Somewhere in the Arctic a mother walrus attends to her young; nearby a mother polar bear watches over her cubs: both families are forced to migrate because global warming has disrupted the Arctic's fragile ecosystem, with the ocean steadily encroaching as the polar ice cap melts. An adventurous journey engagingly retold by Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson against breathtaking landscapes inhabited by some of nature's most astounding species.
Arctic Tale
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Year
2007
Duration
96'
Adam Leipzig, Keenan Smart
Production Companies
National Geographic Films
Languages
English
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«It's a surprise to see animals behaving in ways that we can relate to, which I think is interesting. We're surprised to see animals helping each other, we're surprised to see animals hugging and kissing – and I think the surprise is because we've forgotten how close we are to these animals».
(Sarah Robertson)
Climate change
Climate change
Floods and droughts, lands exposed by ice and lands submerged by water. The impacts of climate change altering the Earth's appearance are observed, criticized, and directly felt by researchers.
Food on Film project
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Creative Europe Media Program. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.