17,945 --> 00:12:19,947
♪ (upbeat music) ♪

133
00:12:20,029 --> 00:12:24,201
♪ Whoa... ♪

134
00:12:28,456 --> 00:12:32,835
♪ Whoa... ♪

135
00:12:36,797 --> 00:12:40,801
♪ Whoa... ♪

136
00:12:45,597 --> 00:12:49,894
♪ Whoa... ♪

137
00:12:49,976 --> 00:12:52,062
[gulls squawking]

138
00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:16,586
Reynolds The Heiltsuk
people say that each spring,

139
00:13:16,669 --> 00:13:19,923
"When the moon tips over,"
the herring move closer to shore,

140
00:13:20,006 --> 00:13:22,759
under the forest, to lay their eggs.

141
00:13:22,842 --> 00:13:24,761
The females converge,

142
00:13:24,845 --> 00:13:28,264
each one laying tens of thousands of eggs

143
00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:30,768
onto seaweed and rocks.

144
00:13:42,196 --> 00:13:44,155
Herring can spawn in such abundance

145
00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,076
that the milky water will
stretch for miles along the coast.

146
00:14:08,346 --> 00:14:10,765
While the herring are a
delicacy for some animals,

147
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:13,977
others come to feed on their eggs.

148
00:14:14,061 --> 00:14:16,062
[squawking]

149
00:14:21,735 --> 00:14:23,988
These are surf scoters.

150
00:14:24,071 --> 00:14:26,615
They time their northern
migration each year

151
00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:28,450
to arrive just in time

152
00:14:28,533 --> 00:14:31,035
for the herring to lay their eggs.

153
00:14:35,791 --> 00:14:38,335
But they have to dive to reach them.

154
00:15:03,485 --> 00:15:05,403
These eggs fuel their migration north

155
00:15:05,486 --> 00:15:07,489
to the scoter's nesting grounds.

156
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,501
The Heiltsuk people have also learned

157
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:23,714
from their ancestors to
time their own harvest.

158
00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,009
A week ago, Saul and his family

159
00:15:28,092 --> 00:15:29,321
placed these hemlock tree branches

160
00:15:29,345 --> 00:15:31,263
in the ocean where they thought

161
00:15:31,346 --> 00:15:33,389
the herring would spawn.

162
00:15:33,474 --> 00:15:36,393
And they got it right.

163
00:15:36,476 --> 00:15:38,604
[cheering, laughter]

164
00:15:38,687 --> 00:15:43,067
The branches are just
covered in herring eggs.

165
00:15:43,149 --> 00:15:46,486
These eggs are an
important economic resource

166
00:15:46,570 --> 00:15:50,073
and a favorite food of the Heiltsuk.

167
00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:52,993
Their children sing a traditional song

168
00:15:53,076 --> 00:15:54,577
celebrating the harvest.

169
00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:56,663
[children singing in native language]

170
00:15:59,707 --> 00:16:02,001
Saul [voice-over]: My
people have been harvesting

171
00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:05,464
herring eggs for 14,000 years.

172
00:16:08,466 --> 00:16:12,679
The sustainability of our fishery
allows for herring to come and spawn

173
00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:15,390
up to six times in their lifetime,

174
00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:18,559
compared to a commercial
fishery that, you know,

175
00:16:18,601 --> 00:16:22,981
takes the eggs right out
of the belly, and that's it.

176
00:16:23,065 --> 00:16:25,609
So we take care of the herring,

177
00:16:25,692 --> 00:16:28,278
and the herring take care of us.

178
00:16:28,361 --> 00:16:30,364
[children continue singing]

179
00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:38,913
Reynolds: If the ocean is the lifeblood

180
00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:45,044
of the Great Bear Rainforest,
then the thousands of river estuaries,

181
00:16:45,129 --> 00:16:50,091
where the fresh water meets
the ocean, are its beating heart.

182
00:16:51,969 --> 00:16:53,971
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

183
00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:14,115
♪ (uplifting music) ♪

184
00:17:22,332 --> 00:17:27,796
This abundant habitat is home to
the biggest guy in the neighborhood.

185
00:17:28,838 --> 00:17:31,717
Grizzlies.

186
00:17:31,799 --> 00:17:34,219
They converge each spring
on these tidal meadows

187
00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:41,434
to feast on sedge, a
grasslike plant rich in protein.

188
00:17:45,939 --> 00:17:50,109
These guys have no problem
eating their vegetables.

189
00:17:50,193 --> 00:17:52,738
In spring, they can eat ten pounds

190
00:17:52,820 --> 00:17:55,490
of these greens each day.

191
00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:08,420
When they're done eating, grizzlies
head for the trees for two reasons:

192
00:18:08,503 --> 00:18:15,259
to mark their territory, and to
get a really good back scratch.

193
00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:16,135
Mmm!

194
00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:16,970
[growls]

195
00:18:17,054 --> 00:18:18,721
That's got to feel great.

196
00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:20,932
They leave behind their personal scent

197
00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:25,561
and an awful lot of bear hair,
not unlike my mother-in-law.

198
00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:31,567
When the bears leave, the trees attract

199
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,238
another inhabitant of the forest.

200
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,241
The Kitasoo/Xai'xais people

201
00:18:38,325 --> 00:18:40,243
have been living alongside these bears

202
00:18:40,326 --> 00:18:42,162
for thousands of years.

203
00:18:43,663 --> 00:18:45,582
Now they're using modern technology

204
00:18:45,665 --> 00:18:50,002
to study the bears that live
in their traditional territory.

205
00:18:50,086 --> 00:18:52,713
They collect the hair left
behind on these "rub trees"

206
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,465
to analyze the bears' DNA.

207
00:18:59,887 --> 00:19:02,015
A big part of the project is getting

208
00:19:02,098 --> 00:19:04,601
the younger generation involved.

209
00:19:04,684 --> 00:19:06,484
Let's come check out
this rub tree here, guys.

210
00:19:06,561 --> 00:19:07,789
Mercedes [voice-over]: My name's Mercedes.

211
00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:11,441
I'm 15 years old, in grade Ten.

212
00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:15,403
I have two traditional names, uh,
Halulu, which means "Butterfly,"

213
00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:19,907
and Abuxklumau, which is "Mother
that keeps the family together."

214
00:19:22,368 --> 00:19:24,097
[voice-over]: I'm the
student field technician

215
00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:26,832
for the bear research team.

216
00:19:26,914 --> 00:19:29,292
I go out with the crew to
these special bear sites

217
00:19:29,375 --> 00:19:32,753
around the territory
and collect bear hairs.

218
00:19:32,837 --> 00:19:37,425
The bears' hair is basically
like a fingerprint for bears.

219
00:19:38,426 --> 00:19:40,511
Using DNA from the hairs,

220
00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:44,057
we can discover lots of
information about the bears.

221
00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:48,436
If they're male or
female, how old they are,

222
00:19:48,519 --> 00:19:49,855
how much salmon they're eating,

223
00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:53,317
and how healthy they are.

224
00:19:54,984 --> 00:19:56,944
Man: See the stomp trails, Mercedes?

225
00:19:57,028 --> 00:19:58,946
Mercedes: Oh, yeah.

226
00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:00,781
Okay, let's see.

227
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,993
Reynolds Mercedes' generation

228
00:20:04,076 --> 00:20:06,288
is the first to use these
new research techniques

229
00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:09,499
to better understand bears.

230
00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,921
I actually really like science and biology.

231
00:20:14,003 --> 00:20:15,672
Mom, two cubs.

232
00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:17,816
[voice-over]: It's really great
because I'm able to combine

233
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,384
knowledge from elders and community member

234
00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:22,762
with the science that I'm learning.

235
00:20:22,846 --> 00:20:24,806
Reynolds: They're combining the technology

236
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,308
of the modern world with the traditions

237
00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,769
of the old, and giving her people

238
00:20:29,853 --> 00:20:31,939
a fresh perspective on the bears

239
00:20:32,021 --> 00:20:34,106
who share their homeland.

240
00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,609
[birds squawking]

241
00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:41,405
And it's not just grizzly bears.

242
00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:44,284
Black bears also live in these forests.

243
00:20:48,163 --> 00:20:49,623
[bear grunts nearby]

244
00:20:49,705 --> 00:20:52,250
They have to be careful
around their much bigger,

245
00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:54,252
very cranky neighbors.

246
00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:55,921
[grunts]

247
00:20:56,003 --> 00:20:58,757
Grizzly claws aren't
great for climbing, so...

248
00:20:58,839 --> 00:21:02,344
up here the black bear family feels safe..

249
00:21:02,426 --> 00:21:04,136
[bear grunts]

250
00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:07,223
...from their grizzly cousins.

251
00:21:12,061 --> 00:21:14,439
By climbing, they can also reach

252
00:21:14,522 --> 00:21:17,067
a black bear delicacy:

253
00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:19,528
the wild Pacific crab apple.

254
00:21:26,951 --> 00:21:30,872
Out in the open, the grizzly's long claws

255
00:21:30,955 --> 00:21:32,499
are the perfect tools

256
00:21:32,582 --> 00:21:35,876
for digging up roots and
tubers that grow wild here.

257
00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:47,138
The best advice for the black bear cubs

258
00:21:47,221 --> 00:21:51,893
is to keep a low profile
and stay up in trees.

259
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,979
♪ (violin music) ♪

260
00:21:57,398 --> 00:21:59,317
They'll learn how to climb

261
00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:01,528
by observing the
masterful climbing technique

262
00:22:01,611 --> 00:22:03,613
of their mother.

263
00:22:05,365 --> 00:22:07,326
I'm sure she meant to do that.

264
00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:15,459
[cub crying]

265
00:22:15,541 --> 00:22:17,501
Yep, seeing your child up there

266
00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,962
hanging from a branch
by their fingernails...

267
00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:22,048
That's not at all precarious.

268
00:22:26,553 --> 00:22:29,221
Thankfully, his climbing skills

269
00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,307
are keeping him out of trouble.

270
00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:42,527
Getting enough to eat before winter

271
00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:45,654
is critical for all bears.

272
00:22:46,655 --> 00:22:48,575
As summer arrives,

273
00:22:48,657 --> 00:22:50,826
they're all about to get a big boost

274
00:22:50,911 --> 00:22:52,828
to their diet plans.

275
00:22:52,913 --> 00:22:54,914
[voices chanting in unison]

276
00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:57,041
♪ (uplifting) ♪

277
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:10,513
The salmon are back.

278
00:23:13,474 --> 00:23:15,727
After four years at sea, they're headed

279
00:23:15,810 --> 00:23:18,814
to their freshwater home to spawn.

280
00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:31,701
It's the beginning of the
most important time of year

281
00:23:31,785 --> 00:23:33,787
for the spirit bear.

282
00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:45,382
And it's also a great time for Marven

283
00:23:45,464 --> 00:23:50,095
to teach Nelson more about
these mysterious animals.

284
00:23:51,971 --> 00:23:54,391
You just got to watch and
see which way she goes,

285
00:23:54,473 --> 00:23:56,809
but it looks like she's coming up.

286
00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:59,645
Nelson: Looks like she's moving slowly.

287
00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:00,939
Marven: Yeah.

288
00:24:01,021 --> 00:24:02,982
Pretty nice-looking bear, though.

289
00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,984
Nelson: Yeah.

290
00:24:05,067 --> 00:24:07,445
You can see fresh carcasses here.

291
00:24:07,528 --> 00:24:09,530
Yeah.

292
00:24:10,781 --> 00:24:13,785
So we'll just set up here for now.

293
00:24:13,868 --> 00:24:17,455
Reynolds: Nelson has been coming
here with his dad for most of his life.

294
00:24:17,538 --> 00:24:22,419
At 12 years old, he already knows
more about bears than most adults.

295
00:24:22,501 --> 00:24:24,062
Nelson [voice-over]: I learned from my dad

296
00:24:24,086 --> 00:24:28,884
to understand bears and what they do.

297
00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:31,094
Watch his ears and his eyes

298
00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:34,181
if he's smelling the air.

299
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:39,644
Move around, so the bear
doesn't think you're another bear.

300
00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:45,442
And wear not black 'cause
it'll think you're a black bear.

301
00:24:45,525 --> 00:24:47,777
Marven: You see where the moss is clear?

302
00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:50,571
It should be all covered in moss.

303
00:24:50,654 --> 00:24:52,699
So when that moss gets
moved by them walking,

304
00:24:52,781 --> 00:24:54,366
you know that a bear's been here.

305
00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:56,661
So when you're walking
up a creek, you look for that

306
00:24:56,744 --> 00:24:58,663
on the logs in the river.

307
00:24:58,747 --> 00:25:00,457
Oh.

308
00:25:00,539 --> 00:25:02,000
That's my first time seeing her run.

309
00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:03,000
She can run.

310
00:25:03,084 --> 00:25:05,670
Yeah, that's good.

311
00:25:05,753 --> 00:25:07,756
She's trying.

312
00:25:08,964 --> 00:25:10,424
Reynolds: And you might wonder

313
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,678
why there are white
bears in this rainforest.

314
00:25:13,761 --> 00:25:15,680
♪ (uplifting harp music) ♪

315
00:25:15,763 --> 00:25:21,269
When Moks is fishing, her white
fur camouflages her against the sky.

316
00:25:25,272 --> 00:25:28,192
By catching more salmon,
it ensures her survival,

317
00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:32,821
allowing her to pass on her
genes to future generations.

318
00:25:35,282 --> 00:25:38,202
The ocean has such a strong influence

319
00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:40,372
on this rainforest that, over time,

320
00:25:40,454 --> 00:25:44,667
it actually changed the color of a bear.

321
00:25:45,835 --> 00:25:47,836
[thunder rumbling]

322
00:25:53,259 --> 00:25:55,886
There's a reason this
is called a rainforest.

323
00:25:57,263 --> 00:26:00,683
It gets ten feet of rain a year.

324
00:26:03,435 --> 00:26:05,438
[thunder cracking]

325
00:26:10,609 --> 00:26:12,653
Most storms come and go

326
00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:14,905
as part of the normal weather cycle here,

327
00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:19,493
but today's storm
dumped a full foot of rain...

328
00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:23,539
A tenth of the year's
total... in just one day.

329
00:26:23,623 --> 00:26:25,625
♪ (soft music) ♪

330
00:26:33,090 --> 00:26:35,009
The rain saturated the ground

331
00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:38,971
until soil on the steep slopes gave way,

332
00:26:39,055 --> 00:26:42,767
and thousands of tons
of mud, rocks, and trees

333
00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:44,894
came crashing down the mountain,

334
00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:48,647
burying the stream and
the salmon that were in it.

335
00:27:00,618 --> 00:27:02,621
♪ (gentle instrumental music) ♪

336
00:27:12,963 --> 00:27:15,842
Moks' beautiful salmon stream is ruined,

337
00:27:15,924 --> 00:27:18,928
and the consequences are dire.

338
00:27:31,357 --> 00:27:33,108
She needs to eat a lot of salmon

339
00:27:33,192 --> 00:27:34,443
to gain enough weight

340
00:27:34,527 --> 00:27:37,113
to survive next winter's hibernation.

341
00:27:42,117 --> 00:27:44,703
The storm has impacted everyone,

342
00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:47,707
even the wolves who share this valley.

343
00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:49,750
[wolf howling in distance]

344
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,711
[birds chirping]

345
00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:54,798
But with their keen sense of smell,

346
00:27:54,881 --> 00:27:58,425
at least they're able to find
salmon buried in the mud.

347
00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:03,431
[chirping continues]

348
00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:27,038
Moks is never gonna get enough to eat here.

349
00:28:28,748 --> 00:28:31,667
She'll have to move if she's gonna survive

350
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:33,752
♪ (thoughtful music) ♪

351
00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,347
Throughout the Great Bear Rainforest,

352
00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:49,059
the big storm has
caused the rivers to rise.

353
00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:07,327
The high water is making the
salmon's journey upstream more difficult.

354
00:29:23,385 --> 00:29:27,015
Clearing these falls is
equivalent to a human

355
00:29:27,097 --> 00:29:30,101
leaping over a four-story building.

356
00:29:41,403 --> 00:29:43,990
This high water is also
giving the bears here

357
00:29:44,073 --> 00:29:46,951
a new fishing opportunity.

358
00:29:49,953 --> 00:29:55,794
But there's only one spot to
stand on these falls to catch fish.

359
00:29:58,962 --> 00:30:03,718
So he has to wait for
the fish to come to him.

360
00:30:05,135 --> 00:30:07,387
You might think that
this is a bear's version

361
00:30:07,471 --> 00:30:11,308
of fast food, but it's
not as easy as it looks.

362
00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:13,394
♪ (uptempo instrumental music) ♪

363
00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:31,788
♪ (uptempo instrumental music) ♪

364
00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:49,388
It takes patience until...

365
00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:52,432
Wait for it.

366
00:30:54,434 --> 00:30:56,436
Wait for it.

367
00:31:02,442 --> 00:31:04,362
[chuckles]: There you go.

368
00:31:04,444 --> 00:31:07,448
Dinnertime, baby.

369
00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:26,174
Mom and the cubs are switching
from crab apples to salmon,

370
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:31,763
but first they'll have to
wait for the big fella to leave.

371
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:47,363
The coast is clear, so Mom
and her cubs can dive in.

372
00:31:51,826 --> 00:31:54,494
Coming here is risky.

373
00:31:54,578 --> 00:31:57,539
Big males have been known to kill cubs.

374
00:32:12,512 --> 00:32:17,602
And before she can catch
a fish, guess who's back.

375
00:32:20,646 --> 00:32:22,190
[growling]

376
00:32:22,272 --> 00:32:25,692
The mother bear tries to
make a stand against him.

377
00:32:37,663 --> 00:32:40,208
The male takes back the best fishing spot,

378
00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:43,001
but moms don't give up that easily.

379
00:32:43,086 --> 00:32:46,713
She stands her ground.

380
00:33:11,071 --> 00:33:14,866
This must be hard for
the hungry family to watch.

381
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:27,212
She needs to find fish,

382
00:33:27,296 --> 00:33:29,882
so she makes the difficult decision

383
00:33:29,965 --> 00:33:33,845
to leave her cubs behind
to try her luck upstream.

384
00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:37,472
But leaving cubs alone is risky.

385
00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:41,269
They're too young to know what's dangerous

386
00:33:48,734 --> 00:33:50,694
[low growl]

387
00:33:56,616 --> 00:33:58,536
[cub yowling]

388
00:33:58,618 --> 00:34:00,621
[bears growling]

389
00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:10,715
Defending cubs is how
most mother bears are killed.

390
00:34:10,797 --> 00:34:12,925
But not today, bucko.

391
00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:15,010
Don't mess with this mama bear.

392
00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:22,184
The big male wisely decides
it's just not worth the hassle.

393
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:26,731
Her decision to stay

394
00:34:26,813 --> 00:34:29,858
has paid off for this
hungry family of four.

395
00:34:51,797 --> 00:34:53,800
[birds chirping]

396
00:34:58,679 --> 00:35:00,556
While other bears have been busy

397
00:35:00,639 --> 00:35:02,849
fattening up for winter,

398
00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:06,896
Moks has been searching
for a new stream to call home.

399
00:35:20,117 --> 00:35:22,869
She left her devastated
fishing ground behind

400
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:26,958
and headed toward a
familiar place from her past.

401
00:35:28,835 --> 00:35:32,420
It's the perfect salmon stream.

402
00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,632
Shallow water for spawning

403
00:35:34,715 --> 00:35:37,092
and a set of rapids for fishing.

404
00:35:37,175 --> 00:35:40,554
But like most rapids, it
has its own resident bear

405
00:35:40,637 --> 00:35:44,307
that holds the best fishing spot.

406
00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:49,856
She's gonna have to learn to fit in

407
00:35:49,938 --> 00:35:52,150
around the bears on this new creek.

408
00:35:58,614 --> 00:36:03,244
First encounters between
bears can be tense.

409
00:36:05,036 --> 00:36:08,456
But given the fact that Moks is, well,

410
00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:11,626
perhaps not the most graceful...

411
00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:14,922
Oh. Oh, Moks, you poor thing.

412
00:36:21,387 --> 00:36:25,557
This bear feels he probably
doesn't have too much to worry about.

413
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:27,601
♪ (playful music) ♪

414
00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:36,318
Moks doesn't hesitate to move
right into a prime fishing spot.

415
00:36:36,402 --> 00:36:40,030
But it's not that simple.

416
00:36:42,449 --> 00:36:46,161
She's the new kid here, and the new

417
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:50,541
kids can sometimes be taken advantage of.

418
00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:54,045
[low growling]

419
00:37:14,898 --> 00:37:17,360
Moks came here for a reason.

420
00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:19,987
She's hungry, and there's plenty of salmon.

421
00:37:20,070 --> 00:37:23,365
She takes a stand in the stream,

422
00:37:23,449 --> 00:37:25,326
like she's remembering what to do.

423
00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:48,516
She has, in fact, been here before.

424
00:37:54,021 --> 00:37:55,957
Marven[voice-over]: I was
worried when the mudslide

425
00:37:55,981 --> 00:37:57,525
destroyed her old home.

426
00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:01,528
But I thought she might come back here.

427
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,905
I'm relieved that she's okay.

428
00:38:03,989 --> 00:38:07,617
It's good to see her
getting salmon she needs.

429
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:15,710
Reynolds This creek is
part of her old territory,

430
00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:18,838
the place where she first grew up,

431
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,423
where her cubs were born.

432
00:38:26,094 --> 00:38:29,514
But she left it years ago

433
00:38:29,597 --> 00:38:32,851
because of one bear in particular.

434
00:38:43,653 --> 00:38:47,074
This young spirit bear.

435
00:38:54,956 --> 00:38:57,585
It's Moks's daughter.

436
00:39:00,211 --> 00:39:05,009
This could be the first time
they've seen each other in five years.

437
00:39:05,050 --> 00:39:07,052
♪ (gentle music) ♪

438
00:39:09,304 --> 00:39:14,726
Moks moved from this perfect salmon creek

439
00:39:14,768 --> 00:39:17,521
to make room for her.

440
00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:22,068
It's the start of a new
generation of spirit bears

441
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:25,737
for Marven and Nelson.

442
00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:27,989
Nelson [voice-over]: I'm going to be able

443
00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:30,909
to grow up on this creek,
watching this young bear

444
00:39:30,992 --> 00:39:36,498
become the new old bear of the forest.

445
00:39:36,581 --> 00:39:40,503
My home is special, and I want to make sur

446
00:39:40,585 --> 00:39:44,090
these bears are always
going to be a part of it.

447
00:39:49,512 --> 00:39:50,780
Marven [voice-over]: When I was young,

448
00:39:50,804 --> 00:39:52,681
we never spoke of the spirit bear.

449
00:39:52,764 --> 00:39:54,891
But Nelson is growing up in a time

450
00:39:54,974 --> 00:39:58,646
when our home is facing more challenges.

451
00:40:00,773 --> 00:40:05,193
If we can protect the bear,
it will protect our home.

452
00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:09,965
Reynolds Although there are reasons

453
00:40:09,989 --> 00:40:15,829
to be hopeful, the future
here is far from secure.

454
00:40:18,164 --> 00:40:20,251
It's gonna take everyone,

455
00:40:20,333 --> 00:40:23,670
everyone pulling together to make sure

456
00:40:23,753 --> 00:40:26,882
that Moks and all who live here have a hom

457
00:40:26,965 --> 00:40:31,971
for many more years to come
in the Great Bear Rainforest.

458
00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:34,974
♪ (uplifting instrumental music) ♪

459
00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:47,945
[silence]

460
00:40:52,157 --> 00:40:54,326
[rhythmic clapping]

461
00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:56,619
It's "The Land of the Spirit Bear."

462
00:40:56,704 --> 00:41:00,416
Take five, sequence nine, day 400.

463
00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:02,960
♪ (upbeat music) ♪

464
00:41:07,547 --> 00:41:08,465
Action.

465
00:41:08,548 --> 00:41:10,217
- No, no.
- [laughter]

466
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,177
Don't listen to him.

467
00:41:20,226 --> 00:41:22,271
Oh, he's down there somewhere.

468
00:41:25,523 --> 00:41:27,358
Never seen that one before.

469
00:41:27,443 --> 00:41:29,320
I have never seen that before.

470
00:41:29,402 --> 00:41:31,697
I don't even know what this is. [chuckles]

471
00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:33,907
We just had a black bear come in.

472
00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:36,409
He's more interested in the
camera, I think, than the fish.

473
00:41:36,952 --> 00:41:38,954
♪ (upbeat happy music) ♪

474
00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,670
I just got into grade 12.

475
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,088
Or grade 11. [chuckles]

476
00:41:49,172 --> 00:41:51,050
I keep saying "Grade 12."

477
00:41:51,090 --> 00:41:53,092
♪ (upbeat happy music) ♪

478
00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:57,181
I just filmed a bear rubbing
on a tree right in front of us.

479
00:41:57,306 --> 00:41:58,932
It's taken us months.

480
00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:01,351
Or minutes, depending
on how you look at it.

481
00:42:01,434 --> 00:42:02,936
That was extremely lucky.

482
00:42:03,019 --> 00:42:04,219
Right place at the right time.

483
00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:06,981
♪ (upbeat happy music) ♪

484
00:42:07,983 --> 00:42:09,985
[crunching sound]

485
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,202
That's it, that's all you get.

486
00:42:18,952 --> 00:42:20,954
♪ (upbeat happy music) ♪

487
00:42:22,956 --> 00:42:23,958
(music fades)

488
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,963
[silence]