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THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO
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DURING THAT PERIOD
OF GEOLOGIC TIME
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KNOWN AS THE ICE AGE,
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THE ENTIRE TOP OF OUR GLOBE
WAS COVERED BY A VAST GLACIER.
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ITS ICY FINGERS REACHED DEEP
INTO NORTH AMERICA,
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ACROSS THE SEAS INTO EUROPE,
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AND DOWN ALONG THE FROZEN
PLAINS OF SIBERIA.
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IN FACT, 1/4 OF
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
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WAS IMPRISONED
IN ITS IRON GRIP.
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THIS GIGANTIC ICE CAP
WAS 2 MILES THICK,
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AND ITS CRUSHING WEIGHT
FLATTENED WHOLE MOUNTAIN RANGES
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AND GOUGED OUT DEEP VALLEYS
ON THE FACE OF THE LAND.
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THE ICE AGE CHANGED NOT ONLY
THE PHYSICAL FEATURES
OF THE EARTH,
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BUT ALL LIFE EXISTING
IN THOSE TIMES.
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EVERY SPECIES HAD TO ADAPT
ITSELF TO THE BITTER COLD
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OR PERISH.
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MANY CREATURES, OF COURSE,
DID NOT SURVIVE,
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AND WE KNOW THEM TODAY
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ONLY FROM PICTURES
DRAWN BY PREHISTORIC MAN
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IN THE CAVES
OF SOUTHERN EUROPE.
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IN THESE GALLERIES
OF ANCIENT ART,
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WE FIND SOME SURPRISINGLY
GRAPHIC PORTRAITS.
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FOR INSTANCE,
THERE'S AN EXTINCT RHINOCEROS,
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EQUIPPED WITH LONG HAIR
TO WITHSTAND THE COLD,
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AND A FUR-BEARING ELEPHANT
KNOWN AS THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH.
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THERE ARE MASTODONS
INSULATED WITH A THICK HIDE
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CHARACTERISTIC
OF ALL PACHYDERMS
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AND HUGE, SHAGGY BISONS
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COVERED WITH A PROTECTIVE COAT
OF THICK FUR.
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IN SPITE OF THESE ADAPTATIONS,
HOWEVER,
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THE HARSH CONDITIONS PROVED
TOO MUCH,
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AND THESE CREATURES
GRADUALLY DIED OUT,
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LEAVING ONLY THESE PICTORIAL
LEGENDS TO MARK THEIR PASSING.
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THE ARCTIC HAS FOREVER BEEN
A LEGENDARY LAND,
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AND EVEN TODAY, THERE EXIST
HERE LIVING LEGENDS,
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CREATURES ABOUT WHICH
MAN KNOWS SO LITTLE,
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THEY SEEM A BLEND
OF MYTH AND MYSTERY.
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IN THIS TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE,
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WE SHALL FIND THEM CONTINUING
THEIR ICE AGE EXISTENCE.
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THIS IS A STORY OF LIFE MEETING
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AND CONQUERING THE BLEAKEST
ENVIRONMENT ON EARTH.
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IN THE HIDDEN, UNMAPPED VALLEYS
OF THIS WHITE WILDERNESS,
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THE VAST GLACIERS STILL LIE
AT REST, SEEMINGLY IMMOBILE.
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AND YET, OVER THE YEARS,
THEY INCH THEMSELVES ALONG
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JUST AS THEY DID AGES AGO.
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TIME IS ETERNITY HERE
AND HAS LITTLE MEANING.
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YET, IN MARCH,
THE MONTH OF THE EQUINOX,
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THE SUN LIFTS
ABOVE THE SOUTHERN HORIZON.
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THIS TOUCH OF WARMTH,
WEAK AS IT IS,
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CAUSES THIS LAND OF SNOW
AND ICE TO UNDERGO A CHANGE.
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THE ANNUAL THAW BEGINS FEEBLY,
DROPLET BY DROPLET,
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GRADUALLY INCREASING
IN POWER AND SCOPE.
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IN TIME,
THE DROPLETS BECOME RIVULETS,
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SOON, THE RIVULETS
BECOME STREAMS.
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THEN THE STREAMS TURN
INTO FAIR-SIZED TORRENTS,
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ALL RUSHING
TOWARD THE VALLEYS BELOW,
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ALL DESTINED EVENTUALLY
TO EMPTY INTO THE ARCTIC SEA.
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HIGH ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS,
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THE THAW TAKES ON
SPECTACULAR PROPORTIONS.
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THESE THUNDERING AVALANCHES ARE
RARELY VIEWED BY HUMAN EYES,
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AND YET,
EVER SINCE ANCIENT TIMES,
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THEY'VE BEEN A PART
OF THIS ANNUAL PHENOMENON.
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INDEED, THIS IS WHAT THE
ICE AGE MUST ONCE HAVE BEEN --
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GIGANTIC WATERFALLS
OF LIVING SNOW
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POURING INTO THE VALLEYS BELOW.
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AROUND THE FULL SWEEP
OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
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THE ICE-BOUND RIVERS,
LIKE THE YUKON IN ALASKA,
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THE MACKENZIE IN NORTHERN
CANADA, THE LENA IN SIBERIA,
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ALL BEGIN TO FEEL
THE THRUST AND PUSH
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OF THE UPLAND DRAINAGE.
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TINY PROBING TRICKLES OF WATER
UNDERCUT THEIR SOLID SURFACE.
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THE FIRST TELLTALE CRACKS
APPEAR,
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SIGNS OF THE STRESSES
AND STRAINS GOING ON BELOW.
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THE CREVICES WIDEN AND TRAVEL.
SOMETHING MUST GIVE.
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[ CRUNCHING ]
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NOW THE RIVERS CARRY
GRINDING TOOLS OF THEIR OWN,
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GREAT BOULDERS OF ICE
THAT WEIGH HUNDREDS OF TONS.
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IN THEIR TUMBLING JOURNEY
DOWNSTREAM,
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THESE BECOME
THE BATTERING RAMS
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WITH WHICH THE RIVERS
ATTACK THE GLACIERS.
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THE RIVERS HAVE WON THE BATTLE.
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WINTER'S GRIP, AT LAST,
IS BROKEN.
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AND JUST AS
THESE CURRENTS QUICKEN,
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SO DOES THE PULSEBEAT
OF LIFE ITSELF.
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NOW ALL THINGS LIVING
IN THIS WHITE WILDERNESS
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MUST PREPARE FOR A PERIOD
OF HECTIC ACTIVITY.
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THE TIME AHEAD MUST BE LIVED
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AT A DESPERATE,
ALMOST DOUBLE-QUICK TEMPO,
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FOR THIS ICE AGE SCENE
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WILL BE RELEASED FOR ONLY
THE BRIEFEST OF SUMMERS.
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IT'S IN THE ARCTIC SEA
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THAT THE FIRST SIGNS
OF LIFE APPEAR --
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FAMILIES OF WALRUS
EAGER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
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OF THE REOPENED CHANNELS.
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LIKE SCHOOLS OF OVERSIZED FISH,
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THEY SWIM AND DIVE
IN THE DARK DEPTHS,
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TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATER
WITH AMAZING SKILL AND SPEED.
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WHEN THE EARLY-DAY
NORSE SAILORS
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FIRST SAW THIS STRANGE BEAST,
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THEY CALLED IT THE HVALROSS,
OR WHALE HORSE,
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AND IT'S REMAINED A SORT OF
SEA MONSTER EVER SINCE.
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ACTUALLY AS LARGE AS A HORSE,
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THE WALRUS IS ONE OF THOSE
WARM-BLOODED MAMMALS
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DESTINED TO SPEND ITS DAYS
IN THE OCEAN.
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BUT TO SURVIVE IN THIS ELEMENT,
IT HAS DEVELOPED FINS FOR FEET,
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A THICK LAYER OF BLUBBER FOR
INSULATION AGAINST THE COLD,
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AND ENORMOUS TUSKS
FOR GATHERING FOOD.
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THESE SERVE
AS A SORT OF CLAM RAKE,
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FOR THE WALRUS LIVES
ON SHELLFISH,
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WHICH HE GATHERS
ON THE OCEAN BOTTOM.
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HIS DIET INCLUDES CLAMS,
STARFISH, SHRIMP, AND MOLLUSKS.
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INDEED,
TO KEEP A WALRUS CONTENTED,
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IT TAKES A SEAFOOD COCKTAIL
THE SIZE OF A WASHTUB.
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IN SPITE OF THE FACT
THAT HE LIVES IN THE SEA,
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THE WALRUS LIKES
THE FEEL OF SUNSHINE.
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AFTER ALL, HE IS WARM-BLOODED,
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AND SO THESE BARE ISLANDS
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BECOME A FAVORITE
BASKING GROUND.
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HE MUCH PREFERS A SUN-WARMED
ROCK, NO MATTER HOW CROWDED,
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TO THE MOST SPACIOUS
OF ICEBERGS.
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BESIDES, ICEBERGS ARE TRICKY.
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THEY HAVE A WAY OF ROLLING
RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER A FELLOW.
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EVEN THOUGH HE'S PERFECTLY
AT HOME IN THE WATER,
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THE WALRUS CAN'T SWIM
INDEFINITELY.
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AND THE YOUNGSTERS,
ESPECIALLY,
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MUST STAY CLOSE
TO A GOOD LANDING PLACE.
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THIS MATTER OF GOING
INTO DRY DOCK
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CALLS FOR A GOOD SENSE
OF TIMING
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AND A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION
AS TO WHICH WAVE TO RIDE.
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FOR THE BEGINNER AT 100 POUNDS,
IT ISN'T ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT.
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BUT FOR THE ADULTS
AT 2,000 POUNDS,
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IT TAKES A BIT OF HUFFING
AND PUFFING.
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THE WALRUS IS
A THICK-SKINNED CREATURE.
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IN FACT,
HIS HIDE MAY BE ANYWHERE
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FROM 1/2 AN INCH
TO 3 INCHES THROUGH.
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AND IN LOUNGING AROUND
ON SHARP ROCKS,
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THIS TOUGH EXTERIOR PROVIDES
WELCOME PROTECTION.
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IT'S NOT A COMPLETELY UNMIXED
BLESSING, HOWEVER.
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SOMETIMES A FELLOW GETS AN ITCH
AMONG ALL THOSE WRINKLES,
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AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS,
HE'S GOT PROBLEMS.
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ON THESE LOUNGING ROCKS,
SPACE IS DEFINITELY LIMITED,
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SO A LITTLE OVERCROWDING
IS TO BE EXPECTED.
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BUT NO BOTHER.
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INDEED, IF A WALRUS CAN PILLOW
HIS HEAD ON A NEIGHBOR,
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HE RATHER PREFERS
THE ARRANGEMENT --
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SORT OF LIKE SLEEPING ON
A BLUBBER-FILLED MATTRESS.
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IT'S NOT EVERY NEIGHBOR
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THAT ENJOYS BEING A MATTRESS,
HOWEVER,
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AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
BITTER ARGUMENTS BREAK OUT.
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[ BELLOWING ]
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NOW THE TUSKS OF THE MIGHTY
BULLS BECOME SLASHING SABERS
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THAT CAN GOUGE
AND TEAR AND CUT.
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IN FACT, THERE'S HARDLY
A MATURE BULL IN THE COLONY
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THAT DOESN'T BEAR
THE WOUND STRIPES
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OF THESE BAD-TEMPERED
EXCHANGES.
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SUDDENLY, THE SQUABBLING STOPS.
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SOMETHING BIGGER
THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD BRAWL
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SENDS PANIC THROUGH THE HERD,
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AND IN A SINGLE INSTANT,
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00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:30,277
THIS LAZY SCENE IS CHANGED
TO ONE OF SEETHING TURMOIL.
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THE CAUSE OF IT ALL
IS THE POLAR BEAR --
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KING OF THE ARCTIC AND MORTAL
ENEMY OF THE WALRUS TRIBE.
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OF ALL THE LEGENDARY CREATURES
OF THE FAR NORTH,
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THE POLAR BEAR IS THE ONE
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WHO SEEMS THE SYMBOL
OF THIS GHOSTLY LAND.
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LIKE A WHITE PHANTOM,
HE MOVES THROUGH HIS REALM,
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AN EVER-PRESENT MENACE,
FOR HE DOES NOT HIBERNATE.
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HE'S BEEN CALLED
BY MANY NAMES --
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THE SPIRIT BEAR OF THE NORTH,
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THE ICE BEAR,
THE BEAR OF THE SEA.
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HE'S ALL OF THESE AND MORE --
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THE LARGEST, MOST POWERFUL,
MOST FEROCIOUS CARNIVORE
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IN THE ENTIRE
WHITE WILDERNESS.
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HE'S QUITE LITERALLY
AN OCEANGOING BEAR
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AND THINKS NOTHING OF CROSSING
VAST STRETCHES OF OPEN WATER
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TO REACH HIS HUNTING GROUNDS
OUT ON THE ICE PACK.
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PROTECTED FROM THE COLD
BY A WATERPROOF COAT OF FUR
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AND A THICK LAYER OF FAT,
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HE CAN TRAVEL LIKE THIS
FOR HOURS ON END.
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INDEED,
HE'LL OFTEN SWIM 20 MILES
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IN ORDER TO GET
FROM ONE ICEBERG TO ANOTHER.
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WHENEVER A POLAR BEAR
IS IN THE VICINITY,
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THE WALRUS ARE UNEASY
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AND QUICKLY ROUTED
FROM THEIR CUSTOMARY SLUMBER.
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ACTUALLY, THE POLAR BEAR RARELY
TAKES ON AN ADULT WALRUS,
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FOR THE BULLS OUTWEIGH HIM
BY ALMOST HALF A TON.
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HIS PROPER PREY IS THE SEAL,
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AND YET,
THERE'S ALWAYS THE CHANCE
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HE'LL COME UPON A BABY WALRUS
OR A CRIPPLE.
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SO HE CAN'T RESIST
THIS AGE-OLD CHASE.
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SOON, THE BEAR GIVES UP
THE PURSUIT.
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IT WAS ONLY A SORT OF
HALF-HEARTED EFFORT
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ON HIS PART, ANYWAY.
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HE JUST WANTED TO TEST
HIS PROWESS.
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THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DAY.
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FOR THE KING OF THE ARCTIC,
THERE ALWAYS IS.
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THERE IS ONE OCCASION WHEN THE
POLAR BEARS MAKE AN EXCEPTION
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TO THEIR GENERAL RULE
OF NOT HIBERNATING.
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THE FEMALE,
WHEN EXPECTING CUBS,
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00:16:41,401 --> 00:16:44,571
WILL PASS THE WINTER HOLED UP
IN A SHELTERED SNOW CAVE.
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00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,606
AND HERE'S A MOTHER BEAR NOW
WITH A PAIR
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OF NEWBORN YOUNGSTERS
THAT MIGHT WELL BE TWINS.
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00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:53,346
ALTHOUGH MOTHER STILL REPOSES
DEEP IN SLUMBER,
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HER NEW BABIES ARE WIDE AWAKE
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00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:58,618
AND NOW ARE INTERESTED
IN BREAKFAST.
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00:17:01,588 --> 00:17:04,291
FROM TIME TO TIME
DURING THE WINTER, IN FACT,
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00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:06,326
THEY'VE NURSED LIKE THIS
WITHOUT DISTURBING THE
MATERNAL NAP.
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00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:20,340
AT BIRTH,
THEY WERE PRACTICALLY NAKED
209
00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:21,241
AND HAVE ONLY MANAGED
TO SURVIVE THE BITTER COLD
210
00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:26,246
BY BURROWING INTO
THEIR MOTHER'S THICK FUR.
211
00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:30,517
BY NOW, HOWEVER, THEY'VE GROWN
212
00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,385
A RESPECTABLE POLAR BEAR COAT
OF THEIR OWN,
213
00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:34,287
AND THEY FEEL
PERFECTLY PREPARED
214
00:17:34,321 --> 00:17:36,523
TO EXPLORE THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
215
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:39,426
AND SO WITH THE CURIOSITY
OF ALL YOUNG ANIMALS,
216
00:17:39,459 --> 00:17:41,294
THEY VENTURE OUT
INTO THE STRANGE ARCTIC WORLD
217
00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:42,229
WHICH IS TO BE THEIR HOME.
218
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:49,436
THIS BLEAK SETTING COULD WELL
BE THE FACE OF THE MOON.
219
00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:50,437
YET, TO THESE ARCTIC CHILDREN,
220
00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:52,305
IT'S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE
PLAYGROUND
221
00:17:53,340 --> 00:17:56,309
ONE COULD POSSIBLY DESIRE.
222
00:17:56,343 --> 00:17:59,346
ON EVERY DOWNHILL SLOPE,
THERE'S A PLACE FOR FUN.
223
00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:14,494
IN EVERY ICE FORMATION,
THERE'S A SECRET CAVE
224
00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:17,330
WHERE A COUPLE OF SMALL BEARS
CAN PLAY A GAME OF AMBUSH
225
00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:19,532
AND ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE.
226
00:19:20,627 --> 00:19:23,396
CUBS OF ALL AGES ARE TO BE
FOUND IN THIS ARCTIC WASTELAND,
227
00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:27,500
AND HERE, A SLIGHTLY OLDER PAIR
IS OUT FOR A STROLL, TOO.
228
00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:29,202
BUT EVEN THESE HAVEN'T LOST
229
00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:31,404
THE BEAR'S
INNATE SENSE OF PLAY.
230
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,909
OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN NATURE,
231
00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:37,977
THE BEAR IS ONE OF
THE MOST INTELLIGENT,
232
00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:38,878
AND ALONG WITH INTELLECT
233
00:19:40,547 --> 00:19:42,982
COMES WHAT AMOUNTS TO
A SENSE OF HUMOR.
234
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,352
THUS, WHEN ONE CUB
CAN SET UP ANOTHER CUB
235
00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:47,354
AS A TARGET FOR A SNOWBALL,
236
00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:51,358
HE'S QUICK TO SEE THE HUMOROUS
POTENTIAL OF THE SITUATION.
237
00:19:57,564 --> 00:19:59,666
OOPS! A NEAR MISS.
238
00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:05,372
WELL, PERHAPS HE CAN MANEUVER
HIS PAL WITHIN RANGE AGAIN.
239
00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:09,409
NOW, AMMUNITION READY.
240
00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:14,614
AIM...
241
00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:16,916
BULL'S-EYE!
242
00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:45,011
LIKE HIS COUSINS
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD,
243
00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:46,946
THE POLAR BEAR HAS INHERITED
244
00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:48,381
CERTAIN TREE-CLIMBING
TENDENCIES.
245
00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:50,717
BUT HIS PROBLEM UP HERE
246
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,986
IS THERE ISN'T A TREE
WITHIN 1,000 MILES.
247
00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:57,524
SO HE TAKES IT OUT ON
THE BIGGEST HILL HE CAN FIND.
248
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:10,603
THERE ARE MANY THINGS
ABOUT MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
249
00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:13,506
THAT THESE INEXPERIENCED
YOUNGSTERS HAVE YET TO LEARN --
250
00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:15,642
HOW TO TEST A FOOTING,
251
00:21:15,675 --> 00:21:17,977
HOW TO CHOOSE
THE ANGLE OF APPROACH,
252
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:20,413
AND, MOST OF ALL,
HOW TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.
253
00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:23,483
BUT WHEN THE LONG
TOBOGGAN RIDE BEGINS,
254
00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:26,052
THERE'S NO PLACE TO STOP
BUT THE BOTTOM.
255
00:22:12,732 --> 00:22:14,967
AND NOW ANOTHER
ARCTIC YOUNGSTER SETS OUT
256
00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:17,136
TO EXPLORE
THE SURROUNDING ICE PACK.
257
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,138
THIS IS THE RINGED SEAL,
258
00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:22,108
THE MOST COMMON SPECIES FOUND
IN THESE NORTHERN WASTES.
259
00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:25,044
IN ITS INFANCY, THE PUP WEARS
A COAT OF PUREST WHITE
260
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,113
THAT SERVES
AS A NATURAL CAMOUFLAGE
261
00:22:27,146 --> 00:22:30,917
IN THIS DOMAIN OF WHITENESS.
262
00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:36,656
CAMOUFLAGE ALONE, HOWEVER,
263
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:39,025
IS SMALL PROTECTION
OUT ON THE ICE.
264
00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,494
AND AS HE DRAGS HIMSELF
OVER THE ROUGH TERRAIN,
265
00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:44,130
THIS LITTLE TRAVELER
IS PAINFULLY AWKWARD AND SLOW.
266
00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:46,098
INDEED,
A SEAL ON TOP OF THE ICE
267
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:49,536
IS LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.
268
00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:52,672
HE'S NOT ONLY CLUMSY,
BUT EXTREMELY VULNERABLE,
269
00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:56,509
FOR HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY
ALL POLAR BEARS WAIT FOR.
270
00:22:56,543 --> 00:22:59,546
AND IF THE SEAL IS DISCOVERED
IN THIS SITUATION,
271
00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:01,113
HE HAS NO DEFENSE WHATEVER.
272
00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,557
ONCE IN HIS ELEMENT, HOWEVER,
273
00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:12,592
HE BECOMES AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT CREATURE.
274
00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:15,995
NOW HE'S THE MASTER
OF DEFENSIVE MANEUVER.
275
00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:25,572
HIS REAR FINS SERVE
AS FINE FISH-TAIL PADDLES,
276
00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:27,540
AND HIS STREAMLINED SHAPE
277
00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:30,176
IS THE PERFECT DESIGN
FOR CUTTING THROUGH THE WATER.
278
00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:39,619
THIS POOL OF MELTED ICE WATER
279
00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,688
BECOMES HIS PERSONAL
SWIMMING HOLE,
280
00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:44,691
THE PLACE WHERE HE CAN AMUSE
HIMSELF FOR HOURS ON END.
281
00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:57,637
SOMETIMES THE BULLIES
FROM DOWN THE BLOCK
282
00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:59,105
COME AROUND
TO TRY TO SPOIL HIS FUN.
283
00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:14,086
INSTINCTIVELY,
THE POLAR BEAR CUB RECOGNIZES
284
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,054
HIS NATURAL PREY,
AND HE MAKES A GOOD TRY FOR IT.
285
00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:20,126
BUT FOR HIM TO CATCH A SEAL
THIS EARLY IN HIS CAREER
286
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:25,164
IS RATHER LIKE A TUGBOAT
RUNNING DOWN A TORPEDO.
287
00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:31,771
THERE MUST BE SEALS AROUND HERE
288
00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:34,140
THAT ARE EASIER TO CORNER
THAN THIS ONE.
289
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:36,075
HMM.
290
00:24:40,613 --> 00:24:43,650
THE CUBS DECIDE MAYBE THEY'RE
NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
291
00:24:43,683 --> 00:24:46,686
MAYBE THEY'D BETTER GO CHECK UP
WITH THEIR MOTHER.
292
00:24:57,096 --> 00:24:59,165
AH, NOW, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT.
293
00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:01,668
HERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY.
294
00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:09,776
THIS IS KNOWN AS TRADING
ON YOUR FATHER'S REPUTATION.
295
00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:23,055
SO STRONG IS THE TERROR
INSPIRED BY THE POLAR BEAR
296
00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:23,856
THAT EVEN HIS CUBS
CAN STRIKE FEAR
297
00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:24,991
INTO THE HEARTS OF THE WALRUS.
298
00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:31,764
[ BELLOWING ]
299
00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:33,966
IN SPITE OF THE FACT
300
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,002
THAT THEY'RE A BIT SHORT
ON WEIGHT AND SIZE,
301
00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:38,204
THE CUBS HAVE PLENTY OF COURAGE
TO BACK UP THEIR BLUFF.
302
00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:50,016
AND SOON,
THEY'VE MADE THIS HUGE BULL
303
00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:52,251
GIVE UP
HIS FAVORITE NAPPING PLACE.
304
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,296
WITH HER CUBS LOCATED AT LAST,
305
00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:07,967
THE MOTHER BEAR IS READY FOR A
HUNTING EXPEDITION OF HER OWN.
306
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,170
AND SINCE HER YOUNGSTERS HAVE
MANAGED TO SCARE ALL THE PREY
OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
307
00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:14,774
SHE AND HER FAMILY MUST
TRY THEIR LUCK ELSEWHERE.
308
00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:27,053
THE ARCTIC OCEAN
IS A SEA OF MYSTERY,
309
00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:32,291
AND BECAUSE IT'S FREE OF ICE
ONLY PART OF THE YEAR,
310
00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:34,226
RARELY CAN WE GAIN A GLIMPSE
OF THE PUZZLES
311
00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,763
HIDDEN IN ITS DARK DEPTHS.
312
00:26:36,796 --> 00:26:39,131
BUT HERE
WE MAY WITNESS ONE NOW --
313
00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:43,069
THE AMAZING BEHAVIOR
OF THE WHITE WHALES.
314
00:26:44,804 --> 00:26:47,674
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE WHALES,
THE BELUGA, OR WHITE WHALE,
315
00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:48,775
IS NOT A LARGE BREED.
316
00:26:48,808 --> 00:26:51,978
IT GROWS TO A MAXIMUM LENGTH
OF 16 FEET
317
00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:55,181
AND RARELY EXCEEDS A TON
IN WEIGHT.
318
00:26:59,185 --> 00:27:01,721
IT'S ACTUALLY A DOLPHIN,
319
00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:03,155
AND THUS A MEMBER
OF THE SAME BIOLOGICAL FAMILY
320
00:27:03,189 --> 00:27:04,090
AS THE PORPOISE
AND THE KILLER WHALE.
321
00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:12,164
IN COMPLETE CONTRAST TO THE
VICIOUS KILLER WHALE, HOWEVER,
322
00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:15,167
THE WHITE WHALE
IS A FRIENDLY CREATURE
323
00:27:15,201 --> 00:27:17,804
WHO SEEMS TO LIKE CONGENIAL
COMPANY AND RHYTHMIC MOTION
324
00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:21,073
AND THE GOOD FUN
OF SWIMMING IN FORMATION.
325
00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:23,209
LIKE GRAY GHOSTS
COME FROM THE DEEP,
326
00:27:23,242 --> 00:27:25,244
THESE STRANGE CREATURES DIVE
AND PIVOT
327
00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:28,047
AND TURN IN PERFECT UNISON.
328
00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:30,349
THEIR MATCHLESS PERFORMANCE
329
00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,719
BECOMES A THING
OF UNEXPECTED BEAUTY,
330
00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:34,286
CREATING ITS OWN
UNIQUE PATTERNS
331
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,123
ON THE FACE OF THE ARCTIC SEA.
332
00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:20,332
IN THIS LAND OF MANY MYSTERIES,
IT'S A STRANGE FACT
333
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:22,769
THAT THE LARGEST LEGENDS
SEEM TO COLLECT
334
00:28:22,802 --> 00:28:24,771
AROUND THE SMALLEST CREATURES.
335
00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:28,207
ONE OF THESE IS A MOUSY LITTLE
RODENT CALLED THE LEMMING.
336
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,110
HERE'S AN ACTUAL LIVING LEGEND,
337
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:33,112
FOR IT'S SAID
OF THIS TINY ANIMAL
338
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:35,047
THAT IT COMMITS MASS SUICIDE
339
00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:37,784
BY RUSHING INTO THE SEA
IN DROVES.
340
00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:41,087
THE STORY IS ONE OF THE
PERSISTENT TALES OF THE ARCTIC,
341
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,355
AND, AS OFTEN HAPPENS
IN MAN'S NATURE LORE,
342
00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,224
IT'S A STORY
BOTH TRUE AND FALSE,
343
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:47,326
AS WE SHALL SEE IN A MOMENT.
344
00:28:50,262 --> 00:28:52,364
ORDINARILY, LEMMINGS
ARE NOT FOUND ABOVE GROUND
345
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:54,166
BEFORE THE SNOW IS GONE.
346
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,069
BUT WINTER'S LONG PERIOD
OF STARVATION
347
00:28:57,103 --> 00:28:59,371
MAKES THEM FINALLY TAKE
UNUSUAL RISKS,
348
00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:02,241
AND THIS MOTHER LEMMING HAS
A SPECIAL REASON FOR BEING OUT.
349
00:29:02,274 --> 00:29:05,177
SHE MUST FEED WELL
THAT SHE MAY NURSE THE LITTER
350
00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:07,279
SHE'S LEFT BEHIND
IN HER BURROW.
351
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:12,418
FOR A CREATURE AS TINY AS THIS,
352
00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:14,386
EVERY SNOWDRIFT
IS A MOUNTAIN RANGE
353
00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:16,388
AND EVERY CLUMP OF BUSHES
A FOREST.
354
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:19,191
IT CAN ALL GET QUITE CONFUSING.
355
00:29:19,225 --> 00:29:20,159
BEFORE SHE KNOWS
HOW IT'S HAPPENED,
356
00:29:22,128 --> 00:29:25,064
THIS LITTLE WAYFARER
IS THOROUGHLY LOST.
357
00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:29,101
SOON,
SHE FINDS HERSELF WANDERING
358
00:29:31,070 --> 00:29:33,505
THROUGH A WEIRD WORLD
OF FROZEN CHAOS.
359
00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:36,242
IN THIS COMPLEX MAZE
OF CHAMBERED CRYSTAL,
360
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,445
EVERY TURNING
BECOMES MORE BEWILDERING.
361
00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:47,286
IT'S LIKE BEING LOST
IN A HALL OF MIRRORS.
362
00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,455
IN A MOMENT,
YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHICH IS YOU
363
00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:50,256
AND WHICH IS YOUR REFLECTION.
364
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,281
SUDDENLY, SHE FINDS HERSELF
LITERALLY AT SEA
365
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,116
IN THIS WORLD OF UNREALITY
366
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,318
AND FLOATING OFF
INTO THE UNKNOWN.
367
00:30:28,294 --> 00:30:30,262
WHEN THE PERILOUS CRUISE
ENDS LIKE THIS,
368
00:30:30,296 --> 00:30:33,299
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO --
SWIM FOR IT.
369
00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:39,371
BUT WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF
ON AN ICEBERG TREADMILL
370
00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:40,372
AND APPARENTLY GETTING NOWHERE,
371
00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:41,173
IT CAN BECOME
MOST DISCOURAGING.
372
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:49,215
LIFE IS PERSISTENT
IN THE ARCTIC, HOWEVER,
373
00:30:49,248 --> 00:30:51,550
OR IT WOULD NOT SURVIVE,
374
00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:54,286
AND THE LITTLE LEMMING
DOESN'T GIVE UP THE BATTLE.
375
00:30:56,422 --> 00:30:58,524
SUDDENLY,
A SOLUTION SUGGESTS ITSELF.
376
00:30:58,557 --> 00:31:01,460
IF SHE WILL JUST RIDE
THE WHIRLPOOL FULL CIRCLE,
377
00:31:01,493 --> 00:31:05,064
IT MAY CARRY HER BACK
TO THE SHORE.
378
00:31:05,097 --> 00:31:06,398
SO SHE DOES.
379
00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:10,269
AND SURE ENOUGH, IT DOES.
380
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:13,205
NEAR EXHAUSTION BY NOW,
SHE'D LIKE TO REST,
381
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:16,542
BUT IF SHE STOPS,
SHE WILL FREEZE IN HER TRACKS.
382
00:31:16,575 --> 00:31:19,445
BESIDES, HER FAMILY HAS ALREADY
BEEN LEFT UNATTENDED
383
00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:21,180
FOR TOO LONG.
384
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:27,186
NOW SHE SEEMS
TO HAVE REDISCOVERED
THE CORRECT COMPASS BEARING,
385
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:29,555
AND SOON, SHE FINDS HERSELF
BACK AT HER OWN FRONT DOOR.
386
00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:33,425
THE LEMMINGS
ARE BURROWING ANIMALS
387
00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:36,262
AND, FROM LONG HABIT,
LIVE IN AN UNDERGROUND HOME.
388
00:31:37,296 --> 00:31:39,165
IN THE FRIGID ZONE, HOWEVER,
389
00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:41,267
THIS POSES SOMETHING
OF A HOUSING PROBLEM,
390
00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:44,170
FOR ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF TOPSOIL EVER THAW OUT.
391
00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:46,538
THUS, THESE LITTLE RODENTS
MUST LIVE, LITERALLY,
392
00:31:46,572 --> 00:31:48,207
AT THE GRASS ROOTS.
393
00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:50,409
THEY'RE A SPECIES OF MOUSE,
394
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:51,210
AND LIKE MOST VARIETIES
OF MICE,
395
00:31:53,179 --> 00:31:55,114
THEY BREED
AT A REMARKABLE RATE.
396
00:31:55,147 --> 00:31:56,582
IN FACT, LEMMINGS WILL PRODUCE
SEVERAL LITTERS
397
00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,351
WITHIN THE SHORT SPAN
OF AN ARCTIC SUMMER.
398
00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:10,562
EVERY YEAR, THE LEMMINGS
MUST COPE WITH THE PROBLEM
399
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:12,264
OF THE SPRING THAW,
400
00:32:12,298 --> 00:32:16,135
AND EVERY YEAR
FINDS THEM UNPREPARED.
401
00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:18,404
WHEN THE THAW COMES,
AS IT ALWAYS DOES,
402
00:32:18,437 --> 00:32:21,140
THE ROOF LEAKS.
403
00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:22,541
IN THIS ONE-ROOM DUGOUT,
404
00:32:22,574 --> 00:32:25,144
THERE'S NO WAY TO ESCAPE
THE DELUGE.
405
00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:26,312
THUS, A BABY LEMMING
SOMETIMES HAS CAUSE TO WONDER
406
00:32:27,546 --> 00:32:30,516
WHETHER HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A MOUSE OR A FISH.
407
00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:39,291
MOTHER TAKES THE FLOOD
CALMLY ENOUGH, THOUGH.
408
00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:42,461
AFTER ALL,
IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
409
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:45,197
AND IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT
IF THEY'LL ALL MOVE OUTDOORS,
410
00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:47,299
THEY'LL FIND THE TUNDRA
CLEARED OF SNOW AT LAST.
411
00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:52,171
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR,
412
00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:54,506
THE TUNDRA COMES ALIVE
WITH LEMMINGS.
413
00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:57,376
EACH HAS A ROVING,
RAVENOUS APPETITE,
414
00:32:57,409 --> 00:33:00,446
AND EACH ATTACKS THE TUNDRA
VEGETATION WITH A VENGEANCE,
415
00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:03,315
DETERMINED
TO CONSUME ITS SHARE.
416
00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:09,455
IN A YEAR OF PEAK POPULATION,
417
00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,423
THERE'S HARDLY ROOM
IN WHICH TO TURN AROUND
418
00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:13,325
OR SO IT SEEMS.
419
00:33:15,361 --> 00:33:17,429
THE SNOWSHOE RABBIT
FINDS HIMSELF
420
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:19,465
SURROUNDED
BY THESE NOSY NEIGHBORS.
421
00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,600
EVERYWHERE HE LOOKS,
THERE'S ANOTHER LEMMING.
422
00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:31,577
WITH ALL THIS TRAFFIC
UNDERFOOT,
423
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,379
IT WOULD SEEM A GOOD TIME
424
00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:35,381
FOR THE PTARMIGANS
TO TAKE TO THE AIRWAYS.
425
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,448
BUT THEY'RE RATHER LAZY BIRDS,
426
00:33:36,482 --> 00:33:38,584
AND THEY DON'T
SEEM TO MIND HOBNOBBING
427
00:33:38,617 --> 00:33:40,286
WITH THESE HUNGRY HORDES.
428
00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,623
THEY LEARN TO WATCH THEIR STEP,
HOWEVER,
429
00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:48,227
SINCE THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE
A LEMMING WILL DECIDE TO FEED.
430
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:50,296
FOR SOME REASON,
THE GRASS ALWAYS SEEMS GREENER
431
00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:53,332
IN THE MOST AWKWARD PLACES.
432
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,601
SOMETIMES IT'S A PTARMIGAN
TREADING ON A LEMMING,
433
00:33:56,102 --> 00:33:58,637
AND SOMETIMES
IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
434
00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:04,243
WELL, WITH THINGS
AS CROWDED AS THIS,
435
00:34:04,276 --> 00:34:07,379
SOMEONE HAS TO MAKE ROOM
FOR SOMEBODY SOMEHOW,
436
00:34:07,413 --> 00:34:10,316
AND SO NATURE HERSELF
TAKES A HAND.
437
00:34:10,349 --> 00:34:14,420
A LEMMING MIGRATION
IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
438
00:34:14,453 --> 00:34:17,556
IT'S AN ACTUAL FACT
THAT LEMMINGS DO MIGRATE.
439
00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:19,691
THEIRS IS NOT
AN ANNUAL EXODUS, HOWEVER.
440
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:22,428
IT HAPPENS ONLY PERIODICALLY,
441
00:34:22,461 --> 00:34:23,562
ABOUT EVERY 7 TO 10 YEARS
442
00:34:23,595 --> 00:34:27,399
DURING THE PEAK
OF THEIR POPULATION CYCLE.
443
00:34:29,335 --> 00:34:31,337
A TIME
OF TREMENDOUS REPRODUCTION
444
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:34,373
GENERALLY MEANS
A TIME OF FAMINE.
445
00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:36,275
THE LEMMINGS QUITE LITERALLY
446
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:37,309
EAT THEMSELVES
OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME.
447
00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,611
WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS,
448
00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:42,348
THEY FIND IT NECESSARY TO MOVE
TO A NEW FEEDING GROUND.
449
00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:45,083
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT LEMMINGS
ARE A LOT LIKE SHEEP --
450
00:34:47,353 --> 00:34:48,254
THAT ONE OR TWO START
TO GO SOMEWHERE,
451
00:34:49,355 --> 00:34:51,323
AND THE REST ARE DETERMINED
TO GO, TOO.
452
00:34:57,463 --> 00:34:59,698
ONCE IN MOTION,
NONE STOPS TO ASK WHY.
453
00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:03,369
INSTEAD, A KIND OF COMPULSION
SEIZES EACH TINY RODENT,
454
00:35:04,370 --> 00:35:06,472
AND CARRIED ALONG
BY AN UNREASONING HYSTERIA,
455
00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:08,440
EACH FALLS INTO STEP
456
00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:11,477
FOR A MARCH THAT WILL TAKE THEM
TO A STRANGE DESTINY.
457
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,120
ONCE THEY BEGIN TO MOVE
IN FORMATION,
458
00:35:23,155 --> 00:35:23,689
THEY PRESENT
THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES
459
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:27,293
WITH AN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY,
460
00:35:27,326 --> 00:35:28,927
AND ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY,
461
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,463
PREDATORS SEEM TO COME
FROM EVERYWHERE.
462
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:33,465
THE JAEGER BIRD, FOR ONE,
463
00:35:33,499 --> 00:35:35,334
LITERALLY LIES IN WAIT
IN MIDAIR,
464
00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:38,604
KEEPING A SHARP EYE
ON THE PROCESSION BELOW.
465
00:35:41,407 --> 00:35:44,876
AT LAST, WITHOUT WARNING,
HE SWOOPS.
466
00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:48,514
[ SQUEAKING ]
467
00:35:49,415 --> 00:35:51,583
IN THE FACE OF DEATH,
468
00:35:51,617 --> 00:35:53,552
EVEN A CREATURE
AS SMALL AS A MOUSE
469
00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:55,587
WILL PUT UP A DESPERATE BATTLE.
470
00:35:57,656 --> 00:36:00,326
BUT THIS TIME,
COURAGE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.
471
00:36:00,359 --> 00:36:02,361
AS BIRDS OF PREY, IN FACT,
472
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:05,631
THE JAEGERS RIVAL
THE ARCTIC OWL.
473
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:11,503
THE RAVEN
IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNIST
474
00:36:11,537 --> 00:36:14,673
WHO TRIES HIS HAND
AT THIS FASCINATING GAME.
475
00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,344
IT'S SOON APPARENT, HOWEVER,
476
00:36:18,377 --> 00:36:20,912
THAT HE'S NOT NEARLY AS GOOD
AT IT AS THE JAEGER BIRD.
477
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:27,619
GENERALLY,
IT'S THE RAVEN'S WAY
478
00:36:27,653 --> 00:36:29,655
TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE DO
THIS SORT OF THING.
479
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:31,357
HE'S A SCAVENGER
BY INCLINATION,
480
00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,092
AND THUS, WHEN HE HAS TO COPE
WITH A LITTLE FAST FOOTWORK,
481
00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:38,930
HE'S APT TO END UP LOOKING
FOOLISH AND STILL HUNGRY.
482
00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:43,702
AMONG THE ARCTIC HUNTERS,
483
00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:46,372
THE ONE WHO MIGHT BE CALLED
"OLD NEVER MISS,"
484
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,909
IS THE ERMINE, NOW APPEARING
IN HIS SUMMERTIME COAT.
485
00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:52,177
A MEMBER OF THE WEASEL TRIBE,
486
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:52,978
THE ERMINE INHERITS
THE BLOODTHIRSTY TEMPERAMENT
487
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,648
OF HIS SPECIES.
488
00:36:56,682 --> 00:36:58,384
WHEN HE FINALLY DECIDES
TO STRIKE,
489
00:36:59,385 --> 00:37:01,453
IT'S IN DEADLY EARNEST.
490
00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:10,496
BY NATURAL LAW,
THE PREDATORS TAKE THEIR TOLL,
491
00:37:10,529 --> 00:37:12,364
YET, IN SPITE OF THEM,
THE MIGRATION GOES ON.
492
00:37:18,637 --> 00:37:20,639
BY NOW,
THE LEMMINGS HAVE FORGOTTEN
493
00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:22,641
THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF FOOD.
494
00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:24,610
THEY'VE BECOME VICTIMS
OF AN OBSESSION.
495
00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:26,545
A ONE-TRACK THOUGHT --
496
00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:29,881
MOVE ON, MOVE ON,
KEEP MOVING ON.
497
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:37,389
IF THEY COME TO A TINY STREAM,
THEY PLUNGE RIGHT IN.
498
00:37:37,423 --> 00:37:39,024
WATER DOESN'T FAZE THEM.
499
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:42,661
INDEED, THEY'LL SWIM
SIZEABLE RIVERS AND EVEN LAKES
500
00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:45,631
IN THEIR DETERMINATION
TO PUSH ON.
501
00:37:55,474 --> 00:38:00,479
AHEAD LIES THE ARCTIC SHORE
AND BEYOND, THE SEA,
502
00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:03,515
AND STILL THE LITTLE ANIMALS
SURGE FORWARD.
503
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:07,619
THEIR FRENZY TAKES THEM
504
00:38:07,653 --> 00:38:10,489
TUMBLING DOWN
THE TERRACED CLIFFS,
505
00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:13,024
CREATING TINY AVALANCHES
OF SLIDING SOIL AND ROCKS
506
00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:16,695
AND SEEMINGLY
INDESTRUCTIBLE LEMMINGS.
507
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:34,446
THEY REACH THE FINAL PRECIPICE.
508
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,449
THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE
TO TURN BACK.
509
00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:43,522
YET OVER THEY GO,
510
00:38:43,555 --> 00:38:45,056
CASTING THEMSELVES BODILY
OUT INTO SPACE.
511
00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:17,723
ALL SEEM TO SURVIVE THE ORDEAL,
FOR NOW, THEY BEGIN TO SWIM --
512
00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:19,725
NOT TOWARD LAND, STRANGELY,
513
00:39:19,758 --> 00:39:23,161
BUT AWAY FROM SHORE,
TOWARD THE FAR HORIZON.
514
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,063
OTHERS FIND THE BEACHES
BY ROUNDABOUT WAYS,
515
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:28,667
AND THEY, TOO,
PLUNGE INTO THE WAVES.
516
00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:31,069
IT'S NOT GIVEN TO MAN
517
00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,705
TO UNDERSTAND
ALL OF NATURE'S MYSTERIES.
518
00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:36,742
BUT AS NEARLY AS HE CAN
SURMISE, IT WOULD APPEAR
519
00:39:36,775 --> 00:39:39,611
THAT THE LEMMINGS CONSIDER
THIS BODY OF WATER JUST
ANOTHER LAKE.
520
00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:42,080
AND IF IT'S A LAKE, THEN IT
MUST HAVE A FARTHER SHORE,
521
00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:45,083
AND SO THEY STRIKE OUT BOLDLY.
522
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:53,058
BUT GRADUALLY, STRENGTH WANES.
523
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:55,627
DETERMINATION EBBS AWAY.
524
00:39:55,661 --> 00:39:57,028
AND SOON, THE ARCTIC SEA
525
00:39:57,062 --> 00:39:59,698
IS DOTTED
WITH TINY BOBBING BODIES.
526
00:40:02,701 --> 00:40:05,971
AND SO IS ACTED OUT
THE LEGEND OF MASS SUICIDE,
527
00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:09,174
AND DESTRUCTION OF A SPECIES
IT WOULD SEEM TO BE,
528
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:11,643
EXCEPT THAT NATURE,
IN HER INFINITE WISDOM,
529
00:40:11,677 --> 00:40:12,944
HAS SPARED A FEW.
530
00:40:12,978 --> 00:40:17,616
BACK ON THE ARCTIC PLAIN,
THERE REMAINS THE SMALL HANDFUL
531
00:40:17,649 --> 00:40:19,718
THAT DID NOT MAKE
THIS FATAL JOURNEY.
532
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,087
AND IN TIME, NEW GENERATIONS
WILL TAKE THE PLACE
533
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,022
OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.
534
00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,056
AND YET, WHEN THE POPULATION
CYCLE MOUNTS TO ANOTHER PEAK,
535
00:40:28,093 --> 00:40:30,095
THE LEMMING LEGEND
WILL BE TOLD AGAIN
536
00:40:30,128 --> 00:40:31,029
AND WILL COME TO THIS SAME
AMAZING CLIMAX --
537
00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:38,136
A FINAL RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY
AND WITH DEATH.
538
00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:45,243
WITH THE SPRING THAW,
539
00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:48,747
LAKES AND LAGOONS BY THE
THOUSANDS DOT THE LANDSCAPE,
540
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:52,050
AND THESE BECOME THE PERFECT
HAVEN FOR VISITING WATERFOWL.
541
00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,653
[ SCREECHING ]
542
00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:57,122
EVERY YEAR, THEY COME --
THE FLOCKS UNCOUNTED,
543
00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:59,658
SPECIES WITHOUT NUMBER,
544
00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,127
TEMPORARY RESIDENTS
IN THIS EMPTY LAND.
545
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,062
HERE THEY FIND PEACE.
546
00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:08,967
HERE THEY CAN RAISE THEIR YOUNG
UNDISTURBED BY CIVILIZATION.
547
00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:13,171
BUT WHILE THE FEMALES TEND THE
NESTS, THE MALES, GENERALLY,
548
00:41:14,105 --> 00:41:16,975
ARE TO BE FOUND SHOWING OFF
THEIR FINE FEATHERS.
549
00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:18,644
AND IN THIS DEPARTMENT,
550
00:41:18,677 --> 00:41:22,147
NONE CAN MATCH
THE KING EIDER DUCK.
551
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:27,986
HE IS INDEED NATURE'S DANDY --
SARTORIAL SPLENDOR PERSONIFIED.
552
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,658
FOR EVERY NEW FAMILY, THERE'S
FOOD TO BE FOUND, OF COURSE,
553
00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:34,660
AND THIS LITTLE WADING BIRD
GOES ABOUT THE JOB
554
00:41:34,693 --> 00:41:37,062
IN A MOST UNUSUAL WAY.
555
00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:39,598
IT TURNS OVER THE STONES
ALONG THE SHORE,
556
00:41:39,631 --> 00:41:43,234
AND SO IT'S CALLED -- WELL,
WHAT ELSE BUT THE TURNSTONE.
557
00:42:06,224 --> 00:42:08,259
THESE ARE THE PHALAROPES,
558
00:42:08,293 --> 00:42:11,697
AND THEY, TOO, HAVE A METHOD
OF GETTING FOOD THAT'S UNIQUE.
559
00:42:11,730 --> 00:42:13,198
FIRST, THEY SWIM
IN A TIGHT CIRCLE
560
00:42:13,231 --> 00:42:15,667
TO CREATE A SMALL WHIRLPOOL.
561
00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:19,671
THEN THEY LET
ITS NATURAL SUCTION
562
00:42:19,705 --> 00:42:22,708
BRING UP FROM THE BOTTOM
THE EDIBLES THEY'RE SEEKING.
563
00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:40,058
AS A NESTING GROUND, THE TUNDRA
IS NOT WITHOUT ITS DRAWBACKS.
564
00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:41,159
THERE ISN'T A TREE
WITHIN MILES,
565
00:42:42,427 --> 00:42:44,195
AND SO ALL NESTS MUST BE LAID
FLAT ON THE EARTH.
566
00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:51,970
THIS, OF COURSE, MAKES THEM
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY PREDATOR
567
00:42:52,003 --> 00:42:52,971
WHO COMES ALONG,
568
00:42:53,004 --> 00:42:54,005
AND DURING
THE INCUBATION PERIOD,
569
00:42:55,106 --> 00:42:57,008
BIRDS LIKE THIS ARCTIC GULL
570
00:42:57,042 --> 00:42:59,678
PRACTICALLY NEVER KNOW
A MOMENT'S SLEEP.
571
00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:07,218
SOMETIMES THE POLAR BEARS
DECIDE TO RAID THIS SANCTUARY.
572
00:43:07,252 --> 00:43:11,289
BUT WHEN THEY DO, IT GENERALLY
MEANS REAL TROUBLE.
573
00:43:11,322 --> 00:43:15,126
HERE THE BEAR HAS ACTUALLY
SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING A LOON.
574
00:43:21,232 --> 00:43:24,703
IT'D GLADLY SIT DOWN TO ENJOY
THE PEACE AND QUIET
575
00:43:24,736 --> 00:43:26,004
OF A SIMPLE MEAL,
576
00:43:26,037 --> 00:43:28,306
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT
HE SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN HOLD
577
00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:31,276
OF MORE FUSS AND FEATHERS
THAN HE BARGAINED FOR.
578
00:43:32,210 --> 00:43:35,346
IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL,
HE MAY LOSE AN EYE,
579
00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:37,315
FOR THE BIRD'S SHARP BILL
CAN BE A VICIOUS WEAPON
580
00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:39,150
AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
581
00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:55,066
IN FACT, IF THIS KEEPS UP
MUCH LONGER,
582
00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:56,267
HE MAY LOSE BOTH EYES.
583
00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:57,535
[ SQUAWKS ]
584
00:43:57,568 --> 00:44:00,338
AT LAST, THE BEAR DECIDES
HE'D RATHER EAT CROW,
585
00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:03,041
AND HE RELEASES HIS CATCH.
586
00:44:08,113 --> 00:44:12,083
FROM NOW ON, HE'LL TAKE
HIS BIRDS LIKE THIS -- AS EGGS,
587
00:44:12,117 --> 00:44:14,753
NOT NEARLY THE WEAR AND TEAR
ON THE NERVES.
588
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:23,294
HERE'S ANOTHER EGG SNATCHER
589
00:44:23,328 --> 00:44:24,129
WHO HAS TO BE WATCHED
EVERY MINUTE.
590
00:44:28,233 --> 00:44:31,102
LEAVE A NEST UNATTENDED,
591
00:44:31,136 --> 00:44:33,338
AND THE ERMINE
IS SURE TO TURN UP.
592
00:44:33,371 --> 00:44:36,842
THE BIGGER THE EGG, THE BIGGER
THE MEAL, HE FIGURES,
593
00:44:36,875 --> 00:44:38,243
WITHOUT PAYING MUCH ATTENTION
594
00:44:38,276 --> 00:44:39,677
TO THE INCIDENTAL MATTER
OF CRACKING IT.
595
00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:45,083
BUT IN A MOMENT, THE PROBLEM
BEGINS TO COME INTO FOCUS --
596
00:44:45,116 --> 00:44:48,186
HOW TO GET ROUND OBJECT
INTO SQUARE CORNER
597
00:44:48,219 --> 00:44:51,222
IN ORDER THAT ANGLE OF BITE
MAY ENCOMPASS MORE OF
CIRCUMFERENCE.
598
00:44:51,256 --> 00:44:54,092
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
599
00:45:41,439 --> 00:45:44,209
AT LAST, HE FINDS A PLACE
WHERE HE CAN PIN IT DOWN
600
00:45:44,242 --> 00:45:46,044
AND APPLY SOME LEVERAGE.
601
00:45:46,077 --> 00:45:47,412
NOW TO THE FEAST.
602
00:45:55,854 --> 00:45:57,388
SOUTHWARD FROM THE TUNDRA,
603
00:45:57,422 --> 00:46:00,125
IN THE FORESTS THAT BOUND
THE ARCTIC WASTELAND,
604
00:46:00,158 --> 00:46:02,327
THERE LIVES YET ANOTHER LEGEND
OF THE NORTH,
605
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,831
A STRANGE DUCK
THAT NESTS IN HOLLOW TREES.
606
00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:12,237
THIS IS THE GOLDENEYE,
607
00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:15,340
A DUCK THAT VIOLATES
ALL THE USUAL RULES
608
00:46:15,373 --> 00:46:17,208
FOR POND-LOVING WATERFOWL.
609
00:46:18,243 --> 00:46:20,178
NO NEST AMONG THE REEDS
FOR HER.
610
00:46:20,211 --> 00:46:22,113
SHE CHOOSES TO LIVE
611
00:46:22,147 --> 00:46:24,249
IN THE ABANDONED QUARTERS
OF THE WOODPECKERS,
612
00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:27,118
AND HERE SHE HATCHES OUT
HER BROOD OF DOWNY DUCKLINGS.
613
00:46:27,152 --> 00:46:29,120
[ CHIRPING ]
614
00:46:29,154 --> 00:46:31,389
NOW, IT HAPPENS THAT THESE
BABIES MUST LEAVE THE NEST
615
00:46:31,422 --> 00:46:33,424
BEFORE THEY'VE LEARNED TO FLY.
616
00:46:33,458 --> 00:46:37,128
THUS, MOTHER'S PROBLEM IS
HOW TO GET THEM SAFELY DOWN
617
00:46:37,162 --> 00:46:39,130
FROM THEIR PENTHOUSE APARTMENT.
618
00:46:39,164 --> 00:46:42,333
BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, SHE DROPS
TO THE GROUND HERSELF
619
00:46:42,367 --> 00:46:44,269
AND GIVES A MATERNAL CALL.
620
00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:46,104
[ QUACKING ]
621
00:46:46,137 --> 00:46:47,438
[ CHIRPING ]
622
00:46:47,472 --> 00:46:49,207
IN RESPONSE, THE YOUNGSTERS
CLIMB UP THE INSIDE OF THE TREE
623
00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:51,476
TO THE OPENING.
624
00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:54,212
NATURE, IT SEEMS,
HAS GIVEN THEM TINY SPURS
625
00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:57,015
FOR THIS PART OF THE JOURNEY.
626
00:46:57,048 --> 00:47:01,319
BUT BEYOND HERE,
THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.
627
00:47:01,352 --> 00:47:03,254
WELL, TALLYHO.
628
00:47:03,288 --> 00:47:05,256
LOOK OUT BELOW.
629
00:47:12,263 --> 00:47:15,533
NATURE'S SOLUTION FOR THIS
PROBLEM IN AERODYNAMICS
630
00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:18,269
IS BOTH SIMPLE AND UNORTHODOX.
631
00:47:18,303 --> 00:47:20,138
LACKING WINGS FOR THINGS,
632
00:47:20,171 --> 00:47:22,207
YOU ADD MORE BOUNCE
TO THE OUNCE.
633
00:47:36,554 --> 00:47:41,392
LAST TO GO IS TAIL-END CHARLIE,
MASTER OF THE TIMID TAKEOFF.
634
00:47:41,426 --> 00:47:44,495
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE
IN EVERY SQUADRON.
635
00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:48,399
MY, THAT'S A LONG WAY DOWN.
636
00:48:00,178 --> 00:48:03,081
FINALLY, THE ENTIRE BROOD
IS ON THE GROUND,
637
00:48:03,114 --> 00:48:05,350
ALL ACCOUNTED FOR
AND ALL IN ONE PIECE,
638
00:48:05,383 --> 00:48:07,352
AMAZING AS THAT MAY SEEM.
639
00:48:08,286 --> 00:48:10,255
THEIR TROUBLES AREN'T OVER,
HOWEVER,
640
00:48:11,289 --> 00:48:12,190
FOR, STRANGELY, THIS IS
THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT
641
00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:15,393
OF THE ENTIRE MANEUVER.
642
00:48:15,426 --> 00:48:18,363
SINCE THEY CAN'T FLY, HAVING
JUST PROVED THAT BEYOND DOUBT,
643
00:48:18,396 --> 00:48:20,265
THEY'RE VULNERABLE
TO ANY NUMBER OF PREDATORS.
644
00:48:21,266 --> 00:48:24,602
AND IT BEHOOVES THEM TO MAKE
A BEELINE FOR THE NEAREST POND,
645
00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:28,206
AND SO, OFF THEY GO
ON THE DOUBLE.
646
00:48:52,230 --> 00:48:54,465
BESIDES BEING A NESTING PLACE
FOR THE BIRDS,
647
00:48:54,499 --> 00:48:56,267
THE LIMITLESS TUNDRA
IS ALSO A NATURAL PASTURE
648
00:48:56,301 --> 00:48:58,269
FOR THE ARCTIC GRASS EATERS.
649
00:48:58,303 --> 00:48:59,170
AND AMONG THESE, NONE IS MORE
ARCTIC THAN THE MUSK-OX.
650
00:49:03,641 --> 00:49:06,511
HERE AGAIN IS A SPECIES
THAT'S A LIVING LEGEND.
651
00:49:06,544 --> 00:49:08,413
IN FACT, THIS IS THE ONE ANIMAL
652
00:49:08,446 --> 00:49:11,149
THAT HAS ACTUALLY SURVIVED
FROM THE ICE AGE.
653
00:49:12,517 --> 00:49:15,420
HE LOOKS TODAY, IN REALITY,
EXACTLY AS HE DOES
654
00:49:15,453 --> 00:49:18,289
IN THE CAVEMAN'S PAINTINGS
OF LONG AGO.
655
00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:29,534
THE MUSK-OX HAS ENDURED
656
00:49:29,567 --> 00:49:29,600
THE HARSH CENTURIES
OF ARCTIC CLIMATE
657
00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:34,605
LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE
PROTECTIVE COAT OF LONG HAIR
658
00:49:34,639 --> 00:49:36,641
HE DEVELOPED IN THE BEGINNING.
659
00:49:36,674 --> 00:49:38,476
ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND,
660
00:49:38,509 --> 00:49:40,278
THIS GENEROUS BLANKET
HAS MEANT THE DIFFERENCE
661
00:49:40,311 --> 00:49:43,314
BETWEEN SURVIVAL
AND EXTINCTION.
662
00:49:44,582 --> 00:49:46,351
AMONG THE OXEN OF THE WORLD,
663
00:49:46,384 --> 00:49:48,453
THE MUSK-OX
IS RATHER A SMALL BREED.
664
00:49:48,486 --> 00:49:51,556
HE STANDS ONLY 4 FEET HIGH
AT THE SHOULDERS
665
00:49:51,589 --> 00:49:54,559
AND WEIGHS ABOUT 600 POUNDS.
666
00:49:54,592 --> 00:49:57,195
BUT HE'S STOCKY AND STRONG,
667
00:49:57,228 --> 00:49:58,296
AND HE'S EQUIPPED WITH
A FORMIDABLE PAIR OF HORNS
668
00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:01,399
FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
669
00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:05,336
LET A WANDERING WOLF APPEAR
ON THE HORIZON,
670
00:50:05,370 --> 00:50:08,339
AND THE BULLS ARE IMMEDIATELY
ON THE ALERT.
671
00:50:16,414 --> 00:50:17,315
HERD ANIMALS BY HABIT,
672
00:50:18,649 --> 00:50:21,419
THE MUSK-OXEN REACT TO DANGER
BY A PREARRANGED PLAN.
673
00:50:23,388 --> 00:50:27,558
ALL RUSH TO A CENTRAL
RALLYING PLACE.
674
00:50:27,592 --> 00:50:30,595
HERE, THEY GROUP THEMSELVES
IN A DEFENSIVE CIRCLE --
675
00:50:30,628 --> 00:50:34,632
COWS AND CALVES IN THE CENTER,
BULLS ALONG THE OUTER EDGE --
676
00:50:34,665 --> 00:50:37,068
ALL HORNS POINTING OUTWARD.
677
00:50:42,473 --> 00:50:44,409
FROM PAST EXPERIENCE,
678
00:50:44,442 --> 00:50:47,378
THE WOLF HAS LEARNED THAT THIS
IS AN UNASSAILABLE POSITION,
679
00:50:47,412 --> 00:50:51,216
AND SO HE PASSES ON BY,
PRETENDING DISINTEREST.
680
00:50:52,483 --> 00:50:54,319
WHEN THE WOLF IS GONE,
681
00:50:54,352 --> 00:50:56,087
THE HERD WILL OFTEN RETIRE
TO ANOTHER DEFENSE --
682
00:50:56,121 --> 00:50:58,256
THESE CASTLE-LIKE FORMATIONS
683
00:50:58,289 --> 00:51:00,558
THAT DOT
THE FAR-REACHING TUNDRA.
684
00:51:00,591 --> 00:51:02,660
HERE, ALL TRAILS LEAD UPWARD
685
00:51:02,693 --> 00:51:05,330
TO A KIND OF NATURAL FORTRESS
AND SAFETY.
686
00:51:10,435 --> 00:51:12,303
OF ALL OF NATURE'S
NEAR-LEGENDARY ANIMALS,
687
00:51:12,337 --> 00:51:14,705
THE WOLF IS THE ONE
688
00:51:14,739 --> 00:51:17,575
AROUND WHOM THE MOST FOLKLORE
SEEMS TO CLING.
689
00:51:17,608 --> 00:51:19,444
IN FAIRY TALES THE WORLD OVER,
690
00:51:19,477 --> 00:51:21,412
HE'S INVARIABLY MADE OUT
THE VILLAIN
691
00:51:21,446 --> 00:51:23,281
AND SYMBOL
OF ALL THINGS WICKED.
692
00:51:23,314 --> 00:51:25,316
HE IS A PREDATOR, TO BE SURE,
693
00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:26,251
BUT ONE WHO SERVES
A USEFUL PURPOSE
694
00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:29,654
IN NATURE'S SCHEME OF THINGS.
695
00:51:29,687 --> 00:51:31,422
AND IN COMPARISON
WITH HIS LEGEND,
696
00:51:31,456 --> 00:51:33,624
HE'S SURPRISINGLY WELL-BEHAVED.
697
00:51:37,328 --> 00:51:40,465
IT'S ONLY IN THE REMOTE REFUGE
OF THIS ARCTIC WASTELAND
698
00:51:40,498 --> 00:51:43,501
THAT WOLVES CAN RAISE
THEIR FAMILIES IN PEACE,
699
00:51:43,534 --> 00:51:45,436
FOR THIS MUCH-MALIGNED SPECIES
700
00:51:45,470 --> 00:51:48,339
HAS BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF
GREAT AREAS OF THE GLOBE.
701
00:51:59,350 --> 00:52:01,352
THE PROGENITOR OF THE DOG CLAN,
702
00:52:01,386 --> 00:52:04,922
THE WOLF POSSESSES
MANY OF THE CANINE VIRTUES,
703
00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:08,626
AMONG THEM,
LOYALTY TO HIS KIND.
704
00:52:08,659 --> 00:52:10,561
WOLVES MATE FOR LIFE,
705
00:52:10,595 --> 00:52:13,298
AND THE MALE IS
AN UNUSUALLY GOOD PROVIDER.
706
00:52:13,331 --> 00:52:14,131
OFTEN, HE'LL RETURN FROM A HUNT
TO DISGORGE PART OF HIS KILL.
707
00:52:17,335 --> 00:52:19,570
IN THIS WAY,
708
00:52:19,604 --> 00:52:23,408
THE PUPS ARE WEANED
ON FOOD ALREADY PREDIGESTED.
709
00:52:31,216 --> 00:52:32,483
AS A PARENT,
710
00:52:32,517 --> 00:52:35,486
THE MALE IS SURPRISINGLY
PATIENT WITH HIS YOUNGSTERS
711
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,555
AND WILLINGLY SUBMITS
TO THE PLAYFUL MAULING
712
00:52:37,588 --> 00:52:40,358
THAT FATHERS
ARE EXPECTED TO UNDERGO.
713
00:52:49,667 --> 00:52:51,669
WHEN DISCIPLINE IS CALLED FOR,
714
00:52:51,702 --> 00:52:54,905
IT'S A MERE NIP
WITH HIS STEEL-TRAP JAWS.
715
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,342
THESE ARE THE JAWS
THAT CAN BRING DOWN
716
00:52:57,375 --> 00:52:57,942
FULL-GROWN REINDEER
AND CARIBOU.
717
00:52:59,244 --> 00:53:01,579
YET, FOR THE MOMENT,
718
00:53:01,612 --> 00:53:04,549
THEIR CRUSHING POWER
IS HELD IN CHECK.
719
00:53:07,485 --> 00:53:09,954
SOON, THE SCHOOLING
OF THESE YOUNGSTERS MUST BEGIN,
720
00:53:09,987 --> 00:53:13,358
AND THE FIRST SUBJECT IS MUSIC.
721
00:53:14,024 --> 00:53:17,562
[ HOWLING ]
722
00:53:17,595 --> 00:53:20,898
EVERY WOLF PUP THAT ASPIRES
TO HIS FULL CREDENTIALS
723
00:53:20,931 --> 00:53:23,701
MUST, OF COURSE,
LEARN TO HOWL AT THE MOON.
724
00:53:23,734 --> 00:53:25,903
[ HOWLING ]
725
00:53:28,373 --> 00:53:31,509
[ HOWLING ]
726
00:53:39,450 --> 00:53:42,653
NEXT COME THE LESSONS
IN HUNTING.
727
00:53:42,687 --> 00:53:44,455
IN THESE WIDE OPEN SPACES,
728
00:53:44,489 --> 00:53:46,924
IT'S NOT EXACTLY EASY
TO FIND A MEAL,
729
00:53:46,957 --> 00:53:48,559
AND THE ART OF TRACKING
AND TRAILING
730
00:53:48,593 --> 00:53:50,961
MUST BE CONSTANTLY PRACTICED.
731
00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:57,302
WORKING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY,
732
00:53:57,335 --> 00:54:00,438
THE YOUNGSTERS GET USED TO
THE FEEL OF THE GROUP
733
00:54:00,471 --> 00:54:01,238
AND THUS ARE TRAINED
734
00:54:02,540 --> 00:54:05,009
TOWARD THE TIME WHEN
THEY WILL HUNT WITH THE PACK.
735
00:54:05,042 --> 00:54:07,378
FROM CENTURIES OF EXPERIENCE,
736
00:54:07,412 --> 00:54:09,246
THE WOLVES HAVE LEARNED THAT
THERE IS ONE HUNTING TERRITORY
737
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:13,384
WHERE SUCCESS
IS PRACTICALLY GUARANTEED,
738
00:54:13,418 --> 00:54:16,020
AND THIS IS AT THE ENTRANCES
TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.
739
00:54:16,053 --> 00:54:20,625
THROUGH THESE GATEWAYS MUST
PASS THE GREAT CARIBOU HERDS
740
00:54:20,658 --> 00:54:23,528
ON THEIR WAY
TO THE TUNDRA GRAZING GROUNDS.
741
00:54:23,561 --> 00:54:26,431
AND SO THE PACK SETS UP
A SYSTEM OF SENTRIES,
742
00:54:26,464 --> 00:54:28,633
CONSTANTLY ON WATCH
FROM THESE RAMPARTS.
743
00:54:40,678 --> 00:54:44,014
SURE ENOUGH, WITHOUT FAIL,
THE LEAD BULLS APPEAR,
744
00:54:44,048 --> 00:54:47,051
SIGNALING THE APPROACH
OF THE CARIBOU VANGUARD.
745
00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:52,022
THE CARIBOU AND THEIR
CLOSE COUSIN THE REINDEER
746
00:54:52,056 --> 00:54:52,923
ARE THE ARCTIC MEMBERS
OF THE DEER FAMILY
747
00:54:55,526 --> 00:54:58,729
AND THUS ARE THE NATURAL PREY
OF THE WOLVES.
748
00:54:58,763 --> 00:55:01,065
EACH SUMMER, THESE TREMENDOUS
HERDS MIGRATE NORTHWARD
749
00:55:01,098 --> 00:55:03,067
BOUND FOR THEIR HABITUAL
GRAZING GROUND
750
00:55:04,068 --> 00:55:05,202
ON THE OPEN TUNDRA.
751
00:55:05,235 --> 00:55:08,639
THIS ANNUAL TREK
IS A FLOWING TIDE OF ANIMALS
752
00:55:08,673 --> 00:55:10,675
THAT MOVES TOWARD THE POLE
753
00:55:10,708 --> 00:55:13,644
JUST AS SURELY AS THE RIVERS
THAT SEEK THE ARCTIC SEA.
754
00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:18,449
SOMETIMES,
THE TWO CURRENTS CROSS
755
00:55:18,483 --> 00:55:21,652
AT FORDING PLACES
ALONG THE BOTTOMLANDS.
756
00:55:35,065 --> 00:55:36,401
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR,
757
00:55:36,434 --> 00:55:40,070
THESE FLOOD-SWOLLEN STREAMS
ARE SWIFT AND TREACHEROUS.
758
00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:45,042
YET EVEN THE NEWBORN FAWNS
MUST MAKE THE CROSSING
759
00:55:45,075 --> 00:55:47,612
OR BE LEFT BEHIND.
760
00:55:47,645 --> 00:55:50,915
NOTHING CAN BE ALLOWED TO HALT
THE HERD'S PROGRESS.
761
00:56:06,597 --> 00:56:09,099
AS THE CARIBOU COME
WITHIN RANGE,
762
00:56:09,567 --> 00:56:13,037
THE WOLVES MOVE
DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR.
763
00:56:13,070 --> 00:56:15,673
THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS
CROWD THE HERDS
764
00:56:15,706 --> 00:56:17,742
INTO A SINGLE
NARROW PASSAGEWAY --
765
00:56:18,042 --> 00:56:20,077
TERRAIN THAT IS DECIDEDLY
TO THE WOLVES' ADVANTAGE.
766
00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:25,049
THEY TAKE THEIR STATIONS
WITH AN ALMOST CASUAL AIR.
767
00:56:25,082 --> 00:56:27,952
TODAY THE CARIBOU
MUST RUN THE GAUNTLET,
768
00:56:27,985 --> 00:56:32,089
AND TODAY, FOR SURE, THE WOLVES
WILL KNOW A TIME OF ABUNDANCE.
769
00:56:35,626 --> 00:56:37,094
THE CHASE BEGINS.
770
00:56:42,099 --> 00:56:44,068
THE WOLVES RUN THE HERD
IN RELAYS,
771
00:56:44,101 --> 00:56:46,070
SPELLING EACH OTHER
FROM TIME TO TIME.
772
00:57:15,065 --> 00:57:20,037
AS THE WOLVES KNEW IT WOULD,
FATIGUE BEGINS TO TELL,
773
00:57:20,070 --> 00:57:22,607
AND SOON, THE LAGGARDS
FIND THEMSELVES OVERTAKEN
774
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:24,074
AND DRAGGED DOWN.
775
00:57:24,108 --> 00:57:26,110
AND SO BEGINS
A SUCCESSION OF KILLS.
776
00:57:30,147 --> 00:57:33,984
THIS IS NATURE'S WAY
OF CULLING OUT THE HERD.
777
00:57:34,018 --> 00:57:36,020
GENERALLY SPEAKING,
THE PREDATORS PULL DOWN
778
00:57:36,053 --> 00:57:37,421
THE CRIPPLES AND THE WEAKLINGS,
779
00:57:37,454 --> 00:57:42,059
AND ONE BY ONE, THE UNFIT
COME TO THE END OF THE TRAIL.
780
00:57:51,101 --> 00:57:53,037
IT WOULD SEEM THAT NO ANIMAL
781
00:57:53,070 --> 00:57:55,172
COULD DRIVE THE WOLF
FROM HIS HARD-EARNED DINNER,
782
00:57:55,205 --> 00:58:00,010
AND YET THERE IS ONE THAT CAN,
AND DOES, DO JUST THAT.
783
00:58:00,044 --> 00:58:01,946
HE'S A MEMBER
OF THE WEASEL TRIBE
784
00:58:01,979 --> 00:58:03,147
CALLED THE WOLVERINE.
785
00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:04,114
[ SNARLS ]
786
00:58:09,186 --> 00:58:13,223
TRUE TO THE BLOODTHIRSTY
TRADITION OF HIS KIND,
787
00:58:13,691 --> 00:58:16,160
HE CAN LICK HIS WEIGHT
IN WOLVES, WILDCATS,
788
00:58:16,193 --> 00:58:18,996
OR ANYTHING ELSE
THAT MIGHT COME ALONG.
789
00:58:25,803 --> 00:58:28,172
THE WOLVERINE IS A CREATURE
790
00:58:28,205 --> 00:58:30,708
WHOSE WAYS ARE CLOAKED
IN MYSTERY.
791
00:58:30,741 --> 00:58:32,777
AND THIS CAMERA RECORD
IS PERHAPS THE FIRST
792
00:58:32,810 --> 00:58:35,079
TO REVEAL HIS HABITS IN DETAIL.
793
00:58:35,112 --> 00:58:35,980
AS WE WATCH HIM
MAKE HIS ROUNDS,
794
00:58:36,981 --> 00:58:38,015
WE SHALL COME TO KNOW
AN ANIMAL
795
00:58:39,116 --> 00:58:42,720
WHO EVEN OUTDOES THE TALL TALES
TOLD ABOUT HIM,
796
00:58:42,753 --> 00:58:45,289
AND THESE ARE LEGION --
TALES OF HIS STRENGTH,
797
00:58:45,322 --> 00:58:50,027
HIS CUNNING, HIS FEROCITY,
AND HIS APPETITE.
798
00:58:51,729 --> 00:58:55,232
IN THE WOLVERINE, FACT DOES
INDEED SURPASS FICTION.
799
00:58:57,835 --> 00:59:00,705
THE WOLVERINE
IS RATHER A SURLY CHARACTER
800
00:59:00,738 --> 00:59:03,974
AND, BY CUSTOM,
A SOLITARY TRAVELER.
801
00:59:04,008 --> 00:59:05,442
HE NOT ONLY
DOESN'T LIKE COMPANY,
802
00:59:05,475 --> 00:59:09,279
IT APPEARS HE CAN'T STAND IT,
EVEN MEMBERS OF HIS OWN KIND.
803
00:59:09,313 --> 00:59:11,215
[ GROWLING ]
804
00:59:13,250 --> 00:59:16,053
WHEN AROUSED,
HE NOT ONLY SOUNDS DANGEROUS...
805
00:59:16,086 --> 00:59:18,989
[ GROWLING ]
806
00:59:19,023 --> 00:59:21,158
...BUT MANAGES
TO LOOK DANGEROUS, TOO.
807
00:59:29,133 --> 00:59:31,168
THE TRUTH IS HE'S EXACTLY
WHAT HE APPEARS TO BE --
808
00:59:31,201 --> 00:59:32,102
A DEMON AS A FIGHTER,
809
00:59:33,771 --> 00:59:37,141
READY AND WILLING
TO TAKE ON ALL COMERS.
810
00:59:37,174 --> 00:59:39,744
HE WEIGHS ON THE AVERAGE
ABOUT 30 POUNDS,
811
00:59:39,777 --> 00:59:42,212
YET HE CAN EASILY HANDLE
FIVE TIMES HIS OWN WEIGHT
812
00:59:42,246 --> 00:59:44,715
IN ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE COMBAT.
813
00:59:49,286 --> 00:59:51,221
THE WOLVERINE
IS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE.
814
00:59:51,255 --> 00:59:53,190
HE HAS AMAZING ENDURANCE
815
00:59:53,223 --> 00:59:55,726
AND CAN COVER A LOT OF GROUND
WITH HIS TIRELESS LOPE.
816
01:00:00,164 --> 01:00:03,701
HE AND HIS KIND
WANDER ALL OVER THE ARCTIC,
817
01:00:03,734 --> 01:00:07,237
FROM THE SOUTHERN FORESTS
TO THE NORTHERN SHORELINE.
818
01:00:07,271 --> 01:00:10,240
AND IT'S HIS HABIT TO COVER
THE SAME HUNTING TERRITORY
819
01:00:10,274 --> 01:00:13,077
IN A SORT OF
GREAT CIRCLE TOUR.
820
01:00:21,251 --> 01:00:23,253
SINCE HE'S
AN ACCOMPLISHED CLIMBER,
821
01:00:23,287 --> 01:00:25,690
HE CHECKS
EVERY TREETOP LOOKOUT
822
01:00:25,723 --> 01:00:27,191
TO SEE JUST WHAT MIGHT BE
STIRRING IN HIS TERRITORY.
823
01:00:32,196 --> 01:00:35,332
THERE'S A LOT OF THE BEAR
IN THE WOLVERINE
824
01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:36,466
AS WELL AS THE RACCOON,
825
01:00:36,500 --> 01:00:39,770
WHOM HE RESEMBLES
IN THE USE OF HIS PAWS.
826
01:00:39,804 --> 01:00:43,708
IN FACT, HE SEEMS TO BE A
COMBINATION OF SEVERAL ANIMALS.
827
01:00:43,741 --> 01:00:47,177
WHEREVER HE SPIES ACTIVITY,
NO MATTER WHAT KIND,
828
01:00:47,211 --> 01:00:48,779
IT MEANS FOOD,
829
01:00:48,813 --> 01:00:52,082
FOR IF IT'S ALIVE,
HE'LL EAT IT.
830
01:00:52,116 --> 01:00:55,720
HIS VORACIOUS APPETITE
KNOWS NO SATISFYING.
831
01:00:55,753 --> 01:00:59,790
HE'S QUITE LITERALLY
HUNGER ON THE PROWL.
832
01:00:59,824 --> 01:01:01,058
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES,
IN FACT,
833
01:01:01,091 --> 01:01:05,262
THIS ANIMAL IS COMMONLY KNOWN
AS "THE GLUTTON."
834
01:01:12,436 --> 01:01:14,839
HIS PRODIGIOUS STRENGTH
COMES INTO PLAY
835
01:01:14,872 --> 01:01:16,807
WHEN HE FINDS
SOMETHING TEMPTING
836
01:01:16,841 --> 01:01:18,075
HIDDEN UNDERNEATH A ROCK.
837
01:01:18,108 --> 01:01:21,278
HE NEVER STOPS TO CONSIDER
THE WEIGHT OF A BOULDER.
838
01:01:21,311 --> 01:01:23,213
HE SIMPLY MOVES IT
OUT OF HIS WAY.
839
01:01:33,390 --> 01:01:36,093
FOR THE REWARD
OF A TINY GRUB OR TWO,
840
01:01:36,126 --> 01:01:40,264
HE'LL EXERT ENOUGH ENERGY
TO DISLODGE AN ENTIRE QUARRY.
841
01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:45,102
IN MAN'S BOOK
OF BACKWOODS LORE,
842
01:01:45,135 --> 01:01:47,071
THERE'S A STORY TO THE EFFECT
843
01:01:47,104 --> 01:01:49,373
THAT THE WOLVERINE CAN EAT
A WHOLE MOOSE IN ONE SITTING.
844
01:01:49,406 --> 01:01:52,242
IT'S AN OLD STORY
LONG ACCEPTED AS TRUTH,
845
01:01:52,276 --> 01:01:55,245
AND IT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THIS ANIMAL'S AMBITION
846
01:01:55,279 --> 01:01:58,015
EVEN IF IT OVERESTIMATES
HIS CAPACITY.
847
01:01:58,048 --> 01:02:00,384
YET, THE LEGEND DOES HAVE
A CERTAIN FACTUAL BASIS,
848
01:02:00,417 --> 01:02:02,186
FOR IT IS TRUE THAT
THE WOLVERINE WILL CONTINUE
849
01:02:02,219 --> 01:02:05,389
FEEDING ON A LARGE CARCASS
FOR SEVERAL DAYS
850
01:02:05,422 --> 01:02:07,357
UNTIL HE'S DISPOSED OF IT.
851
01:02:07,391 --> 01:02:10,394
HE'S NOT ONE TO LET FOOD
GO TO WASTE, MOUSE OR MOOSE,
852
01:02:11,028 --> 01:02:13,397
UNLESS SOMETHING BETTER
TURNS UP.
853
01:02:15,165 --> 01:02:16,133
OCCASIONALLY, THAT SOMETHING
IS THE SNOWSHOE RABBIT.
854
01:02:19,236 --> 01:02:24,241
ONCE HE'S ON A RABBIT'S TRAIL,
THE WOLVERINE IS HARD TO SHAKE,
855
01:02:24,274 --> 01:02:25,209
FOR AMONG
ALL HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
856
01:02:25,242 --> 01:02:26,110
HE CAN COUNT SPEED, TOO.
857
01:02:55,305 --> 01:02:56,573
THIS BECOMES A PLACE OF SAFETY
858
01:02:56,606 --> 01:02:59,309
ONLY IF IT'S TOO SMALL
FOR THE WOLVERINE TO ENTER.
859
01:03:05,515 --> 01:03:06,683
AT THE SAME TIME,
860
01:03:06,716 --> 01:03:09,519
IT MUST BE TOO STRONG
FOR HIM TO TEAR APART,
861
01:03:09,553 --> 01:03:12,089
AND AS A LAST
SAFETY REQUIREMENT,
862
01:03:12,122 --> 01:03:13,523
THE RABBIT MUST BE ABLE TO HIDE
863
01:03:13,557 --> 01:03:16,493
BEYOND THE REACH
OF THE WOLVERINE'S SHARP CLAWS.
864
01:03:21,331 --> 01:03:23,133
THIS IS A CASE OF ESCAPING
THE CLAWS OF DEATH
865
01:03:23,167 --> 01:03:24,068
BY A RATHER NARROW MARGIN.
866
01:03:26,303 --> 01:03:29,506
BUT FOR THE MOMENT,
THE RABBIT SEEMS SAFE.
867
01:03:31,241 --> 01:03:33,110
AT LEAST HE THOUGHT HE WAS,
868
01:03:33,143 --> 01:03:34,178
UNTIL HE GETS
THE STRANGE FEELING
869
01:03:34,211 --> 01:03:37,247
THAT ALL IS NOT QUITE
AS IT SHOULD BE.
870
01:04:02,539 --> 01:04:04,041
FOR SOME REASON,
871
01:04:05,342 --> 01:04:08,345
THE POOR RABBIT CLAN
SEEMS TO ATTRACT PERSECUTION.
872
01:04:08,378 --> 01:04:11,148
AND IF IT ISN'T THE WOLVERINE
MAKING LIFE UNBEARABLE,
873
01:04:11,181 --> 01:04:12,582
IT'S THAT PESKY RAVEN,
874
01:04:12,616 --> 01:04:16,453
STILL POKING HIS SHARP NOSE
INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS.
875
01:04:33,403 --> 01:04:35,505
ABOUT THE TIME
IT BEGINS TO LOOK AS THOUGH
876
01:04:35,539 --> 01:04:37,141
THIS MIGHT GO ON FOREVER,
877
01:04:37,174 --> 01:04:38,475
THE WOLVERINE REAPPEARS.
878
01:04:52,422 --> 01:04:54,258
AT FIRST, HE DOESN'T PAY
TOO MUCH ATTENTION
879
01:04:54,291 --> 01:04:55,492
TO THESE GOINGS-ON.
880
01:04:55,525 --> 01:04:57,294
WHO WANTS TO CATCH A RAVEN?
881
01:04:57,327 --> 01:05:00,097
HE WOULDN'T BE
MUCH OF A PRIZE, ANYWAY.
882
01:05:02,599 --> 01:05:04,568
STILL, IF THIS CLOWN
IS GOING TO HANG AROUND
883
01:05:05,202 --> 01:05:06,503
AND TRY
TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF HIM,
884
01:05:06,536 --> 01:05:08,405
WELL, THERE'S HIS PRIDE
TO THINK OF,
885
01:05:08,438 --> 01:05:11,108
TO SAY NOTHING
OF HIS REPUTATION.
886
01:05:11,141 --> 01:05:14,578
MAYBE HE'D BETTER TEND TO HIM
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
887
01:05:25,622 --> 01:05:28,325
OOPS!
888
01:05:28,358 --> 01:05:30,594
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE RAVEN
FOOLED HIM THAT TIME,
889
01:05:31,228 --> 01:05:33,463
BUT TO PROVE THAT HE WAS
ONTO THE TRICK ALL ALONG,
890
01:05:33,497 --> 01:05:34,498
THE WOLVERINE PROCEEDS TO PLAY
A GAME OF HIS OWN
891
01:05:34,531 --> 01:05:37,567
WITH THIS IMPROVISED
TEETER-TOTTER.
892
01:05:57,687 --> 01:06:00,524
WITH THE RAVEN GONE,
THE WOLVERINE CAN NOW GET BACK
893
01:06:00,557 --> 01:06:03,527
TO THE SERIOUS BUSINESS
OF MAKING A LIVING.
894
01:06:04,561 --> 01:06:06,563
SUDDENLY, DIRECTLY OVERHEAD,
895
01:06:06,596 --> 01:06:07,331
HE SPIES
A MOST-INTRIGUING NEST,
896
01:06:08,598 --> 01:06:09,533
AND IF HE'S NOT MISTAKEN,
897
01:06:11,435 --> 01:06:13,437
THERE SHOULD BE A FLEDGING
OSPREY IN RESIDENCE HERE
898
01:06:13,470 --> 01:06:15,572
ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
899
01:06:18,575 --> 01:06:19,509
AT THE SIGHT
OF THE WOLVERINE BELOW,
900
01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:24,248
THE MOTHER BIRD GROWS ALARMED
AND LEAVES THE NEST.
901
01:06:26,516 --> 01:06:28,552
BUT SURE ENOUGH,
HERE'S THE BABY --
902
01:06:28,585 --> 01:06:31,588
FULLY FEATHERED,
YET STILL UNABLE TO FLY.
903
01:06:38,495 --> 01:06:40,497
A MEMBER OF THE HAWK FAMILY,
904
01:06:40,530 --> 01:06:44,234
THE OSPREY HAS THE MURDEROUS
TALONS OF THE BIRDS OF PREY,
905
01:06:44,268 --> 01:06:46,570
AND SHE'S ALWAYS READY
TO USE THEM.
906
01:06:46,603 --> 01:06:49,306
BUT THE WOLVERINE DOESN'T
GIVE THIS A SECOND THOUGHT.
907
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:51,575
HE'S UP THE TREE IN AN INSTANT.
908
01:06:51,608 --> 01:06:54,544
THE MOTHER BIRD RECOGNIZES
HIS INTENTIONS IMMEDIATELY
909
01:06:54,578 --> 01:06:55,479
AND BEGINS DEFENSIVE TACTICS.
910
01:07:04,454 --> 01:07:06,690
USING A DESPERATE
DIVE-BOMBING ATTACK,
911
01:07:06,723 --> 01:07:09,493
SHE TRIES TO KNOCK HIM
OUT OF THE TREE,
912
01:07:09,526 --> 01:07:13,197
OR, FAILING IN THAT, TO DRIVE
HIM BACK TO THE GROUND.
913
01:07:33,250 --> 01:07:35,452
MEANWHILE, THE YOUNG BIRD
WATCHES ALL THIS
914
01:07:35,485 --> 01:07:37,454
WITH GROWING APPREHENSION,
915
01:07:37,487 --> 01:07:39,489
AND IN SPITE OF ALL
ITS MOTHER CAN DO,
916
01:07:39,523 --> 01:07:41,591
IT FINDS ITSELF
STARING DEATH IN THE FACE.
917
01:08:02,479 --> 01:08:05,615
AND SO TRAGEDY STRIKES.
918
01:08:05,649 --> 01:08:10,287
AND SO A GRIEVING MOTHER IS
LEFT TO MOURN AN EMPTY NEST.
919
01:08:16,593 --> 01:08:19,629
IN THE ARCTIC, THE FROSTY
BREATH OF THE COLD SEASON
COMES SUDDENLY,
920
01:08:19,663 --> 01:08:21,498
AND WHEN IT DOES,
921
01:08:21,531 --> 01:08:24,568
ALL THE INHABITANTS
INSTANTLY KNOW ITS MEANING.
922
01:08:24,601 --> 01:08:26,603
WINTER IS ABOUT TO RECLAIM
ITS KINGDOM.
923
01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:29,539
TO SOME OF THESE
ARCTIC RESIDENTS,
924
01:08:30,774 --> 01:08:34,444
THIS ICE AGE SETTING
REMAINS A PERMANENT HOME,
925
01:08:34,478 --> 01:08:36,513
AND THE COMING OF WINTER
MAKES LITTLE CHANGE
926
01:08:36,546 --> 01:08:38,315
IN THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE.
927
01:08:38,348 --> 01:08:39,649
THE POLAR BEAR
PATROLS HIS BEAT AS USUAL,
928
01:08:40,617 --> 01:08:42,686
UNMINDFUL OF THE COLD.
929
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:45,622
WINTER AND SUMMER,
HE REMAINS WHAT NATURE
INTENDED HIM TO BE --
930
01:08:45,655 --> 01:08:49,593
LORD AND SOVEREIGN
OF THIS FROZEN DOMAIN.
931
01:08:49,626 --> 01:08:50,594
HIS CUBS INHERIT
ALL HIS HEARTY ENDURANCE
932
01:08:53,663 --> 01:08:57,534
AND, WITH IT, A LOFTY DISDAIN
FOR THE COLD.
933
01:09:02,606 --> 01:09:04,708
ONLY A POLAR BEAR, IT SEEMS,
934
01:09:04,741 --> 01:09:07,344
COULD MAKE A PLAYTHING
OF AN ICEBERG.
935
01:09:10,414 --> 01:09:14,484
AND SNOWBALLS, IT WOULD APPEAR,
ARE AS MUCH FUN AS EVER.
936
01:09:17,654 --> 01:09:22,559
THE WALRUS IS ANOTHER OF THE
ARCTIC'S YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS.
937
01:09:22,592 --> 01:09:26,496
THE WHITE WHALES, TOO,
WILL REMAIN IN THE POLAR SEA,
938
01:09:26,530 --> 01:09:28,598
CONTINUING
THEIR FORMATION SWIMMING
939
01:09:28,632 --> 01:09:31,435
FOR AS LONG AS THERE'S OPEN
WATER IN WHICH TO PERFORM.
940
01:09:33,470 --> 01:09:34,704
BUT FOR SOME,
941
01:09:34,738 --> 01:09:36,640
WINTER ON THE EXPOSED
ARCTIC SHORE IS TOO MUCH,
942
01:09:36,673 --> 01:09:40,444
AND THEY MUST RETREAT
TO WARMER REGIONS.
943
01:09:40,477 --> 01:09:43,480
THE CARIBOU AND THE REINDEER
MUST LEAVE THE OPEN TUNDRA
944
01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:46,416
AND SEEK THE SHELTER OF
THE DEEP FORESTS FARTHER SOUTH.
945
01:09:46,616 --> 01:09:49,453
BUT THIS LATE IN THE SEASON,
946
01:09:49,486 --> 01:09:52,188
THEY FIND A NEW HAZARD
AT THE RIVER CROSSINGS.
947
01:10:03,700 --> 01:10:08,372
AND THEIR OLD ENEMIES
ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE, TOO.
948
01:10:08,405 --> 01:10:11,375
IT SEEMS THAT SOME NEW RULES
OF THE CHASE ARE IN EFFECT.
949
01:10:24,053 --> 01:10:25,054
FOR BOTH HUNTER AND HUNTED,
950
01:10:25,088 --> 01:10:27,591
IT'S A TIME
TO MAKE HASTE SLOWLY,
951
01:10:27,624 --> 01:10:30,427
YET IT'S A TIME FOR SPEED, TOO,
952
01:10:30,460 --> 01:10:32,496
FOR THERE'S ALWAYS
THE GRIM POSSIBILITY
953
01:10:32,529 --> 01:10:34,631
THAT THE ARCTIC BLIZZARDS
MAY COME TOO SOON
954
01:10:34,664 --> 01:10:37,467
AND TRAP THEM IN THESE
RUGGED MOUNTAIN PASSES.
955
01:10:38,968 --> 01:10:41,671
AND SO THE GREAT HERDS PLOD ON,
956
01:10:41,705 --> 01:10:45,375
STOPPING NEITHER FOR FOOD
NOR DRINK.
957
01:10:50,480 --> 01:10:52,949
AT LAST,
THE SUMMIT IS ACHIEVED,
958
01:10:52,982 --> 01:10:56,586
THE FARTHER SLOPES REACHED.
959
01:10:56,620 --> 01:10:58,755
AND NOW THE DESPERATE ANIMALS,
SENSING THEIR VICTORY,
960
01:10:58,788 --> 01:11:01,425
RACE FOR THE SHELTERING TREES.
961
01:11:06,095 --> 01:11:07,964
ONCE AGAIN,
THEY'RE SAFELY RETURNED
962
01:11:07,997 --> 01:11:10,534
TO THEIR ANCESTRAL FORESTS.
963
01:11:10,567 --> 01:11:13,970
AND NONE TOO SOON,
FOR NOW THE BLIZZARD COMES.
964
01:11:14,003 --> 01:11:15,639
NOW WINTER TAKES BACK
ITS ARCTIC DOMAIN.
965
01:11:34,057 --> 01:11:38,528
THE BITTER COLD OF THE ICE AGE
RETURNS TO THIS FROZEN LAND.
966
01:11:38,562 --> 01:11:41,931
TIME AND ETERNITY
ONCE MORE BECOME ONE.
967
01:11:41,965 --> 01:11:44,033
AND THE LONG BLACK SHADOW
OF THE ARCTIC NIGHTS
968
01:11:44,067 --> 01:11:46,970
STEALS ACROSS
THE HIGHEST PEAKS.
969
01:11:47,003 --> 01:11:49,939
AND YET, LIFE WILL NOT VANISH
WITH THE FADING LIGHT
970
01:11:49,973 --> 01:11:54,010
BUT, WITH THE CHANGING OF
THE SEASONS, WILL COME AGAIN.
971
01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:55,679
POLAR BEAR AND WALRUS,
972
01:11:55,712 --> 01:11:57,614
MUSK-OX AND WOLF,
973
01:11:57,647 --> 01:11:59,516
WOLVERINE AND LEMMING,
974
01:11:59,549 --> 01:12:01,618
CARIBOU AND REINDEER --
975
01:12:01,651 --> 01:12:02,852
ALL IN TIME WILL REAPPEAR
976
01:12:02,886 --> 01:12:06,756
TO RE-CREATE THEIR
STRANGE PATTERNS OF SURVIVAL
977
01:12:06,790 --> 01:12:10,627
ON THE DESOLATE REACHES
OF NATURE'S WHITE WILDERNESS.
73509
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