Changing conditions causes changes in family patterns, and it's yet to be seen what As climate change happens, habitat and food sources change. Their eating habits and social structure are different enough that I got a clear picture of their challenges, and how their fates are intertwined. Polar bears are solitary animals while walrus are social. The choice of a polar bear and a walrus to watch through eight years was an interesting one.
Queen Latifah narrates, though I didn't find her voice as compelling as Morgan Freeman's in March of the Penguin. The video cover (I rented the movie) gives the impression this is an animated film, but it's not, it's more documentary like, with the color and scenery National Geographic documentaries are known for. This approach aided the depiction that polar bear and walrus have a lot in common, though their paths rarely actually cross. Granted the 15 years of film footage, along with clips from other wildlife photographers, made for a good story. A polar bear cub Nanu and walrus pup (also referred to as a cub or calf) Seela are used as the focal points, as we watch them mature for eight years, to help illustrate how challenging life is in the far north, and what global warming is doing to wildlife It's the composite approach to Nanu and Seela, as well as some other antics, that gives this documentary the preface of soft for me. Arctic Tale is a National Geographic soft documentary, brought to us by Paramount Pictures, about life on the arctic ice cap.
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