To the Arctic 3D (2012)

Meryl Streep: Narrator

Quotes 

• Narrator : This is a cold, stark world, but to polar bear mothers and cubs, it's paradise.

• Narrator : Polar bears have always hunted from floating platforms of sea ice.

• Narrator : Feasting on rich seal meat has made these the largest bears in the word. But now the Arctic is warming and the sea ice if melting away, making it harder than ever to catch seals.

• Narrator : The less ice there is to reflect the sun's rays, the faster the ocean warms.

• Narrator : Diving beneath the ice takes courage. But for the people who devote their lives to studying the Arctic, taking risks is part of the job.

• Narrator : Each spring in Alaska, large herds of caribou set out on a long journey. No one has ever tracked the entire migration on foot, until now.

• Narrator : Caribou mothers are having a tough time, as the Arctic warms. But polar bear mothers face an even greater struggle.

• Narrator : She was always on alert. If she caught the scent of a male, she'd hustle the cubs off to safety.

• Narrator : The brave mother was willing to do anything to protect her cubs. But she's powerless to save the habitat they need to survive.

• Narrator : But the Arctic is warming faster than it has for thousands of years and losing its dazzling crown of ice.

• Narrator : Arctic animals need ice to survive. They live in a delicate balance with the natural world-mothers most of all.

• Narrator : The mothers here nurture their young so lovingly.

• Narrator : Cub's play and resilient mothers thrive. It's the only home they'll ever have.