At this time, this is a permanent night.
Male polar bears are patrolling winter, but only a little food.
Every living thing is just waiting.
February...
... and the first time the sun appears above the horizon.
This woman is in her nest during the winter.
He skated down the slope.
Maybe only for to clean the fur...
... but it seems rejoiced.
He's not alone there.
Children are born in the nest.
They are two months old ..
But this is the first time they have seen the light of day.
They are interested in their parent call.
But this slope is not the easiest place for your first step.
His children haven't eaten this morning.
The mother has postponed their first meal on this special day.
Hunger will attract them to the mother.
This is the beginning of their practice.
Milk is the only food known to their children.
Since they were born deaf and blind under the snow.
The mother hasn't eaten for five months...
... and lost half weight.
He gave the last reserve for his children.
He can't go foraging.
He is trapped on a slope until his child can walk alone.
It is a test that is always experienced by female bears.
Every year, at times like this, _ female bears really need food.
They know they have to go down hunting on ice.
What they did not know, there was a problem waiting for them there.
A new problem.
Our planet is heating up and the ice in the sea melts earlier each year.
This is the only place Bears can hunt seals.
If they fail before the ice breaks...
... their family will starve.
Throughout this year, ice is quite strong.
Strong enough to support the male bear, their father ... when he was looking for prey.
He won't help the female.
Instinct makes it only _ selfishness.
Ten days later...
... and the starving mother tries to bring her child down to the sea of ice.
They can walk themselves now...
... but they still don't understand more urgent interests.
Finally, everything seems ready for the trip ..
... but maybe is too late.
A few miles from the coast, ice has broken.
Parents lead them to a new, increasingly dangerous world.
It is impossible for the two children to survive in their first year on ice.
March, and the rest snow north.
A thousand miles south from a bear...
Dwarf fir is still locked in ice.
Marking our planet's tree line and the beginning of the Taiga Forest.
The area of the trees forms an almost unbroken circle around the north of the world.
One of the largest jungle forests.
This pine has leaves shaped needles ..
... which actually is not edible.
So, very little forest supports animal life.
In this quiet world, snow is only broken by footprints...
... and those who live here are very difficult to just see, they are like spirits.
Lynx wild cats roam hundreds of miles to hunt.
Mungking has never been twice in the same place in the forest.
This creature is the core from the wilderness.
There are a lot of trees here like all the world's rainforests are combined...
... third of the trees on earth.
As spring crawled from the south, the Taiga Forest opened its hood.
That now this forest produces a lot of oxygen.
What refreshes the air of the whole planet.
April. And life begins back to the far north.
Guests flock to this paradise from all corners of the planet.
They come for spring food.
And have their child .
In this flowing world...
... every new generation is very valuable.
The Reindeer goes to north following the groove.
More than three million in the crossed the polar fields.
Some herds run more than 2000 miles every year...
... looking for fields new rum.
That's the longest land migration on Earth.
Really depends on wide open space.
They always move.
If you want to train their children...
... they have to walk and run on the day they are born.
But big flocks are not alone.
Wolves follow them along the way. And they are hungry.
Initially, the attack looked simple, random...
... but this is a tactic to make panic.
In panic, the child is separated from the mother.
Now it's easier to hunt down their children.
The child may be young, but able to match the running of the wolves ... if it's smart set the footing.
Up to here, opportunity is evenly distributed.
Either wildebeest made a mistake...
... or the Wolf who gave up after running a few miles.
The task is to show the way.
That is a long derivative for the first time flying.
A call for encouragement is needed here.
Still lacking 2.
Still 2 days old but already through a great adventure.
What does the rest of the year have for our planet's new recruits?
This is the inheritance that we inherited.
Thank you for all the important slopes from the axis of the Earth...
... harmony from all seasons.
Change of our world year by year...
Seasonal cycles that seem are increasingly unreliable.
But there are parts of the world we who don't have seasons.
May, in the tropics, but there is no spring.
Here the sun shines 12 hours every day of the year.
This is what allows the forest to flourish.
And support so a lot of life.
Rainforests now cover about one-third of the area, first...
... only 3% of the surface our planet...
However, it contains more than half of all plants and animals on Earth.
The New Guinea rainforest especially, is very valuable.
Home to 42 types of bird of paradise.
Each is more extraordinary.
This forest is very rich...
.. so Cendrawasih doesn't have a problem finding food.
He can focus on tasks which are more important...
... for example improving the view of the area.
He is obsessed with household chores.
Everything must be stylish.
Finally, the stage is installed.
This is the show the expert.
Unfortunately... there is no audience.
This competitor is called the Bender of Collar.
This magician has a special trick.
First, he promoted the show.
Shouting for attracting females.
With the audience...
... the show can he start.
Only interest is needed from the female.
Females move away to decide.
After all that effort, is the girl still doubtful?
You won't be able to comfort him when the best effort is not good enough.
Of the 3% of our planet, 50% are plants and animals.
Everywhere, there are lots of betting.
This tropical forest enjoys 12 hours of sunshine throughout the year...
... but also requires a lot of rainfall.
As the weather pattern changes, is already a sign...
... if the forest starts to dry up.
Deserts cover one third of the land surface on Earth.
And it is expanding every year.
This is a place where only a few can survive.
Only "little" is special.
Even bigger challenges than before.
June, in the Kalahari Desert the southern part of Africa.
Dry season here...
Thousands of elephants begin a desperate journey to look for food and water.
Using the ancient trip route from generation to generation...
All go the way they head for Okavango.
A vast land in the center of the desert.
It's dry now, but the water should have arrived.
Buffalo joins large group.
All parts of southern Africa... Millions of animals are moving...
... for the same life mission , namely water.
This young man struggles to avoid being left behind.
The parent instinct is which keeps it...
... but the water needs for mothers are very urgent...
.. the parent may be forced to leave it.
Desert storms make travel more difficult.
They are separated from the flock.
This is a dangerous place for those who get lost.
There is a shelter a few miles ahead. A patch of trees.
They don't stop until they reach it.
The remaining escapes from the storm.
But it will be risky if they wait for the others.
Finally, the pedestrian comes out of the dust.
Blind because of sand, the child almost has no power to walk.
The storm has subsided.
But not everything is lucky.
One child is lost.
Thirst and fatigue, he follows in his mother's footsteps. But in the wrong direction.
Where dust is mixed with water, the desert line stops.
Sand dunes open the way for grasslands and savannahs.
Grass is a hero without the mark of our planet.
Keeping the desert under control and filling in fuel for many of the Earth's greatest spectacles.
Flocks of prey from East Africa, depend on this miracle plant.
Everyday above the vast terrain around the world...
eternal spiritual play role.
Drama hunting and hunted.
This is the circle of life for most of us, in urban life, we begin to forget.
Elephants have lined up for two weeks.
The child and mother succeed. Follow their flock...
But they are thirsty.
Maybe it was helped by his memory...
The leader directs the herd to a temporary puddle of water.
One who might have saved his life several years ago.
Elephants must share water with others.
They are alliances that need to worry about.
During the day, elephants control the water.
At night, power changes hands.
The child and mother are the most vulnerable.
They are inexperienced with lions.
In the dark, elephant vision is slightly better than us.
Lions can see easily.
These cats are hungry and greedy...
... and elephants feel there is danger.
The lions are waiting for the right time.
The elephant child is the they are after.
With the gathering of lions, elephants bring their children together.
Forming a protective circle to keep them away from the predator.
The cats must find this gap of the defensive wall.
Elephants are well protected.
Lions must take risks. Change their tactics.
Usually, one lion doesn't have the chance to fight an elephant...
But the whole kingdom is here, there are 30...
... and they are elephant hunter specialists.
For survivors, the Okavango area is still miles away.
Together with the growth of deserts, and migration routes which are covered by farms and fences...
... the elephants must go further.
The sun that burns the desert also brings water to the land.
Like moving over the tropical ocean...
Water content rises by ocean heating. Turn on the global weather system.
Humid winds from the Indian Ocean sweep north, towards the Himalayas.
As the air rises, and it cools the water falls into snow.
The scene for one of the most challenging natural migrations.
Every year, thousands of demoiselle storks try to get out of the harsh winters in Mongolia ... by flying south. A warmer place, India.
To get there, they must pass the highest mountains on Earth...
Himalayas.
When the sun heats the slope, warm air rises from the valley...
... in the afternoon it changes into a violent wind.
Stork crashing wind rotation.
They must return or are at risk of death.
The sun's rays are weak during the evening and the whirlwind away.
But it's too late for today.
New day, new opportunity.
The mothers must guide their children in this dangerous journey.
Morning, the air has increased rapidly.
They use heat to increase height.
Soon, a storm will come. Maybe is too dangerous to continue.
In the last climb, each crane is determined to fight the cold wind.
Finally... they succeeded. They've conquered the highest peak on Earth.
On the other hand there is a shelter for winter.
The sun melts the snow and the water flows again.
The beginning of a long journey they returned to the sea.
This is an endless cycle.
Sunlight and fresh water bring life to every corner of the Earth.
For several generations, humans and animals are similar.
Come and depend on the big river and its endless flow.
After months of drought, the river flows again in the Kalahari.
Buffalo reaches the end of their long journey.
When the water sweeps the land of the desert...
Okavango transforms into a fertile paradise.
This is Africa which we rarely see...
The abundance of world water depends on seasonal flooding...
Coming from the tropical sea which is thousands of miles away.
Many animals are calm at home when flooded...
But there are some who are worried.
After weeks the journey of the elephants is exhausted.
They struggle to focus on their path.
The flock leader smells the water.
And push the herd to make one last effort.
After weeks...
... miles of mile...
... they arrived.
Like an elephant, this water has done long journey to get here.
And along the way, their flow is threatened by urban and agricultural land.
In his life, the child will go on this trip many times.
Will the flood always come?... Not necessarily.
It is the seasonal cycle that moves the life of elephants on land...
.. the same importance in the ocean.
July, Humpback Whales are in place they breed in the tropics.
This child is not more than 2 weeks.
... and when he starts getting tired...
... the milk helps him to surface to breathe.
Equatorial shallow waters help care for the child...
... where it's warm, calm and a little predator.
The child drinks 600 liters of milk a day...
... but the parent is starving.
There is nothing he can eat in this clear waters.
For this reason, he must lead his child in _ a great 4,000-mile trip
To where there is more food on the southern tip of our planet.
This is the longest migration from marine mammals ..
... and it depends entirely on the sea which is comfortable throughout the trip.
On the high seas, whales meet other predators.
Dolphins approach their prey.
One hundred sailfish join in the attack.
It reaches almost 70 miles / hour. They are sea cheetahs.
The mother and child swim to the south through the vast ocean.
They have to cross half the world...
... from the equator to the edge of Antarctica.
The tropical ocean is already far away now.
They head for waters with seasonal storms.
Strong winds and interesting currents nutrients from depth.
And life blooms everywhere sunlight shines on.
Parents know there's more food far south...
... and speed up her child through dangerous waters.
Great white shark.
The big white shark attacks the pope's child.
But the pope's child is not the victim of today.
This beautiful predator, is in the highest peak of the food chain ..
... is part of the ocean that is in harmony...
... but we slaughter almost one hundred million of them every year.
Their population has dropped dramatically.
August at the North Pole. The ice disappears quickly.
His two children cannot cope with the shift of the stage.
Parent and child must stay close.
In order not to lose track of each other, they flap their fins to the surface.
They can hear the signal the sound is above the roar of the ocean.
South far... Finally.
October. The whales enter the polar waters.
Summer will soon be over in the north, but here is still the beginning.
With the sun melting ice, life returns.
The Pope finally reaches Antarctica Summer right.
Adele penguins...
... they are in a hurry to get to their nest.
December. The sun doesn't set.
Antarctica's summer is too short...
... but for the past few months, warmth has opened a protected bay.
At depth, something moves.
Finally... after a journey of 4,000 miles The humpback whale can eat.
They harvest Krill. Shrimp that appear after the ice melts.
Now... finally... the parent can fill his stomach.
When he and his son joined with the whole team.
The pope makes a spiral net shaped in a spiral.
Center the shrimp into a giant party.
They work all hours.
Summer quickly fades and they will soon return to tropical waters.
Our male bear is in great danger now.
If he does not immediately find the land he will sink.
After a few days at sea...
Bears who are tired are attracted by the pungent smell of the colony.
He lost half his weight.
Almost desperate looking for food...
But seals are much bigger than the opening food.
He must get a seal child.
A strong adult can hurt with large fangs.
Seals feel there is danger.
Parents try to protect their child .
He tested their barrier.
Still strong.
He's probably the biggest land carnivore...
... but it looks like he met opponents is balanced and he is very weak from hunger.
The seal boy is hiding behind the mother.
If only he could separate his prey.
As the flock retreats to the water...
... when the bear gets thinner.
He tried again.
And again, it's really frustrating now.
He must avoid deadly .
Apart from grip.
Only when the bear is is on the verge of starvation...
They will be determined to attack the dangerous prey.
This one is betting... and failed.
seal can be calm.
Bears are not threat anymore.
Unable to eat, he can't survive.
Simultaneously the global climate continues to warm up...
Arctic ice melts more fast every year...
Many like him who will come and end like this.
A year passed. Two bear children have defeated the challenge.
They leave their mother. ... and growing.
Continuous changes in the world they are faster day by day.
But for now, they are still one step ahead.
The adventurous spirit of their father lives in these amazing children.
The next generation proof of survival.
Polar bears have become the symbol of our planetary state.
And for all beings who survive with us.
In the end we began to understand...
... how critical is our "lucky" planet.
If we want to share the Earth with our lives...
And preserving the balance for our children and grandchildren...
... now, more than before...
... depends on us.
Translated by
If the global climate continues to increase like now Polar bears are likely to become extinct by 2030.