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[James Cameron] The Ocean...
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the last frontier on earth.
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{\an8}So much is unexplored
and unexplained.
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{\an8}To change that...
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a kickass team of insanely
talented specialists is
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setting out to push the
frontiers of what we know
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about our oceans.
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[Zoleka Filander] Oh my gosh.
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[James Cameron] Zoleka Filander,
deep sea scientist.
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[Zoleka Filander] Being a
deep-sea researcher means
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having front row tickets to
the best movie that everybody
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wants to watch.
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[James Cameron]
Melissa Márquez...
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[Melissa Márquez]
Straight ahead, 12:00.
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[James Cameron]
Shark biologist.
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[Melissa Márquez] We just saw
what no one has seen before.
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[James Cameron]
Eric Stackpole...
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[Eric Stackpole] Scan now!
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[James Cameron] Ocean
tech innovator.
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[Eric Stackpole] I love
building tools that allow us
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to see things in ways
we've never seen before.
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[gasps]
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[James Cameron] And Aldo Kane...
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[Aldo Kane] This is insane.
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[James Cameron] Former
Royal Marine; special ops.
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[Aldo Kane] It doesn't get
any more cutting-edge
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exploration than this.
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[James Cameron]
Their secret weapon...
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...the OceanXplorer .
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The most technologically
advanced research vessel
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ever built.
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There's never been a more
urgent need to understand
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our ocean and the animals
that call it home...
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Because their
lives and ours depend on it.
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This time...
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we're on the trail of the
Arctic's ultimate predator...
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[Team] Go, go!
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[James Cameron] The polar bear.
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[grunting]
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{\an8}[theme music plays].
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[birds cawing]
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The OceanXplorer is
deep inside the Arctic Circle...
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in Svalbard.
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400 miles North of Norway...
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It's wild, remote, and frozen.
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And Svalbard is home to
around 300 polar bears.
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{\an8}[sniffing, grunting]
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[Eric Stackpole] Polar bears are
actually considered marine
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mammals on account of how
much time they spend on ice.
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[skin slapping]
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[Zoleka Filander] Yeah,
extraordinary really.
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[sniffing]
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[James Cameron] Polar Bears have
evolved to thrive on the ice,
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searching for pretty
much one thing...
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[sniffing]
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Seals.
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{\an8}In one of the coldest
places on the planet,
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{\an8}calorie rich seal blubber...
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is the difference between life
and death for a polar bear.
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[♪ intense music]
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[splashing]
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But bears can only hunt
seals when the sea is frozen.
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When the ice melts,
seal season ends.
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The team is here
in late summer...
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The sea ice is almost gone,
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tough times for the polar bear.
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But recently it's
become a lot harder.
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Their ice kingdom
is in danger...
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so the team needs to find
out if they can survive.
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[Zoleka Filander] The Arctic
region is warming
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{\an8}four times faster than
any part in the world
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{\an8}and this is a huge problem
for the polar bears
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because the summers are longer
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and this means that
there's not enough sea ice.
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[Melissa Márquez] But
that's just open water.
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah.
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[Eric Stackpole]
He's just wandering.
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[James Cameron] When there's no
ice here, bears are forced to
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search for food on land.
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[Eric Stackpole] It's hard to
go here without thinking about
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change, and how these pieces
of ice are dwindling away,
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{\an8}and specifically is going to
affect the behavior of the
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{\an8}Polar bears.
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[James Cameron] With this
environment changing so rapidly,
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the team's first
mission is to find out if
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Svalbard's bears
still have enough to eat.
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That means coming face to
face with one of nature's
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most dangerous predators.
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[roaring]
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Aldo leads the aerial team,
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with two experts who survey
the bears' health each year.
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{\an8}[Aldo Kane] Jon and Rolf are
both working for the Norwegian
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{\an8}polar institute up here in
Svalbard, so they've got this
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study that's been going
for over 20 years now.
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What they're struggling
to work out is, is how the
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climate's changing is having
an effect on polar bears.
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{\an8}[Jon Aars] Almost every year,
you know they would have
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{\an8}continuous sea ice down to the
islands here, and as that part
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of the year gets shorter and
shorter it gets harder and
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harder to, to be a polar bear.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[James Cameron] Jon needs to
sedate and examine as many
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bears as possible.
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[Jon Aars] Let's go
over the fjord a bit.
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[Aldo Kane] With the
climate changing, with sea ice
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retreating further north, does
that mean there will be less
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seals for the
bears here to eat?
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[Jon Aars] The main thing
it's less seals that are
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possible to catch.
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[Aldo Kane] Right, right.
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[James Cameron] They follow the
coastline looking for bears
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that are on the
prowl for food.
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[Jon Aars] Do you
see the fresh tracks?
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah, yeah.
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Bear!
There's a bear down there!
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He's a big bear.
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{\an8}[James Cameron] Rolf is a vet...
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his job is to dart
the bear safely.
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[dart shot]
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The dart won't hurt the bear.
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It should put it to
sleep in minutes...
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but it's not an exact science.
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He looks out cold...
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but they can't be sure.
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If he isn't fully sedated,
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he could easily kill
Rolf and the team.
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[tapping]
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg]
Yeah he's fine.
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If you want to bring the...
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[Aldo Kane] Oxygen?
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Oxygen,
yeah you bring that and you
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bring that there yeah.
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You want to put it on?
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[Aldo Kane] Yep... wow.
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[James Cameron] The blindfold
protects its eyes and helps to
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keep it sedated while
Rolf takes its vitals.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] He's
got deep, good breaths.
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[Aldo Kane] Beautiful.
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Just the muscle...
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- Yeah.
- In these shoulders.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Try with your
hands and compare with those.
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah, you can see
just how specialized these are
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for the way they hunt.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] They're
very specialized at waiting at
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a breathing hole for a seal
and it's got to catch it and
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drag it away.
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[James Cameron] Rolf thinks
he's around 8 years old.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Quite a
lot of the adult males you see
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their broken
teeth, fighting a lot.
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But this guy he's
got really nice teeth.
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[Jon Aars] He's in
the prime of his life.
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[Aldo Kane] He's in the
prime of his life really.
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[Jon Aars] Yeah.
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Try to see, yeah.
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[James Cameron] By this point in
late summer, there's been very
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little sea ice around Svalbard
for almost four months.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg]
He's a little bit thin.
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[Jon Aars] He's a bit below
average I would say, yeah.
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah.
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[James Cameron] A blood sample
will show whether this bear is
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eating seals, or
something else.
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[Aldo Kane] Each one of
these tubes will be tested for
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something different?
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[Jon Aars] Yeah, so you can
get some indication about what
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they have eaten, if he's
eaten mostly seals or more
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terrestrial food.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Starvation
is, is the biggest um cause of
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death for Polar Bears.
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[Jon Aars] But what we suspect
might happen is that where
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we've seen the effects of sea
ice loss, when things suddenly
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get worse, it will be the
youngest and oldest bears
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that will be affected first.
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[♪ peaceful music]
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[growling]
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[Aldo Kane] There he is...
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[growling]
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so that's him back on his
feet now, he was under for
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just less than an hour, the
guys have got all their
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measurements done now,
given him the antidote to the
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anesthetic, so
he's now back awake.
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Um, he's standing there
just for a few more minutes
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probably just while
he gets his bearings,
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and then he'll head off.
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[growling]
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[grunting]
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[♪ peaceful music]
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[helicopter whirring]
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[James Cameron] There's another
bear that Jon is really
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worried about.
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A much older bear
that he knows well.
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She's called Lyra.
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Jon first met her
nine years ago,
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as she emerged from
her den with new cubs.
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[squeaking]
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[crashing]
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He's been
following her ever since.
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But the GPS collar that he
fitted to keep track of Lyra
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stopped moving.
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It's a worrying sign.
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Her collar data shows that
after a long summer with no
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{\an8}sea ice, she spent two months
walking almost 600 miles
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{\an8}up and down the coastline.
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{\an8}Jon believes she was
searching for food.
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{\an8}Then she stopped
moving altogether.
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{\an8}That was almost a year ago.
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[Jon Aars] Should be somewhere
here, should be to the right
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here, should be
just underneath.
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[helicopter whirring]
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So it's 20 meters now,
about here.
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[Aldo Kane] Oh right.
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There you go.
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[James Cameron] Lyra
didn't make it.
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[Jon Aars] What's sad is that
she had two small cubs when we
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captured her last autumn.
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[Aldo Kane] The cubs
you think are dead also?
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[Jon Aars] They, they
are for sure dead.
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[Aldo Kane] If she died then...
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[Jon Aars] Because there's
no, no way they could have
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survived without her.
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Hm.
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[Aldo Kane] The mortality
rate is quite high then?
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[Jon Aars] It's pretty high
among juveniles, so maybe
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2 out of the 3 you know dies.
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[Aldo Kane] Oh wow.
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[Jon Aars] Within a
bit more than a year.
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Yeah.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[Aldo Kane] Seeing a polar
bear that's starved to death
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was really quite
emotional for me.
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To think what she has gone
through, losing her two cubs
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and wandering hundreds of
miles looking for food.
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You hear about temperatures
rising and ice melting,
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but this really brings it home
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when you see the
fate of a family.
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[♪ dramatic music]
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[James Cameron] For the rest of
the team, seeing the speed of
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change here is
equally shocking.
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[Eric Stackpole] The amount of
sea ice that we're losing just
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from changes in the
environment is greater than
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the amount of rainforest we're
losing in the last 50 years.
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[James Cameron] Seeing this
loss makes their mission
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even more urgent.
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[Zoleka Filander] Climate
change is not really something
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you can see...
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but here in Svalbard,
you actually get to see it
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happening right in
front of your eyes.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[James Cameron] Aldo and the
helicopter team push on...
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they need to find out if other
polar bear cubs have survived
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with so little sea ice.
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[Chopper Pilot] There's a
bear, yeah that's a bear.
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[Aldo Kane] A
mother and a cub.
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[James Cameron] Both bears
are safely darted;
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the team has to work fast.
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[Aldo Kane] All good?
She's okay, she's fine?
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[Jon Aars] Yeah she's fine.
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[Aldo Kane] Good condition?
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[Jon Aars] She's not too bad,
given that she has a small cub.
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[Aldo Kane] And the cub is?
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[Jon Aars] Doing well.
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[James Cameron] Jon's relieved
to find a healthy family.
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[Rolf-Arne muttering]
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[Aldo Kane] Is it a male cub?
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Let's
see...
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That's a male yeah.
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah, male cub.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] He will be
8 months, he was born about
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new year's.
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[James Cameron] Jon knows
this mother bear too.
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He first met her seven years ago
when she was just a cub herself.
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It's now her turn to try
to keep her baby alive.
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[Aldo Kane] This cub will,
will still be breast feeding,
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is that right?
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Yeah.
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[Jon Aars] I just checked that
she had milk, so it's like
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white milk, so I just note
that, which means she's
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still doing ok.
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Sometimes you know if they're
really food stressed,
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they stop giving milk.
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[Aldo Kane] And that
stress would come from the
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environment and not
being able to eat?
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[Jon Aars] Yeah from too
little food, too little to eat.
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[Aldo Kane] And
the cub is fine?
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[Jon Aars] Yeah.
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[James Cameron] In fact,
he's on the heavy side.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] This
guy is a little chubby.
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[Aldo Kane] Yeah.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg]
There we go.
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[James Cameron] Weighing mom
requires all hands-on deck.
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[Jon Aars] A bit more so
she's almost on the back.
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[grunting]
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- There?
- Yeah.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg]
Alright she's off the ground.
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Okay.
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[James Cameron]
She's 385 pounds,
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that means she's doing ok.
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Jon can now keep track of
both mum and cub with
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her GPS collar.
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[Aldo Kane] She's starting
to have some twitching.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Yeah, you
gotta be careful, now is not
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the time to put
fingers in her mouth.
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[James Cameron] Rolf clears her
airway and makes sure she
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can't bite her own
tongue as she comes around.
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[Aldo Kane] It's good to see
them both back up and awake now.
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[Jon Aars] Yeah.
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[Aldo Kane] It's great to see
a well-fed mum and cub
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at this time of year...
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but with no seals to hunt,
what are they eating?
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[helicopter whirring]
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[James Cameron] The team's
second mission is to investigate
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if these bears are
adapting to hunt new prey.
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[Aldo Kane] So Polar bears
have always been adaptive.
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They're opportunistic,
they always have been.
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But there isn't much else in
Svalbard and around Svalbard
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for them to eat.
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So we need to figure out
if they're switching to eat
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something else.
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[James Cameron] Eric's up first.
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He's on the trail of an animal
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that could be filling
the seal gap...
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[grunting]
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{\an8}walrus.
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{\an8}[Eric Stackpole] So, walruses
can weigh over 1,000 pounds
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and they have this thick
blubbery layer just like seals.
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[grunting]
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Could that be what
the bears are eating?
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That's what I
want to find out.
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{\an8}[grunting]
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{\an8}[James Cameron] With wildlife
cinematographer David...
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{\an8}and polar safety guide Tom,
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Eric heads for the
walrus haul out.
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[Tom Lawton] If we do see a
bear in the area, if either of
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you see anything that looks like
a bear, tell me straight away,
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uh if I see a bear, I'll let you
know, but the first thing
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we're gonna do if there is
a bear in the area is we're
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gonna get back on the boat.
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[Both] OK.
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[David Reichert] Some
sort of animal poop.
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[Eric Stackpole] Oh
yeah look at that.
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Let's, you know what that is?
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[Tom Lawton] Um.
I mean it's sizable.
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[David Reichert] I know,
it's kind of a big animal.
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- I mean it's not walrus poop...
- No.
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- And it's not fox poop.
- No. It's too big for that.
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[Tom Lawton] It has fur in it
as well, I mean, so that means
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it's a carnivore's poop.
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I mean...
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[Eric Stackpole] This
could be polar bear poop?
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[Tom Lawton] Yep.
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[David Reichert]
They've been here.
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[Tom Lawton] Yeah okay.
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[David Reichert]
Something's been in this area.
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[Eric Stackpole] Alright well
the, uh, the evidence is, is
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mounting that
perhaps we've got bears.
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[James Cameron]
As they inch closer,
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they get a polar bear's eye view
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of the walrus colony.
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They've been spotted.
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[Tom Lawton] Get down.
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[Eric Stackpole] Alright.
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[walrus bellowing]
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[Tom Lawton] Don't move.
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[walrus bellowing]
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[Eric Stackpole] Look
at the size of them.
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[walrus bellowing]
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[James Cameron] They
beat a hasty retreat.
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[grunting]
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By the time they
reach the boat...
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they're not alone.
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[walrus bellowing]
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[Tom Lawton]
They're pretty curious...
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you might actually
wanna push off right now.
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- Yeah?
- Yeah.
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[Eric Stackpole] All right.
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[snorting, grunting]
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[snorting, grunting]
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They're sluggish on land, but
in the water, that is their
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turf and they know how to
handle themselves in it,
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so they can be very, very
dangerous, especially to a
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boat like this where you know
if they got aggressive with
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the boat, it could
puncture the, the hull.
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This is an inflatable boat...
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so these are these moments
where you don't really know
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what nature's gonna do.
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[Tom Lawton] We're done,
we're gonna get out of here...
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[Eric Stackpole]
All right, we gotta go.
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[motor rumbling]
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One encounter is not
definitive, but it seems very
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unlikely to me that a bear of
any size is going to be able
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to attack a fully
grown adult walrus.
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[snorting, grunting]
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[helicopter whirring]
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[James Cameron] On the other
side of Svalbard, the helicopter
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team is also
looking for clues.
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[Aldo Kane] It really
does boil life down into the
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absolute basics of, of
wandering around a barren
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wilderness looking
for your next meal.
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[Jon Aars] Yes.
Oh yeah absolutely.
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[James Cameron] These bears
are definitely eating
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something substantial.
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[Aldo Kane] He is fat.
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[Jon Aars] Yeah, super fat.
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[James Cameron]
They spot a clue.
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[Chopper Pilot] Oh is there some
sort of carcass down there.
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[Aldo Kane] Just in
front of you, 12:00.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Oh
there is something here.
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[♪ mysterious music]
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[Jon Aars] That is
a reindeer carcass.
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[Aldo Kane] Look at that.
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Ah, there's another
carcass there, look?
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[Jon Aars] Yeah.
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This is uh interesting.
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[James Cameron] Jon has only
ever seen bears scavenge
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dead reindeer.
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{\an8}[Chopper Pilot]
Reindeer up here.
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{\an8}[Aldo Kane] Yeah,
lot of reindeer here.
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[James Cameron] It's not long
before they see the evidence
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they're looking for.
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[Chopper Pilot] It's a bear.
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On the hill right this
side of the snow line.
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[Aldo Kane] Oh yeah, yeah.
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He's on the move.
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Yeah he looks fat.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg]
He's very nice condition.
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[Jon Aars] Yeah.
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[Aldo Kane] He's sort of
stalking up these little
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valleys to where
the reindeer are.
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[Jon Aars] Perfect
terrain for a reindeer ambush.
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[Aldo Kane] That's the thing
with the bears, they're not
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really evolved for running or
for that sort of predation,
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but I guess if the terrain
suits that's just like
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classic ambush country.
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[Jon Aars] Yup it is.
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[Aldo Kane] It was thought
that polar bears couldn't
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outrun something as fast as a
reindeer, but they're using
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the terrain to
their advantage.
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As a sniper it's my job to
close the distance to the
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target using cover and that's
exactly what the bear's doing,
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before it uses a
final burst of speed.
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[James Cameron] It seems that
some of Svalbard's polar bears
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have found ways to
hunt new species
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in the long summer months...
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a possible lifeline as
their home gets warmer.
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[camera shutter]
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[camera shutter]
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[Jon Aars] So that's
very interesting.
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Professional reindeer hunter.
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[Rolf-Arne Ølberg] Yup.
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[James Cameron] Analysis of the
blood Jon's taken from the
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sedated bears tells him exactly
what they've been eating.
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Bears here are now consuming
a higher proportion of
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land-based prey than before.
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[Aldo Kane] So, I guess with
it becoming warmer up here
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and less sea ice, they have
to adapt their behavior and,
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and their hunting strategy.
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[Jon Aars] So there is a
couple of things we've seen
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studying these local Svalbard
bears, is that bears use much
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more time on land, and we also
get evidence that reindeer
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actually are taken by polar
bears, like what we saw,
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you know the reindeer carcass.
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[James Cameron]
Mission accomplished.
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The team has witnessed the
evidence for themselves,
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that polar bears might be
able to adapt and survive
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in a warming climate.
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It's a Hollywood ending...
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but nature doesn't
do Hollywood endings.
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Polar bears in their prime
might be able to switch
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from seals to reindeer.
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But for new-born cubs,
that's just not an option.
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[squeaking]
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[James Cameron] Polar bear cubs
are totally dependent on
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their mother's milk.
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Mom gives birth in winter and
keeps her cubs in the den for
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the first three months
while she nurses them.
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When they all emerge in spring,
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she's running on empty
and her cubs need solid food.
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Her salvation comes in
the form of a unique,
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frozen hunting ground,
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found at the base of Svalbard's
massive glacial cliffs.
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[Zoleka Filander] Glaciers are
an accumulation of snowfall
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over thousands of years, and
this forms a huge ice sheet.
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Where that ice meets the
ocean, it gives the sea ice
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a solid structure to latch onto.
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And it's the sea-ice
that's vital for
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polar bear mum's in spring...
486
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,142
It's where the
seals have their pup's.
487
00:27:28,605 --> 00:27:30,690
For a starving polar bear mum,
488
00:27:30,774 --> 00:27:34,611
these seals are the difference
between life and death.
489
00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:39,282
[splashing]
490
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,037
[James Cameron] These feeding
grounds depend on
491
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:47,207
glaciers like this
reaching the ocean...
492
00:27:49,250 --> 00:27:51,086
and there's the problem...
493
00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,963
Svalbard's
glaciers are melting...
494
00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:55,006
fast.
495
00:27:55,090 --> 00:28:00,637
[rumbling]
496
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:06,643
[splashing]
497
00:28:07,811 --> 00:28:14,651
[rumbling]
498
00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:20,073
[splashing]
499
00:28:22,158 --> 00:28:26,204
If glaciers retreat onto land,
the sea-ice no longer has a
500
00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:29,582
strong anchor, it breaks
up and drifts away,
501
00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:34,170
taking the seals with it.
502
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,593
Nearly a fifth of Svalbard's
glaciers have now retreated
503
00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:43,012
onto land.
504
00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,974
If this trend continues,
do polar bears even
505
00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:48,101
have a future here?
506
00:28:48,184 --> 00:28:50,228
For their final and most
important mission,
507
00:28:50,311 --> 00:28:52,230
the team wants to
answer the question,
508
00:28:52,313 --> 00:28:55,316
how fast are these
glaciers retreating?
509
00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,658
[James Cameron] The OceanXplorer
has arrived at the largest
510
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,369
glacier in Svalbard.
511
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,374
Austfonna.
512
00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:18,965
This 3,000 square mile slab of
ice is ten times bigger than
513
00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:22,010
New York City.
514
00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:30,143
Every summer,
meltwater pours off it...
515
00:29:30,226 --> 00:29:32,812
and as the temperatures
increase, these waterfalls are
516
00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:36,191
expected to get bigger.
517
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:41,780
Are these uncontrolled rivers
melting the glacier faster?
518
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,247
{\an8}The team brings in top ice
scientist Andreas Alexander.
519
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:52,749
{\an8}[Andreas Alexander] Hello,
nice to meet you...
520
00:29:52,832 --> 00:29:55,293
{\an8}[Eric Stackpole] Andreas
Alexander is a glacial
521
00:29:55,376 --> 00:29:57,796
scientist, he studies the way
the glaciers are changing
522
00:29:57,879 --> 00:30:00,799
over time, and he's been doing
this for many years, so he's an
523
00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:04,552
expert in all the subtle ways
glacial movement may be
524
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,013
affecting the
environment around it.
525
00:30:09,516 --> 00:30:11,518
[James Cameron] Melissa Márquez
will also be helping Andreas
526
00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:13,186
{\an8}on this mission.
527
00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:14,979
{\an8}[Andreas Alexander] Glaciers
are changing up here very,
528
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:18,983
very fast, they're melting and
every year we get more melt.
529
00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,986
What is happening at the edge
where the ice meets the ocean?
530
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,197
We don't know how much water
actually is flowing through
531
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,574
this channel, how fast is
the water flowing, at what
532
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,034
temperature is it?
533
00:30:28,117 --> 00:30:30,036
And a big challenge that
we are facing is,
534
00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:32,580
we can't measure it.
535
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:33,623
Lucky number 7.
536
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:35,458
[James Cameron] But Andreas
hopes to change that with a
537
00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,085
new piece of tech...
538
00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:38,211
[Eric Stackpole] Oh my gosh.
539
00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:39,337
[James Cameron]
This is a drifter.
540
00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:40,713
[Andreas Alexander]
Here we go.
541
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,882
[James Cameron] The plan is to
drop it into a river 10 miles
542
00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,510
inland on the glacier.
543
00:30:47,428 --> 00:30:49,472
It will travel down the
rapids, recording the water
544
00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:52,141
speed and pressure on the ice.
545
00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,479
Finally, if the drifter
makes it to the front of the
546
00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:59,524
glacier, it'll tell us
how much these rivers and
547
00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:03,486
waterfalls are influencing
the rate of retreat.
548
00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:07,282
[Eric Stackpole] For us to be
able to gather any information
549
00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:09,659
from these drifters, they have
to be deployed upstream enough
550
00:31:09,742 --> 00:31:12,453
so that they'll follow the
stream for enough distance to
551
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,706
collect good data and then
go over the waterfall
552
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,208
into the ocean.
553
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:19,043
[James Cameron] No easy task,
554
00:31:19,127 --> 00:31:22,881
how do you get to the
headwaters of a glacier?
555
00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:25,258
You walk.
556
00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:35,101
[♪ dramatic music]
557
00:31:35,184 --> 00:31:38,605
[James Cameron] The rivers
form a dangerous maze...
558
00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:43,318
one wrong step and you
risk broken bones, or worse.
559
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:46,362
[Andreas Alexander]
Some rapids there.
560
00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:48,406
[Melissa Márquez] Yeah.
561
00:31:52,201 --> 00:31:54,287
[Andreas Alexander] Uh-oh...
that's big.
562
00:31:54,370 --> 00:31:56,164
[Melissa Márquez]
That's a big one.
563
00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:00,877
[Guide] Whenever you're ready.
564
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,338
[Andreas Alexander]
Three, two, one.
565
00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:04,339
[Melissa Márquez] Yeah.
566
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,674
[Guide] Here we go.
567
00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:08,801
[Andreas Alexander] And
let's get out of this.
568
00:32:08,885 --> 00:32:10,511
[Guide] Go, go.
569
00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:11,721
[Andreas Alexander] Nice one.
570
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:14,474
Dig in the axe yeah.
571
00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:18,102
[Guide] Stand on those toes...
572
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:20,647
there you go, good work.
573
00:32:25,401 --> 00:32:29,405
[James Cameron] After ten miles
of trekking they reach a
574
00:32:29,489 --> 00:32:32,033
suitable deployment spot.
575
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:36,079
A river big enough to go all the
way to the front of the glacier.
576
00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:38,206
[Melissa Márquez] I'm just
letting the boat know that
577
00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:39,958
we've got these two drifters
that we're about to send out
578
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:44,128
and I've gone ahead and
sent the GPS coordinates.
579
00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:46,422
[Andreas Alexander] Then we
are ready to deploy yeah?
580
00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:47,674
[Melissa Márquez] Alright.
581
00:32:47,757 --> 00:32:48,967
[Andreas Alexander]
And wish it the best.
582
00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:50,510
Wish it good luck.
583
00:32:50,593 --> 00:32:52,220
[Melissa Márquez] Good luck.
584
00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:56,140
[Andreas Alexander] Ok and
three, two, one, and off you go.
585
00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:02,647
Three, two, one.
586
00:33:02,730 --> 00:33:05,608
[James Cameron] Two
drifters are away.
587
00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:16,452
Waiting on the ocean, Eric and
Zoleka have the difficult task
588
00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:18,997
of finding the drifters...
589
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,083
if they've
survived the rapids.
590
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,168
[Eric Stackpole]
You can scan now...
591
00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,964
we're just waiting for this
terminal to show a signal.
592
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:35,888
I haven't heard
anything yet, nothing yet.
593
00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:40,476
[beeping]
594
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:41,936
Oh, we've got
one we've got one.
595
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:44,564
Yeah, we got one.
596
00:33:44,647 --> 00:33:46,733
It should be off our
port bow somewhere;
597
00:33:46,816 --> 00:33:49,318
I think it's closer
to the glacier.
598
00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:54,949
[Zoleka Filander] Oh my gosh,
the swell is not helping!
599
00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:02,165
I can see it...
600
00:34:02,248 --> 00:34:04,000
my 12:00...
601
00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:05,918
I've got eyes on it.
602
00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:07,462
[James Cameron] Both
devices have made it
603
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,547
out of the glacier...
604
00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:11,841
but they've landed
in dangerous waters.
605
00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:15,303
[crashing]
606
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:20,141
[Zoleka Filander] Oh, calving
just happened, oh, oh my gosh.
607
00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:26,147
[crashing]
608
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,648
[Eric Stackpole] So,
what is the plan here?
609
00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:30,318
[OceanX Crew] We're gonna do a
drive by and try and pick it up.
610
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:31,444
[Eric Stackpole] Got it.
611
00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:33,321
I mean look at this the whole
glacier is disintegrating as
612
00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:36,574
we're up to it we really
have to be careful here.
613
00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:41,037
He's got it,
he's got it, he's got it.
614
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:42,413
Great Job...
615
00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,875
okay we're ready for number two
if you're able to get that out.
616
00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:47,877
Two of them in.
617
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,671
[James Cameron] For the very
first time, Andreas's drifters
618
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:53,466
have been successfully
retrieved from the ocean
619
00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:56,719
after a glacier deployment.
620
00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:02,266
In the ship's mixed reality lab,
the team is eager to see
621
00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:04,477
what secrets they reveal.
622
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,104
[Eric Stackpole] This
basically shows what it looks
623
00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:10,358
like just below the waterfall
when it reaches the ocean.
624
00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,444
[James Cameron] Glaciers with no
waterfalls are insulated by a
625
00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:16,697
layer of calm, cold
water at their base,
626
00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:20,076
so they melt very slowly.
627
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,997
But here on Austfonna,
the drifter data reveals
628
00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:27,542
a different picture altogether.
629
00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:29,418
[Andreas Alexander] But what
we see now is you have the
630
00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:31,629
fresh water coming in and
that fresh water destroys the
631
00:35:31,712 --> 00:35:34,132
insulation layer of the cold
water, and what that will do
632
00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:36,843
is create heat, and that
heat is what's melting,
633
00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:38,761
what's driving the melt.
634
00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:41,139
Well it's a combination of
warmer ocean water and then
635
00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:44,308
the freshwater hitting and
creating the currents and
636
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:47,603
those currents are the ones
that are driving the ice melt.
637
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,481
[James Cameron] Scientists had
expected this glacier to
638
00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:54,777
retreat at least
130 feet a year.
639
00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:59,907
But from the new drifter data,
Andreas has calculated,
640
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:03,953
around each waterfall, the rate
of retreat could double.
641
00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:11,127
{\an8}And that's bad news
for polar bear moms.
642
00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:19,677
They need glaciers to reach
the ocean so that sea-ice can
643
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,848
anchor to them and make a
stable hunting platform.
644
00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:37,028
This revelation is
bittersweet for the team.
645
00:36:37,945 --> 00:36:39,822
[Melissa Márquez] It's
this really big sense of
646
00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:43,826
achievement that we've got
brand new data on how quickly
647
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,286
these glaciers are melting.
648
00:36:46,787 --> 00:36:48,915
But what it's telling us,
649
00:36:48,998 --> 00:36:51,918
well that makes me really
worried for polar bears.
650
00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:54,962
If the climate keeps warming,
is there a limit to how much
651
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,423
more they can adapt?
652
00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,846
[Aldo Kane] We've seen that
some of them can adapt,
653
00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:08,142
but is it enough with their
world changing so quickly?
654
00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:12,063
[sniffing]
655
00:37:12,813 --> 00:37:14,565
[Eric Stackpole] This
isn't just about polar bears.
656
00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:17,652
So much of the Arctic
is teeming with life.
657
00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:21,489
It drives ocean currents,
it moderates our climate...
658
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:24,533
So much depends on it.
659
00:37:27,536 --> 00:37:30,665
{\an8}[James Cameron] But the team
has hope for the future.
660
00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,750
{\an8}[Zoleka Filander] If the
world keeps to its promise and
661
00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:36,837
{\an8}limits temperature rise
to 1.5 degrees Celsius,
662
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:40,383
{\an8}there should still be an ice
kingdom for polar bears.
663
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,804
{\an8}[James Cameron] Svalbard's
polar bears are just about
664
00:37:44,887 --> 00:37:46,931
{\an8}hanging in there for now,
665
00:37:47,014 --> 00:37:50,184
{\an8}but for them to have
a real future...
666
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,186
{\an8}that's on us.
667
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,151
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