The Hunt — S01E02 — In the Grip of the Seasons (Arctic)

00:00:38 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: The High Arctic in winter,

00:01:57 it launches the greatest event of seasonal change on Earth.

00:03:26 The seal pups have grown large enough to swim

00:05:17 Almost there.

00:07:11 the good times have finally arrived for the Arctic wolf.

00:08:46 Her leverets have a better chance without her.

00:11:11 So, the young are raised not only by their parents,

00:13:28 If it can continue to sidestep and jink,

00:15:49 With the ice now broken up, the bear can't even get close.

00:18:53 All she can do is keep trying.

00:22:14 When the melt is finally complete,

00:23:49 But none of them will survive their first year,

00:25:12 The powerful Arctic skuas defend their eggs with aggression.

00:27:34 If the boulders can hide the auks,

00:30:12 Only walrus join the bears on the shore.

00:31:53 than 300 metres up on a crumbling sea cliff.

00:34:42 The polar bear will remain on the cliff until the end of summer,

00:36:00 in search of a much more dangerous prey,

00:38:06 There is no way in.

00:40:03 risking their lives to do so.

00:41:49 Nearly a kilometre to the safety of the sea.

00:43:40 In just a few days, an entire generation,

00:45:29 The synchronisation of the jump, overwhelms the fox.

00:47:32 Their window of opportunity is back.