Huge, varied and rarely seen ...
It is now revealed.
In the north lies the Arctic.
A very harsh, requiring a high capacity for survival.
Here, îþi life is in danger, logged'm afraid.
Here, nature is struggling with itself. Wild animals against weather.
Life is not easy in the Arctic.
Russia, the largest country in the world.
It has various landscapes from vast forests to deserts,
Huge mountains and large domestic.
In the north, Russia collapses and grows.
The land and water merge when the ocean turns into ice.
This is the Arctic.
In the dead of winter water boundaries are expanding enormously.
Arctic ice covered an area twice the size of Australia.
Animals have adapted to living above and below this surface unstable.
In March, far west, the ice starts to crack the White Sea.
Thousands of Greenland seals gather here to give birth.
Even 40 seals can breathe through the same hole,
Besides chickens exiting leave the ice.
Tighten recognize offspring by smell and even after loud
Chicken and ignores the others.
At birth, pups were just 10 kg
but even 14 days will have the weight of a child of ten years.
The umbilical cord bleeding, chicken researching new home.
The mother smells and knows that it is her baby.
Kittens have a tough life from the beginning. Not breast-feeding than 12 days.
It can îngrãºa 2 kg per day grace breast milk with 45% fat.
With so little time for, it's bad if you fails to hrãneºti.
When my mother would leave him, you have to manage and ten days alone.
It has a waterproof layer before you venture into the water.
E drãgãlaº, this dar bun?
Soon, he will have to fend for themselves.
In the early days, the mother does not depart from him nor water.
DAAC is not careful, can tighten loose piece of chicken on a floe.
The chicken that almost no mercy for those and for him.
Should strive more.
And males are around.
Înþãrcare After mating period begins. So ends the cycle.
It came too early, it lãmureºte female, gesturing head.
And not rãzgândeºte.
In mid-March, chickens þopãie in vain. There were exit.
Now weighing 35 kg, they are ready to take life in chest
changing camouflage with white fluff fur only a good diving.
Pups they learn the sea, but their enemy roam the ice.
Polar bears spend their time on ice, hunting seals.
In the Chukchi Sea, in northeast Russia, was Wrangel Island.
Here's a great destination for Bears populations.
Around 25,000 Bears roam the North Pole.
Many take advantage of the isolation of Wrangel Island, locked in gheþuri.
Annually, 500 pregnant individual mothers make their den here and Herald Island, in the vicinity.
It is the highest density of Bears in the world.
Polar bears because their fur white hair reflect light.
Below, the black skin absorbs solar heat.
Wrangel is about the size of Crete, around 7,000 square kilometers.
Munþii sãi se înalþã la 1.000 m.
The island has the highest biodiversity in the Arctic.
One hundred bird species lay eggs tighten here.
In May, 150,000 pairs of geese pole
arriving in North America.
It's their only breeding colony in Asia.
Their arrival did not go unnoticed.
There is a polar fox, fur winter in search of food.
But robust gâºtele know how to defend themselves.
Although eat anything, fox-and must look elsewhere.
In May, the sun flourish but snow does not break the island.
The birds gather on any piece of land.
Migration has sapped small birds. You have to feed quickly.
When patches are multiplied, some become places of courtship,
where males glory in front of females.
Guleraþi plovers tighten worthy of the name, but these males are dressed for battle.
No matter how hard they try them, females do not really care.
Spring arrives in the Russian Arctic, but not going too easy winter.
Polar air masses weather can change suddenly.
The temperature dropped to -10 ° C and starts to snow.
Winter returns in force for a short time.
Finally, winter sun break the spell.
Topeºte snow on the slopes.
Below, the permafrost layer remains frozen thick.
Unable to enter into ground waters flow downhill ºuvoi.
Briefly, crosses streams tundra.
Finally, it dezgheaþã and land around the polar geese colony.
But their troubles did not end.
Pass a wolf, stirring agitation.
Wolves eats 3 kg of food per day.
Two geese would cover immediate food needs.
Gâºtele watching over the strãºnicie.
Leaving aside any dispute, make common front against the enemy.
HUNTERS got game.
A single wolf can not put so many angry geese.
Gâºtele stand guard. Not all predators are leaves that easy.
Polar foxes attack their nests daily.
Drake stands guard. Hairless-White fox strain.
The cold, some geese and abandoned their nests, making them easy prey.
With food thoroughly, fox will hide a part of it.
Could dig hundreds of holes for each egg
or hide more in one place.
In cold soil of the tundra, egg remains edible for months.
Once prey nests parachute tighten turning attention to another place.
Drake challenge the decision.
If any ºovãie fox will attack at once.
Victory!
At the end of June, summer turns arctic Russia.
Over 400 species of flowering plants in Wrangel,
twice more than in other Arctic tundra.
In summer, daylight seems nesfârºitã and reproduction is highest.
Many predators depend Leming Siberian micuþul 80 g,
the smallest mammal in the arctic north.
Demographic cycle keeps four years.
Their number grows exponentially, then falls, for want of food and space.
Carnivores have earned or lost.
For lemmings, not a great year.
Changing weather gives them another blow.
Sleet turns to snow, chasing summer.
Many birds do and let eggs sit on the nest.
Neaua that all aºterne put them to the test on the mothers.
Even moscaþi herds suffer.
They can face the cold, but they remain on fur wet snow.
This small group, led by an old male, is careful.
A male stranger confident heading toward them.
There's a good.
The male elder adopt a fighting stance.
Sought to intimidate each other by imposing disguise.
Newcomers do not seem impressed.
Approaching Women Although reproduction occurs only in August.
Up here was the old man!
Just a little scuffle. Battles true will give two months.
Snow is elongated bright July sun.
Neaua is topeºte. Russian Tundra unveiled a captivating past.
Thaw has revealed a mammoth corner.
When the island was separated from the mainland has become an isolated paradise.
Mamuþi live here, 6,000 years after their disappearance in the world.
Today, another species stãpâneºte over these hills.
Reindeer.
Of the five million reindeer in the world, one fifth are in Russia.
Only these deer have horns and males and females.
Searching feeding birds arrive in the colony.
Gâºtele polar worry; because chicks begin to emerge from the egg.
The first chicks can leave the nest shortly. But there are four eggs.
There is a fox, so that the chicks remain in the nest and afterthought.
Today, fox pursues other prey.
Desiºul prey tighten looking dwarf willows.
A Siberian brown Leming.
Acuþite his senses and helps them bring a rare treated this year.
There seems to be no danger, but nevertheless ...
No other predators do not mess with ferocious marten.
Busy spoil egg reserve the fox has no business with gâºtele.
Last chance for a nap.
Once exiting offspring, the family will go to ºes, where's food and quiet.
Some families migrate over 70 km, whatever the weather.
It's a long and dangerous road for chicken.
Migratory birds is moving quickly.
Arrive in May before departing to have chicken and towards the end of August.
In July, the warmest month here
înverzeºte tundra and is found in belºug food.
Vegetation grows for less time
50-60 days prior to fall snow and frost to come.
Animals must seize.
Parents and rush to nursing pups as possible.
Polar foxes in the mountains were less fortunate.
Instead wander about six puppies,
piperniciþi tighten only two young mother waits to return.
A shortage of lemmings made destruction.
It needs to look for fruits, carrion, insects, even animal feces.
Will bring any pups can keep them alive.
And feels Strait polar owl.
In good times, eats and five lemmings per day. N but not this year.
The nest has only two chickens instead of ten as usual.
Puppies require food, but not have the money to give them.
When lemmings are few, many owl not lay eggs.
Undeveloped chicken will not keep up.
Brother stronger will terrorize and will take food ...
mother ... only to find enough food.
The situation looks better in the plains of tundra.
Fox cubs, four weeks, have grown rapidly hrãnitoarei goose grace.
Most arctic foxes born chicken by 22.
A group of 11 chicken eats about 30 lemmings per day.
To leave the burrow, they eat lemmings 100 per day.
How lemmings are scarce, gâºtele top the menu.
Although now there are only three chicken rivalry is very high.
The chicks are fed by both parents and even still a female.
How much are large goose it was not the first bite.
When two quarrel, the third winner and a tear ran.
They reach maturity will weigh ten months and as cats.
In tough times, it is far from home.
The village, the thief bone returns.
No hard feelings,
She wants a place to sleep until parents return.
Mama owl attire still roam in search of food.
From above, grace binocular vision, zãreºte prey.
In the grass, a precious Leming, sniffed the air.
Bufniþele can not move the eyes in their sockets,
but twisted his head three quarters, with panoramic image.
Helped and identify the source of sounds.
Turns attack, while litter of hungry and cold.
A managed, finally, to find food!
How Let the lemmings beak, chicken and take it more solid.
Chicken barely-moving lower.
Worried mother strives to save the chicken-and hungry.
It's too late though.
On shore, the ice breaks arctic migratory animals and let them pass.
Some traveling 5000 km.
Beluga, white whale.
Summer, travel along Arctic coast Russian
looking for crabs and fish the stocks.
Having ascuþiþi teeth, aspiring prey and swallow it whole.
In winter, take eastward toward the Bering Sea.
The groups can be hundreds, but females with cubs forming smaller groups.
Baby few hours is drifting mother aroused.
And seabirds enjoy lavish ocean.
On the coast, several species forms large colonies of breeding.
Pescãruºii red legged, three-toed, plevuºca prey.
There are over a million copies and railway stations.
Between sky and sea,
block housing protects the birds from avian predators.
But sometimes you must fereºti neighbors.
Okay that have showers!
Birds should be strong.
Strong winds pushed the ice floating to shore.
Falls today can freeze tomorrow.
This vertical wall is not devoid of local color.
Parrots have a prominence meat high above the eyes.
Some still playing the courtship ...
In August, the offspring of Garia on cliffs plunge toward the water.
It's really hard when you're surrounded by ice.
Chickens can not fly, but only when the dren can feed them reach the water.
Came to the table, foxes run nimbly on gheþuri.
While their aims on ice, fresh air smell from pole brings birds.
With its 4 kg, should a bird pãºeascã easier than 1kg.
As not ...
Tighten coat dries quickly and stretches toward safer areas.
Garia Viguroºii gheþuri swim through to reach the sea.
Only then will teach chickens to fly.
In mid-August, the ice fields around Wrangel Island, break.
Polar bears are most on the ice, but moves when it breaks.
No wonder Ursus maritimus are told, "sea bear".
Large paws as rowing, swimming helps.
It was found that some swim and 160 km.
But usually sit and idle.
As the the ice retreats, have a final opportunity to jump on the island.
Global warming in the northern Russian hinder the formation iceberg.
Without ice, polar bears can not find food.
Hundreds of Bears retire on Wrangel waiting for the return gheþii.
On the island you do not really have a choice.
Ingenioºi, polar bears and reside with which to pass the time.
Like any loving puddles, can not resist a small lagoon.
Face reflected in the water finds tighten.
His gaze is drawn then something better.
Few could see something like that.
A polar bear fishing.
Now what to do? He has no idea how to proceed with the loot.
Usually Bears hunting of seals on ice.
Killer instinct but he took control.
Big surprise to bear!
The days shorten and cool. Fall comes over the island.
Musk ox is time.
In September, all over the island, the males are struggling for domination.
Often two males of different forces looking to intimidate.
When the two have the same force, the battle heats up.
Each weigh around 400 kg.
They can attack up to 40 km / h.
Their clash is heard to 1,600 m distance.
It is as though a car hitting a brick wall of 27 km / h.
Clashing horns
a wide space of 30 cm thicker than a brick.
The horns are covered with keratin, the protein loss and nail.
Rests on a massive skull.
Even so, how much to pay? Finally, one oboseºte and retreats.
Winner has harem.
Meanwhile, autumn falls on the tundra. Gâºtele polar ready to go.
With tens of thousands gather next to shore island.
In only six-seven weeks, chickens took over 1 kg in weight.
I'm ready to fly 5000 km, to New Mexico.
Silence veils and temperature fields continues to decline.
Bears are left iarãºi Island.
Without ice to hunt, they are starving.
They lock. You can not move until it will not freeze the whole area.
Mothers and pups looking for scraps of food.
The chicks remain under the protection of mother two years and a half.
When not reproduce or care for chickens, polar bears are solitary animals.
If you feel in danger, adults can attack with 40 km / h.
Mothers with small chicken are on the lookout.
Althea largest chicken seem curioºi, but must take away.
Position the body of the bear warns to stay away.
Mothers are calm,
but it's good to eivþi males þâfnoºi with 5 cm canines.
They can have and 800 kg.
No chickens helps increase even sometimes killing them.
If necessary, tighten protects mothers offspring, but it's better to avoid any risk.
Well the male foraging on shore.
When food is in belºug, eat a walrus fat and leave the rest.
Now I am satisfied with anything.
Bear this young man found the old walrus skin.
It's tough as a boot and just as tasty, probably.
Mulþumeascã must be so.
Wrangel attract the largest population of walruses.
Tighten lead life on ice, the Bears.
When the ice is sea Ciukotsk topeºte come with the tens of thousands.
This means that the Bears will have some food.
Walruses have to come to shore, to rest.
Bears must also have little patience.
But they are ravening and walruses.
Each devours about 60 kg of shellfish per day
leaving behind piles of broken shell.
While waiting to leave Bears,
tighten the neck filled with air that can float and stand straight.
The male continues its patrolling, giving the bones remaining years.
Nevãzutã or walrus after tharm.
A group have been kept in sick.
Bear continue their watch during the night.
When it was day, he found walrus seen isolated.
Overnight, ate 70 kg of fat rich in energy.
With blood still on the face and paws, now is the village and cumbersome.
On shore, the second series is about to join the game.
Bear younger prudent approach to prey upon others.
There's nothing to worry about and do.
An adult walrus can weigh up to 1,700 kg
ospãþ enough for hell.
The puppy must hurry.
Polar bears can smell food from 32 km away. They will come soon.
When there's danger, walruses come to shore to rest.
Colþii their teeth supradezvoltaþi,
They got half a meter, but can reach and a meter.
They are useful in battle, to break the ice and to sfâºie prey.
But they somewhat embarrassed when îmbrãþiºeazã group.
Meetings and other risks they entail.
Puppies are zdrobiþi dozens of adults that are piled on top.
However Most fail to find a good position and secure.
Others should first solve their misunderstandings.
How come power and longer cools, turn to the Bering Strait in winter.
In October, the temperature drops quickly.
It's time to pass the polar bears ashore on ice.
Although the temperature drops to -40 ° C, Bears do not care.
They înfofoliþi with thick fur and have up to 11 cm of fat.
Gheþurile floating reach the shore and form a common bloc.
Bears are free to go.
Mothers tighten chicks go on the ice for the first time.
Global warming affects melting and freezing,
Stay on Wrangel so it will last longer, year after year.
In the world of arctic cold and stormy, nature impose tough rules.
But they are and rewards.
Ionosphere at 100 km heights, dance lights of the aurora borealis.
This amazing spectacle occurs when molecules collide loaded in the ionosphere.
Dancing over Russia,
aupra beautiful landscape enlighten tighten completely frozen.
So is life in the Arctic world.