In Summer, the non-stop sunlight fires an unrelenting thaw, transforming much of the polar regions into fertile land and open sea, while immense masses of melted sweet water pour into the oceans. Many species profit from the relatively benign conditions to mate, breed and raise their young. However for some, such as ice-bears, the lack of ice also causes major troubles in foraging and just moving around. Written by KGF Vissers
All Episodes - S01
EPS01
In the polar regions, from the vast 'moderate' taiga as in Canada north to the Ice seas, and in ice-only Antarctica, seasons are extreme in day length - and resulting cli ...
EPS02
Each spring, massive sweet water thawing rapidly transforms the polar regions and the surrounding seas, where broken-off ice floats to. This is crucial in the life cycle ...
EPS03
In Summer, the non-stop sunlight fires an unrelenting thaw, transforming much of the polar regions into fertile land and open sea, while immense masses of melted sweet wa ...
EPS04
After non-stop summer months, the polar regions have expanded maximally, abundant food turns even the bears sociable. However the shortening of days soon starts reversing ...
EPS05
The polar struggle to survive is even harder in winter, missing a single rare prey can be lethal. Well-adapted anatomy is crucial, but also tricks such as isolation with ...
EPS06
The polar regions are earth's least hospitable environment, yet people live in the Arctic regions. Modern urbanized life is possibly even there thanks to technology, but ...
EPS07
The effects of global warming on parts of the polar regions are already obvious, but varied, hard to study, let alone predict, and geographically diverse, albeit with glo ...
EPS08
Features the best highlights of the series spanning the entire polar year - from the depths of winter to the melting world of the polar summer. ...