A Polar Bear Cub’s First Summer
In A Polar Bear Cub’s First Summer, narrator Sir David Attenborough shows how a polar bear family adjusts to the changing summer landscape. As ice sheets melt and send water cascading over ice cliffs, the polar bears must adapt to living with less ice and more water. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Frozen Planet, a series that shows a fragile world of beauty and hostility, where nature finds a way to survive and thrive in frigid conditions.
Lesson Express
Q: What are the challenges for polar bears during summer?
A: The ice turns to water so they have less ice to walk on.
Q: How do the polar bear cubs adapt to their summer home?
A: They learn to swim.
Q: In the polar region, the Sun never sets in summer. Do you think you would like to live in a place where the Sun did not set for months? Why or why not?
A: Student responses will vary.
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