Life in the Snow
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- 2016
- 60 min
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These are our planet's
winter wonderlands.
And the remarkable animals
that call them home.
I'm Gordon Buchanan
and, as a wildlife cameraman,
I've visited many of these
unique and special places.
But the animals that live in places
like this need to be resilient,
and many of them
are specially adapted
to make the very most
I'm going to reveal
the extraordinary animals
that don't just survive, but
positively thrive, in the snow.
Oh, very, very cute!
Each has different and surprising
tactics to face winter head-on.
From the polar bear mother,
without food and water
to give her babies
the best start in life.
To the fox, who can catch food
it can't even see.
And a seasonal specialist,
the reindeer,
and a surprising secret
behind that red nose.
Just how these animals
are amongst the most incredible
stories in the natural world.
I hope you've snuggled
up nice and warm,
because it's time to meet
the amazing animals
that spend their life in the snow.
Each year, up to one third of our
planet is transformed by snow
into a sparkling world
of wonder and white.
The animals who live here must
adapt to this dazzling change.
How they rise to the challenge
of living in the snow
is what sets each of them apart.
Our first animal is the world's
largest land carnivore.
They face the coldest temperatures
the Arctic has to offer.
But they seem to take it
all in their stride.
The polar bear.
Most animals couldn't live
But he appears
to be revelling in it.
In fact, the bears roll in the snow
when they want to cool down.
But how is it possible
to get too hot in the Arctic?
The polar bear has
the thickest fur of any bear.
But, it's the 11 centimetre
that makes all the difference.
It keeps in the heat
like nothing else.
It works so well,
polar bears can swim for mile after
mile in the freezing Arctic Sea.
they need to eat as much fatty food
as they can find.
is seal.
But they spend most of their time
under the ice.
The bear can't afford a drawn-out
game of hide and seek.
His sense of smell is 100 times
better than ours.
Able to track a scent
from 20 miles away.
A bear can smell a seal
through a metre of snow.
A seal can be nearly 50% blubber.
He'll catch nearly one a week,
enough to keep his insulation
in top condition.
At this time of year, female polar
bears have a very different problem.
They have their cubs in the
depths of the Arctic winter.
A polar bear simply can't give birth
out on the Arctic ice -
with such small, vulnerable babies,
it is way too cold.
Down to minus 50 Celsius.
So, for a pregnant mother living
in such a cold and exposed place,
there's really only one place to be.
And that is underneath the snow.
It might sound counterintuitive,
but we can actually use snow
to keep us warm.
Within this lump of snow
is trapped air,
and trapped air makes
a fantastic insulator.
So, when you're in a snow hole,
or a snow den,
you could even get cosy.
And, when a polar bear is
underneath the snow like this,
the temperature inside can be an
incredible 30 degrees warmer
than the temperature outside.
And when she's hidden
in a den like this,
that's when something
truly remarkable happens.
Around the turn of the New Year,
across the Arctic,
under three feet of snow and ice...
..female polar bears give birth.
Then in early spring,
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