Bears

00:00:22 ...

00:01:36 No one really knows how many still survive.

00:02:52 one of the highest populations in the world

00:04:52 thousands leave their dens every spring

00:05:56 and Chris has given them names to help identify them.

00:06:47 The other was much more adventurous

00:07:54 patience, and tremendous respect.

00:09:00 and survived six months of winter without food or water.

00:11:03 Though their diet is largely vegetarian, they are omnivores

00:13:26 To the Inuit people of the Arctic

00:14:54 This year, the melt has come early during the peak of the seal hunt.

00:17:40 during the dark of winter

00:18:46 because I feel it's the best way to change how we look at these animals.

00:20:18 For most of the year, females avoid the close company

00:22:04 As summer approaches in Alaska

00:22:48 since he was a cub and he still hasn't quite figured out

00:24:02 of the remaining bears and their habitats.

00:26:16 we have painted them in all sorts of different lights.

00:27:16 now the exclusive domain of the black bear.

00:28:37 The famine is almost over.

00:30:10 and their average weight and rate of reproduction have begun to drop.

00:31:52 gather here to fish for salmon.

00:35:42 helping to keep alive the magic of the bear on Earth.

00:36:41 Perhaps it's our turn to be the guardian spirits of the bear.