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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[RAIN DROPS] [MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [BIRDS]
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[FIRE CRACKLES]
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- I have been preparing for my bike trip for the last five years.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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But in many ways,
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my journey started long ago. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And really,
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it started in the most unexpected way. [WHISTLE]
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[LAUGH]
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I was 18-years-old,
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working at a summer camp in New Hampshire.
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And when it wants to turn its tail,
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when it thrusts its tail after you, it's back tail, forward and across.
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Listen, you have to behave yourself you're on camera at the moment and
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this is going home to my Mum in England.
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I talked a local biologists into
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taking me into the field with him.
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In the middle of the night he picked me up, but instead of the forest,
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brought me to a garbage dump. [CAMERA SOUNDS] And
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there we found 14 black bears sitting on top of it.
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Don't ask me why, but from that moment, I was hooked.
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We didn't have bears where I was from.
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In England, we haven't had bears for about 1,000 years.
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So I set out, as a young ecologist,
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to places all around the world, [CAMERA SOUND] where people were studying bears,
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tracking them in the mountains of Northern Spain, and the Canadian Arctic.
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This is where we fit radio collars, so
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that we can follow the movements of these bears and take various samples.
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Even the Himalayas of Pakistan, I never really thought about bears.
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[CAMERA SOUND] And
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it amazed me that they were found in places I never imagined.
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But finding them was never an easy thing.
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We've seen no bears today, but
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we have seen about 10 or 11 scouts, mostly in the same place.
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We start to come across another river here, we just crossed two today.
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I'm absolutely whacked.
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Then, 13 years after that first encounter,
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I got the opportunity to step into a whole
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different world.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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For a lad from a small town in England, this is big country.
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It always will be.
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The sheer scale of Alaska redefined wilderness for me.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[AIRPLANE MOTOR]
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[AIRPLANE LANDING ON WATER]
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[BIRDS]
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[WALKING IN WATER] As a scientist studying bears,
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most of the time it's been trying to find bears or trying to capture them and
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collar them.
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They're a needle in a haystack.
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But here, the tables are turned.
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Here, bears outnumber people.
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[BIRDS]
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And it really changes your
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perspective when a 900 pound brown bear walks past you as if you're just a stone
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on the trail.
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It makes you respect the situation,
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makes you think about your every move.
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[TENT RUSTLING] [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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I knew if I wanted to follow them and learn more about them, I had to understand that I
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was a visitor here.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And I was entering their world.
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[SOFT VOCALS]
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[BIRDS]
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[BEAR SPLASHING AND GROWLING]
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[BEARS GROWLING]
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The Alaskan peninsula is stuck in time.
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And it's become my bear classroom where I'm spoiled by the sheer numbers and
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accessibility.
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A bear ecologist's dream, really.
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If I dropped down from the sky 10,000 years ago, absolutely nothing would be
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different to the way it is now. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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The fish are the life blood of this place.
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And the bears play a role too.
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They scatter salmon remains, fertilizing the forest and spreading nitrogen.
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So the trees grow and provide shelter for the bears
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and even shade for the salmon. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[BEAR SPLASHING] It's a partnership,
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an ancient one, that just flows and keeps the place alive.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And it's our relationship with this wild animal that fuels my work.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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It wasn't until I came here that
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I started to see bears as individuals, as different as any people.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And over the years,
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I've come to know them, their playful tussles testing their boundaries.
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The cautious cub that's learned to look both ways.
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And the wise elder who's seen it all before.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Every day brings something new.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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It's the world as it once was.
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[BIRDS AND WATER SPLASHES] Chris: But this is now rare.
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This stretch of coastline is one of the few places left on earth,
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where bears can really live out their lives as they always have.
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What I yearned to know was how bears lived elsewhere.
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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I make my way down the western coast, heading south.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] It's a path that was once home
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to many thousands of grizzlies.
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Stretching all the way into Mexico, now just a handful left.
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And beyond them, further south,
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another bear species' fate is quite literally on the edge.
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A species that's so
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rarely seen, it's secrets has mostly eluded me for many years.
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It was time to finish an expedition I began
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nearly two decades ago.
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- Scientists have waited
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three months for this day, to see if a high-tech tracking collar can survive its
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toughest test, a black bear. - There you go, baby.
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How is that?
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It's gonna make following them and learning about their habitat and
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lifestyles more possible.
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- Researchers will take
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what they've learned here to South America,
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where they hope to use the new tracking collar on a rare species of tropical bear.
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Knowing that the first step in trying to save an animal is learning what it needs
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to survive. [CAMERA SHUTTER]
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- Back then, I came to South America
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to find an unusual bear.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Their home,
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a narrow spine of the Andes, pushed there by humans who needed the lowlands.
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Bear habitat became villages with pastures and fields of crops.
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Sometimes killed by farmers protecting their livelihood,
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the bears became like ghosts. [RUSTLING]
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE] Almost never seen,
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and for the most part, forgotten.
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I've made more than a dozen
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trips into spectacled bear country without a single glimpse of a bear in the wild.
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Out of the blue, ten years later, I get a phone call.
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE] [PHONE RINGING]
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- Hey, Chris,
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this is Robyn Appleton, calling.
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I'm a biologist down here in Peru.
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We've been looking for spectacled bears for the last couple of months, and
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we have located a population of bear here.
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So, I'm really excited to share some of our stories with you.
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So, if you could give me a callback,
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that would be great.
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It was hard to believe what Robyn was telling me.
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I honestly didn't know what to make of it. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Robyn has set up her study in
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the arid foothills of the Andes, near a small village in rural Peru.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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It's beautiful,
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but it's incredibly harsh, both for humans and bears.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
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Robyn leads the way to the study site, but this is not what I imagined.
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And frankly, it's not really where Robyn thought she'd end up either.
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINES]
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She began of course, in the forest
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- Bears, I think they define the forest.
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINES]
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We'd heard that this was
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a biological quarter, and that there had been spectacled bears in this valley.
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So we started at what I would have considered to be the most logical place,
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which was up high where it's green, and there's rain, and there's fruit.
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[BIRDS]
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We spent months and months looking.
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Their habitat was fragmented.
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[BIRDS AND TRICKLE OF A STREAM]
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There wasn't a lot of full forest.
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After seven months, we realized that the chances of finding a bear here were
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probably pretty low. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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So the last place to go was the desert.
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At least if we go to this area, we can rule it out and
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say there are no bears in this valley. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- This is the dry season in Peru.
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[RUSTLING]
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By the time we get to
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the base of the trail, it's already 100 degrees and it's only 8 in the morning.
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From here, it's another 16 hours straight up to our base camp.
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- Often people think because
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it is a dry forest and it's open, that you can just walk in there and find a bear.
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And it really isn't that easy.
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[FOOTSTEPS ON ROCKS] [ROCKS FALLING]
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You've gotta be able to get up into their habitat, which is up,
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huge cliffs. - We're now at about 2600 feet.
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It is hot though, it is very, very hot.
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It is the peak that is one of our destinations up above.
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Over that peak is our base camp.
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These guys have stashed a water supply there, and we're gonna camp out for
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the next ten days looking for bears.
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- One of the very first questions
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we were asking ourselves, how are these bears surviving in this type of ecosystem?
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What do all animals need?
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In a place so dry, where are they finding the water?
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[BIRDS]
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- They found a half dozen of
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these, tiny waterholes that seem to attract most of the wildlife in the area.
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[INAUDIBLE]
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So they placed remote cameras
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at each of them, hoping for evidence of spectacled bears.
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These waterholes are a lifeline for the animals here,
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and perhaps our best chance to find them. [INAUDIBLE].
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I cannot believe that,
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that's what all the fuss is about. - Yep.
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- Totally, no water.
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- Yep. No water, so it's pretty damp still.
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The bears will still be coming here to check it, but if there's no water,
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they'll have to go somewhere else.
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- But where?
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Our search just became that much more difficult.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Bear tracks?
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- Yeah. - No way.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
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Entering the cave, I suddenly feel a rush of anticipation.
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It's cooler in here, the refuge for
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animals moving between the high mountains and the lowlands.
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Prehistoric humans did the same for thousands of years,
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long before villages on the valley floor.
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[SOFT VOCALS MUSIC]
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[FOOTSTEPS ON ROCKS]. I didn't like to admit it,
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but keeping up with this team was a struggle.
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It was like following a herd of mountain goats.
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[CRICKETS]
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We arrive at camp by moon light.
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[CRICKETS]
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Am I glad to see this place.
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- I hear ya.
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- Ahh.
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Home sweet home.
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But there's still some work to be done.
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Robyn's cameras have collected a few hundred
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photos since she last checked these traps.
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It's clear how much of the valley's
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wildlife relies on these waterholes, birds, mammals, even a puma.
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Come on, come on, come on, bear.
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- It's there. - Awesome.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Our first visual of a spectacled
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bear in this valley.
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There are really long legs on them.
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This picture is several days old, and the water hole is now dry.
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So this bear may have already moved on.
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But it really gives me hope.
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Look at that, that is such an interesting shadow.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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I struggle to sleep.
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The valley comes alive with the sound of animals like like they've waited for
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the heat to ease before showing themselves.
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[VARIOUS ANIMAL SOUNDS]
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[BIRDS] [SHOES TYING]
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[FOOTSTEPS AND RUSTLING]
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Hours seem to blend into days.
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And I begin to remember that every experience I have ever had looking for
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this species has been like this, fruitless and exhausting.
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A bear scat full of wood chips.
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Maybe this is the closest I'll ever get. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Here it's not a case of just
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looking for a bear, you have to really think like one to find them.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And it's something I've
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almost forgot how to do with this species.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Darkness finally calls off the search.
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In Alaska, the bears are where
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the food is, but here, I find it a challenge to know where to look.
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[BIRDS]
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- When we first searched the valley, met some cattle ranchers,
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they had just said, you're not gonna find anything.
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There are no bears.
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I was ready to pack it in.
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- Psst
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[WHISPERING]
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- Down there down there.
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There There There There There [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
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- Yeah, above the black one.
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- Yep, I see it.
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It's a bear.
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My first spectacled bear.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SWELLS]
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My goodness.
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Wow, look at it just crossing that clifftop so confidently.
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For a moment, I question what I'm seeing.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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That's a vertical wall meeting a 500 foot drop.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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What is she risking it all for?
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[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[ROCKS FALLING]
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I can hear my heart racing.
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[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Then I see little snails hunkered in the shadows.
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[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Yeah, so they get some nutrition from those snails, obviously.
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- Yeah a little piece of wet protein.
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Yeah, well, they're just so
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tough too to get off, you can see how she's prying it there.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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It's not until she makes her way safely down that I feel I can exhale and
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take in that I'm seeing this bear for the first time.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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I can imagine Robyn's
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reaction after she finally spotted one. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- We really didn't expect to find bears.
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Saw the black dot.
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[CAMERA SHUTTER]
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Took the photo.
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It was hot, mid-day, so
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we thought, okay, let's just sit it out a little bit.
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So I was just sitting there, enjoying the scenery, and
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all of a sudden I heard the rustling of the bushes [RUSTLING]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] And to have this spectacled bear face looking at you.
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She just looked up, and you could see she just, was beautiful.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And she came within five meters.
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My heart my was racing, my hands were shaking.
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I was so nervous.
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I was trying to grab the camera, I was trying to take photos.
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I have to take a photo.
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No one's gonna believe me. [CAMERA SHUTTER]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Those were some of the best photos I've ever taken of Laura.
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- They named her Laura.
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She's a very special bear for Robyn's team.
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Not just because she was their first bear, but she also shows a level of trust for
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them that is wonderfully unique.
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Her behavior is different than any other bear.
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We just get so much joy out of watching her.
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She became our favorite bear and it's just a very special part of our lives.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- A dot on the cliff was surreal.
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But now she's close enough that I can actually hear her breathing.
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And she's the strangest looking bear, I think, I've ever seen.
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Covered in burrs and long and lean and
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in the most unexpected place in the world. - She'll probably start heading
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back up that way in a couple of minutes. - It's a mountain desert and
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home to its very own bears.
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[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC] Robyn: What makes this bear population
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unique is that it could have genetic material that doesn't exist in
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any other bear.
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So if we lose this bear, we could be losing something very valuable.
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We use GPS collars to learn about these bears.
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- And this tracks their movements
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so that we understand the size, the habitat, and what they need and
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how they use it. - As the temperature rises,
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everything in the forest dries up, leaving the bears with nothing to eat.
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But it brings another surprise.
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They resort to eating trees.
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The hard woody core of the persio tree.
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And they'll camp out at a single spot, sometimes for weeks,
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shredding it down to nothing. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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[FOOTSTEPS] Wow look at that.
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- That's a good one.
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- Yeah.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Robyn and her team became obsessed.
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And the more they followed them, the more comfortable the bears became.
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And the more they revealed.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Even witnessing extraordinary moments, like this courting pair,
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perhaps never seen before.
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[HAPPY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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And perhaps a sign for the future for these mountain bears.
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[HAPPY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- We saw our first cub about two or three months into finding, the first time we found Laura.
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Just seeing a cub in this environment is unimaginable.
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I don't know how they make it. [HAPPY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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We all get very emotional.
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When you spend 300 days of the year
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watching these bears.
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[HAPPY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] You become part of that family.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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We don't know, yet, if this is a healthy ecosystem.
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We don't know if bears being in this area represents that.
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And that's something that we need to piece together and we need to understand more.
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Right around the edge there. - [LAUGH] My goodness.
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Look at that little guy.
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But you look at that cub, and you can understand from the moment
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they're born, they're rock climbing
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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They were seeing more of these bears than anyone before them,
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but still something wasn't adding up.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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It emerged that they only had half the story.
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Summer is lean and hard and
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the bears lose a third of their body weight or more.
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So how do they make it through to another year?
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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For years Robyn wondered.
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And it turns out they were looking in all the wrong places.
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Some of the bears were leaving the safety of the cliffs.
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Undetected, they sneak down through the brush into the valley.
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The females, especially those with cubs, risk everything by being here.
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Most cubs don't survive their first year of life.
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- There's a fruit down at the flat
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that's called the sapote fruit. Looks like an avocado.
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It's high in protein, it's high in carbohydrates.
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It's what allows them to gain weight for
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the winter months. So what's happened is
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the people are cutting it down, and they're not leaving a lot left for bears.
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We've watched almost all of those females decline with their cubs.
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But they can't go down to feed on sapote, it's too risky.
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They don't wanna take their cub down there.
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So they stay up in the cliffs.
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There's not a lot for them to feed on, so over time they just get thinner, and
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thinner, and thinner, until they can't support their cub any longer.
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And so, that means the mortality rate is really high for this species,
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which is a huge concern for conservation.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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You feel for the bears. You just feel responsible and they're vulnerable.
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And they found a way to survive.
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And we're taking that away from them.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- Even though they escape to the safety of the cliffs, it's not enough for them.
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They still need the valleys.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- It's how they're surviving in this unique place.
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They're eating wood, they're feeding on cactus, and they don't drink water,
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and they're living up in massive cliffs.
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That's what makes this place incredible.
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[LAUGH]
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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I feel like I see something that nobody else sees.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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If you walk into the forest it
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looks dry and dead.
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And if you stop and you listen and you wait long enough,
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you start to hear the birds. [BIRDS]
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And then you start to hear other animals.
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[VARIOUS ANIMAL SOUNDS]
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It just comes alive.
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And then you see a bear, and it's, it's magical.
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[RUSTLING]
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[UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
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When we found the bears,
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the first thing we did was show the local community footage of that and say,
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see that cliff up there?
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That's this, this is right in your backyard.
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And the people, you could see it in their eyes, the excitement.
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They didn't look scared, they didn't say, is the bear gonna eat me?
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They looked at it and said, that's right here?
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That's in our backyard?
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And they got really excited about it.
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We've worked with the Ministry of Education and
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put an entire chapter in the curriculum.
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We want people to understand and appreciate the importance of this
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type of ecosystem.
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Reaching the people and
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connecting the people with nature, and with bears.
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[APPLAUSE]
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Then having the children go home
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and tell their parents about it.
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That's what this is all about.
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[UPBEAT VOCAL MUSIC]
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Peruvians don't have a lot, and especially these villagers.
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So I think they felt some type of ownership for that, and
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it's built upon that.
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This is our land, our land has bears.
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We have spectacled bears.
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[LAUGH] [VARIOUS CHILDREN'S VOICES]
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It's about community. It's about finding a future.
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- She came to understand bears and now she's changing hearts.
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[UPBEAT VOCAL MUSIC]
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Opening people's eyes to their bear neighbors. [UPBEAT VOCAL MUSIC]
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And it's just the beginning.
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The beginning of a long conversation.
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A conversation that's also happening elsewhere.
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[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE] [ WATER SPLASH]
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[UPBEAT VOCAL MUSIC]
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At the other end of the Americas, another story of bears and people has taken shape.
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and learned some lessons along the way.
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[MUSIC FADES OUT]
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It's late fall, and winter is just beginning to take hold.
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[WIND] [DOG FOOTSTEPS]
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[SCHOOL BELL] [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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At a glance, Churchill seems familiar.
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Just another wintery Northern town.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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Except for one thing.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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This town sits to the edge
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of two worlds, which means rush hour with a difference.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
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It's home to the world's most
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southerly polar bears and it's a place I know well.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- He's gonna go up.
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- He's gonna jump.
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[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
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- I started guiding people to Churchill in the 90s and
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I fell for these bears at first glance.
497
00:37:43,493 --> 00:37:49,428
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
498
00:37:49,428 --> 00:37:50,500
And I am not alone.
499
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:54,315
Thousands of people come here to see them every year.
500
00:37:54,315 --> 00:37:56,300
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [BEAR GROWL]
501
00:37:56,300 --> 00:38:00,514
- Hi beautiful. Oh you're gorgeous.
502
00:38:00,514 --> 00:38:02,440
- I really felt like their popularity
503
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,130
would save these bears.
504
00:38:04,130 --> 00:38:07,817
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
505
00:38:07,817 --> 00:38:14,313
I kept coming back. I loved bringing people here.
506
00:38:14,313 --> 00:38:16,696
And I learned a lot along the way.
507
00:38:16,696 --> 00:38:20,604
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
508
00:38:25,409 --> 00:38:29,170
This year the winter seems reluctant to arrive.
509
00:38:29,170 --> 00:38:33,094
[WAVES]
510
00:38:33,094 --> 00:38:35,560
It's almost hypnotic.
511
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,145
The ice is beginning to tempt the bears out there,
512
00:38:38,145 --> 00:38:44,813
but it can't hold them yet.
513
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:54,454
This Mother and her two year old cubs huddled together,
514
00:38:54,454 --> 00:39:02,104
waiting to leave town.
515
00:39:03,082 --> 00:39:06,271
Like all the bears here, she hasn't eaten since June,
516
00:39:06,271 --> 00:39:08,000
five months ago.
517
00:39:12,045 --> 00:39:15,040
But somehow she's still nursing.
518
00:39:19,336 --> 00:39:23,542
I think about her spectacled cousin far to the south.
519
00:39:23,542 --> 00:39:26,802
It's hard to imagine that heat now.
520
00:39:26,802 --> 00:39:35,082
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
521
00:39:39,486 --> 00:39:43,083
It's still hours before sunrise, and while most of the people and
522
00:39:43,083 --> 00:39:47,550
bears are still asleep, Bob Windsor's shift has already begun.
523
00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:53,540
He and his deputies have become the peacemakers between people and bears.
524
00:39:54,827 --> 00:39:59,336
And while the bears wait for the ice, he's on the front line.
525
00:39:59,336 --> 00:40:01,820
- A little later on, the kids will be going to school.
526
00:40:01,820 --> 00:40:05,810
So we try to ensure that there's no bears within the community itself
527
00:40:05,810 --> 00:40:08,520
prior to the majority of that activity.
528
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:13,327
So what we're basically doing is driving every street, every alley in town.
529
00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:19,400
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
530
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,707
[PHONE RINGS]
531
00:40:23,707 --> 00:40:29,727
- Hello Bob, this is Jack, we have a report of a couple of bears enter into your directions,
532
00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:33,360
they're near the port zone one. - Okay, I got that too there, Jack.
533
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,141
- You need to get over there fairly quickly.
534
00:40:35,141 --> 00:40:36,200
- Okay, we'll see you there.
535
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,863
It's a report of two bears, that are over here by the port,
536
00:40:39,863 --> 00:40:42,492
walking towards town.
537
00:40:42,492 --> 00:40:46,028
- It's a bit after 4 in the morning, they've received the report about a bear
538
00:40:46,028 --> 00:40:49,775
in the center of town. - We don't tolerate any bears at all
539
00:40:49,775 --> 00:40:53,121
in zone one, so our response is to immediately,
540
00:40:53,121 --> 00:40:56,680
try to remove them from the zone.
541
00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,480
When we're chasing a bear through the community, you're just hoping and
542
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,670
praying there's nobody in the path of the bear that you're pushing.
543
00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:09,660
Be aware of your surroundings at all times, that's just the way it is here.
544
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:16,990
I wish I knew where exactly it was.
545
00:41:21,089 --> 00:41:23,254
These tracks go over here.
546
00:41:23,254 --> 00:41:24,335
He's right there.
547
00:41:24,335 --> 00:41:27,022
Looking pretty casual, B190. [ON RADIO] - You can see him?
548
00:41:27,022 --> 00:41:28,238
- Yeah, Roger.
549
00:41:28,238 --> 00:41:30,500
[RADIO CLICKS] [CAR DOOR OPENS]
550
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:35,415
Right in front of me. [RUSTLING]
551
00:41:35,415 --> 00:41:39,012
[FLARE GUN] He didn't like that.
552
00:41:39,012 --> 00:41:40,784
No, that worked.
553
00:41:40,784 --> 00:41:43,430
[ON RADIO] - I'll get this one in the river.
554
00:41:43,430 --> 00:41:44,805
- Okay, you see the other one?
555
00:41:44,805 --> 00:41:47,000
[ON RADIO] - He's on the side of the railroad tracks there.
556
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,970
-Okay I'll get them going towards you.
557
00:41:48,970 --> 00:41:54,326
Okay, hold on tight here.
558
00:41:55,670 --> 00:41:58,387
You have to give them a lot of respect, give them their distance.
559
00:41:58,387 --> 00:41:59,921
Did you see him?
560
00:41:59,921 --> 00:42:01,424
I just saw him go out towards the end here.
561
00:42:01,424 --> 00:42:05,495
[ON RADIO] - Near, the rock.
562
00:42:05,495 --> 00:42:06,257
Yeah, that's not really where we
563
00:42:10,384 --> 00:42:15,373
- Looks quite calm, doesn't he?
564
00:42:15,373 --> 00:42:18,800
- Good thing it wasn't a quick draw contest today.
565
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:26,350
[GUN LOADS] [WIND BLOWING]
566
00:42:33,866 --> 00:42:37,568
- Fortunately, the bear moves on, he's just biding his time.
567
00:42:37,568 --> 00:42:42,959
It's ice that he really craves or really the seals that it brings.
568
00:42:42,959 --> 00:42:48,220
[CAR DOOR OPENS] [LAUGH]
569
00:42:48,220 --> 00:42:51,436
[INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHS]
570
00:42:51,436 --> 00:42:52,790
- Should have sent you up there,
571
00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:54,152
snow was right up to the waist.
572
00:42:54,152 --> 00:42:56,913
[LAUGH] Yeah, a little deep there, in spots.
573
00:42:56,913 --> 00:43:00,000
Yeah, it's good, it wasn't a little bear, that one.
574
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:00,864
No it wasn't.
575
00:43:00,864 --> 00:43:01,768
It's pretty good size.
576
00:43:01,768 --> 00:43:06,518
The last thing I want to do in my job is have to destroy a bear.
577
00:43:06,518 --> 00:43:11,020
It's something for the protection of people, I will do if needed.
578
00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:14,409
But you go to great lengths to avoid being into that situation.
579
00:43:14,409 --> 00:43:18,668
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
580
00:43:18,668 --> 00:43:20,031
- It's kind of an interesting
581
00:43:20,031 --> 00:43:22,699
thing, this little town, 900 people living here,
582
00:43:22,699 --> 00:43:25,060
slap bang in the middle of polar bear habitat.
583
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:29,463
But it seems to work, doesn't it? - Things people do here, and the way
584
00:43:29,463 --> 00:43:34,900
you think has definitely been modified, because of polar bears around the area.
585
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:36,998
When you walk out of a building here,
586
00:43:36,998 --> 00:43:41,127
you look both ways before you go walking out, in case there is a polar bear
587
00:43:41,127 --> 00:43:44,088
nearby, and sometimes there is.
588
00:43:44,088 --> 00:43:47,529
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
589
00:43:47,529 --> 00:43:49,503
You feel like you're lucky to do what you do?
590
00:43:49,503 --> 00:43:55,054
- Oh definitely, when I had the opportunity to come to Churchill to work.
591
00:43:55,054 --> 00:43:58,135
I have to say it's one that I just had to do, and
592
00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:01,230
there were sacrifices I made to do it.
593
00:44:01,230 --> 00:44:07,017
But like I say, I didn't wanna be sitting in a rocking chair some day, hopefully,
594
00:44:07,017 --> 00:44:12,492
many years down the road, looking back on my life saying, I wish I would have.
595
00:44:12,492 --> 00:44:16,869
This was one experience that the opportunity was there, I took it.
596
00:44:16,869 --> 00:44:22,859
And to be honest, it's been better than what my expectations even were.
597
00:44:28,027 --> 00:44:34,017
[WIND BLOWING]
598
00:44:35,068 --> 00:44:42,599
-Despite Bob's enthusiasm, Churchill is a tough place to makea living, even for a polar bear.
599
00:44:42,599 --> 00:44:47,150
[WIND BLOWING]
600
00:44:47,150 --> 00:44:50,204
Once again, Churchill belongs to the bears.
601
00:44:50,204 --> 00:44:52,043
[WIND BLOWING]
602
00:44:52,043 --> 00:44:53,627
It's mid November and
603
00:44:53,627 --> 00:44:55,967
a frigid arctic storm hits town.
604
00:44:55,967 --> 00:44:58,325
Exactly what the bears have been waiting for.
605
00:44:58,325 --> 00:45:04,869
[WIND BLOWING] [TRUCK]
606
00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:10,859
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
607
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,800
I've watched lots of polar bears waiting for the freeze,
608
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,814
they pointing their noses to sky.
609
00:45:23,814 --> 00:45:27,371
And it looks like they can smell the sea ice forming.
610
00:45:27,371 --> 00:45:29,500
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
611
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:30,995
Their time on land is really
612
00:45:30,995 --> 00:45:35,005
just a yearly inconvenience for them.
613
00:45:35,005 --> 00:45:40,500
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
614
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:44,245
Soon other families start their trek out on to the ice.
615
00:45:44,245 --> 00:45:50,200
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
616
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,331
It's hard for us to imagine, but
617
00:45:52,331 --> 00:45:54,776
the bears find the ice irresistable.
618
00:45:54,776 --> 00:45:59,200
It beckons them out there. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
619
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,065
But cautiously to begin with.
620
00:46:01,065 --> 00:46:03,100
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
621
00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:05,462
The cubs watch their mom's every move.
622
00:46:05,462 --> 00:46:07,685
They have to learn fast.
623
00:46:07,685 --> 00:46:16,096
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
624
00:46:16,096 --> 00:46:21,234
And then unbelievable as it sounds, when winter arrives,
625
00:46:21,234 --> 00:46:25,585
the bears will disappear into the darkness to hunt.
626
00:46:25,585 --> 00:46:28,200
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
627
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:29,917
I find the story of polar bear
628
00:46:29,917 --> 00:46:33,300
evolution almost unbelievable.
629
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:37,622
Just a few million years ago, they were brown bears, grizzlies on the northern
630
00:46:37,622 --> 00:46:40,600
edge of the continent. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
631
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,527
But they slowly changed,
632
00:46:42,527 --> 00:46:46,619
over time their brown fur turned white.
633
00:46:46,619 --> 00:46:50,738
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
634
00:46:50,738 --> 00:46:54,422
And they became highly skilled specialists.
635
00:46:54,422 --> 00:46:57,170
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
636
00:46:57,170 --> 00:46:59,641
Hunters of an icy world.
637
00:46:59,641 --> 00:47:05,631
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
638
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,429
Polar bears hunt seals almost exclusively.
639
00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:20,762
And they do it with stealthful precision.
640
00:47:20,762 --> 00:47:25,900
[WIND BLOWING]
641
00:47:25,900 --> 00:47:30,029
Mostly from the top of the ice.
642
00:47:30,029 --> 00:47:31,400
[UNDER WATER]
643
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:36,530
But occasionally under it. [WIND]
644
00:47:41,838 --> 00:47:44,478
[UNDER WATER] Whichever way they hunt,
645
00:47:44,478 --> 00:47:47,520
their true skill is the element of surprise.
646
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,508
[BEAR GROWL] [SPLASHING]
647
00:47:51,508 --> 00:47:57,500
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] Hunting is a full time job.
648
00:48:01,590 --> 00:48:05,519
He'll need to kill a seal every few days to sustain him through the long winter.
649
00:48:05,519 --> 00:48:11,509
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
650
00:48:45,252 --> 00:48:47,937
When winter ends, and the days grow longer,
651
00:48:47,937 --> 00:48:52,847
the ice shelf grows more and more unstable.
652
00:48:54,800 --> 00:49:00,990
This is the most critical time for them.
653
00:49:00,990 --> 00:49:02,670
They know the end of the feast is near.
654
00:49:02,670 --> 00:49:07,410
And they'll spend every moment on this rapidly dissolving platform before it
655
00:49:07,410 --> 00:49:08,990
becomes too dangerous and
656
00:49:08,990 --> 00:49:12,227
there's no turning back. [WIND]
657
00:49:12,227 --> 00:49:16,138
[BIRDS] Their world begins to literally
658
00:49:16,138 --> 00:49:21,150
shrink around them. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
659
00:49:21,150 --> 00:49:23,550
In a matter of a few weeks,
660
00:49:23,550 --> 00:49:27,307
every piece of the arctic has vanished.
661
00:49:27,307 --> 00:49:33,111
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
662
00:49:33,111 --> 00:49:38,739
All but one, really.
663
00:49:38,739 --> 00:49:41,866
This bear has emerged from winter
664
00:49:41,866 --> 00:49:46,129
and survived some of the harshest conditions on Earth.
665
00:49:46,129 --> 00:49:48,299
And now, in late spring,
666
00:49:48,299 --> 00:49:54,029
enters a sort of walking hibernation to conserve hard-won energy.
667
00:49:54,029 --> 00:49:58,310
He'll be landlocked until the sea ice returns again.
668
00:49:58,310 --> 00:50:02,050
The questions is now, how long will he have to wait?
669
00:50:02,050 --> 00:50:05,295
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [HELICOPTER]
670
00:50:16,201 --> 00:50:18,672
- The work that we're doing here in Hudson Bay
671
00:50:18,672 --> 00:50:23,478
are providing perhaps a glimpse into the future of what may occur in other
672
00:50:23,478 --> 00:50:26,080
populations more northerly than this one.
673
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:31,030
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [HELICOPTER]
674
00:50:31,030 --> 00:50:34,316
- Biologist Nick Lund has made it his life's work
675
00:50:34,316 --> 00:50:37,824
to understand these bears and whether they can make it.
676
00:50:37,824 --> 00:50:43,421
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [HELICOPTER]
677
00:50:43,421 --> 00:50:45,797
It's an Arctic riddle that he's unraveling.
678
00:50:45,797 --> 00:50:46,506
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [HELICOPTER]
679
00:51:18,146 --> 00:51:20,825
- Once we know all the bear is safe, we need to determine,
680
00:51:20,825 --> 00:51:23,787
have we handled this bear before? - Nick and hi team
681
00:51:23,787 --> 00:51:28,493
have repeated this with over 1,500 bears in Hudson Bay.
682
00:51:28,493 --> 00:51:32,746
And they have compiled the most comprehensive database of any population
683
00:51:32,746 --> 00:51:38,578
polar bears on earth. - X12694, so the tags and tattoos match.
684
00:51:39,610 --> 00:51:43,335
Okay, so we know something about this bear.
685
00:51:43,335 --> 00:51:49,491
He was caught in a culvert trap somewhere around the town of Churchill and released.
686
00:51:49,491 --> 00:51:51,715
- Each bear is charted from head to toe.
687
00:51:52,338 --> 00:51:55,030
And they're tracked year after year.
688
00:51:55,030 --> 00:52:00,198
We collect hair samples to monitor pollution in the air and water.
689
00:52:00,198 --> 00:52:03,166
Fat samples to reveal toxins. - Canines on the upper right
690
00:52:03,166 --> 00:52:05,691
and lower right, they're worn. - And even which seal species
691
00:52:05,691 --> 00:52:08,980
the bears are eating. - Two, three, three.
692
00:52:08,980 --> 00:52:11,880
[HELICOPTOR]
693
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:13,840
- And by analyzing all this data,
694
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,790
they can map a picture of Arctic health
695
00:52:16,790 --> 00:52:20,790
through these bears. - We can start seeing trends in our
696
00:52:20,790 --> 00:52:23,810
data and declines in condition.
697
00:52:23,810 --> 00:52:28,490
Declines in sort of survival. [HELICOPTOR]
698
00:52:28,490 --> 00:52:30,239
And polar bears have become sort
699
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:32,454
of the canary in the coal mine.
700
00:52:32,454 --> 00:52:40,066
[BEAR BREATHING].
701
00:52:40,066 --> 00:52:44,337
- For a species that depends entirely upon ice to survive,
702
00:52:44,337 --> 00:52:47,680
a warming planet is an unwelcomed future. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
703
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:51,800
Spring is coming sooner and the fall freeze later.
704
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:53,370
So over time,
705
00:52:53,370 --> 00:53:00,110
with each passing winter on Hudson Bay, their time stranded on land gets longer.
706
00:53:00,110 --> 00:53:02,731
It's like watching the pulse of a heart
707
00:53:02,731 --> 00:53:05,662
weaken over time. - We're finding that the bears more
708
00:53:05,662 --> 00:53:09,230
recently are coming ashore with less bodyfat.
709
00:53:09,230 --> 00:53:12,647
We're seeing fewer cubs being born.
710
00:53:12,647 --> 00:53:18,970
We're finding the bears aren't surviving, aren't reaching adulthood.
711
00:53:18,970 --> 00:53:23,690
We're finding declines in the actual size of this population.
712
00:53:23,690 --> 00:53:26,340
The ice free period is gonna be getting longer and longer.
713
00:53:26,340 --> 00:53:28,470
And that's not gonna be good for polar bears here.
714
00:53:28,470 --> 00:53:30,360
They can't fast forever.
715
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:33,380
There's a finite period of time.
716
00:53:33,380 --> 00:53:37,157
And that has implications for not only ourselves, but for
717
00:53:37,157 --> 00:53:43,010
all biodiversity on this planet. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
718
00:53:43,010 --> 00:53:43,830
- I got a call,
719
00:53:43,830 --> 00:53:45,870
it was 6:30 in the morning.
720
00:53:45,870 --> 00:53:48,320
A bear on the beach in front of the complex.
721
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:54,040
We get that call all the time, nothing new.
722
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:57,890
We drove up to within about 75 yards of the bear.
723
00:53:57,890 --> 00:54:01,200
Got out, fired some cracker shells with the shotguns.
724
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:04,440
And the bear, instead of leaving, it circled a couple times,
725
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,290
looked a little confused, and it came towards us.
726
00:54:08,290 --> 00:54:09,830
I didn't like what I was seeing.
727
00:54:09,830 --> 00:54:14,149
I could see something real bad coming of this.
728
00:54:14,149 --> 00:54:16,850
Full-grown bear, but skin and bones.
729
00:54:16,850 --> 00:54:21,390
There was no fat on this bear.
730
00:54:21,390 --> 00:54:24,363
Eventually, we ended up down at the bottom of the complex,
731
00:54:24,363 --> 00:54:30,353
where it was a safe place to take a shot.
732
00:54:33,248 --> 00:54:35,320
We were able to capture this bear.
733
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:40,857
And then we moved it over to the holding facility.
734
00:54:40,857 --> 00:54:43,690
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
735
00:54:43,690 --> 00:54:46,748
- Climate change is a very real thing for these bears.
736
00:54:46,748 --> 00:54:48,779
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
737
00:54:48,779 --> 00:54:50,602
Nick's work has made that clear.
738
00:54:50,602 --> 00:54:54,097
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
739
00:54:54,097 --> 00:54:56,557
It threatens their very existence.
740
00:54:56,557 --> 00:54:59,738
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
741
00:54:59,738 --> 00:55:02,417
- I would find it a very tragic
742
00:55:02,417 --> 00:55:06,480
outcome if we lost polar bears.
743
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:11,590
Or the most tragic outcome of all this, is knowing that we could've done something.
744
00:55:11,590 --> 00:55:14,566
We had an opportunity and we missed it.
745
00:55:14,566 --> 00:55:17,490
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
746
00:55:28,134 --> 00:55:32,500
- For this bear, there may be a second chance.
747
00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:37,770
Bob decides to step in to relocate her to the ice that's
748
00:55:37,770 --> 00:55:42,502
starting to form north of town.
749
00:55:42,502 --> 00:55:48,886
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
750
00:55:52,610 --> 00:55:58,600
[HELICOPTER]
751
00:56:00,315 --> 00:56:06,340
But as the winters become shorter, it's an uncertain future for this bear.
752
00:56:06,340 --> 00:56:11,066
Even when a town has the best intentions.
753
00:56:11,066 --> 00:56:17,056
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
754
00:56:18,981 --> 00:56:22,532
Climate change can seem like an invisible threat,
755
00:56:22,532 --> 00:56:29,800
but seeing it through a polar bear's struggle it becomes something very real.
756
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:35,100
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
757
00:57:06,163 --> 00:57:08,035
I head across the globe and deep
758
00:57:08,035 --> 00:57:11,735
into the tropics to the Island of Borneo.
759
00:57:11,735 --> 00:57:15,350
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
760
00:57:15,350 --> 00:57:19,649
To some of the most ancient forests we know.
761
00:57:19,649 --> 00:57:24,111
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
762
00:57:24,111 --> 00:57:30,868
The wilderness here is spectacular, like nothing else I've ever seen.
763
00:57:30,868 --> 00:57:35,100
But finding it is becoming harder. [BIRDS]
764
00:57:35,100 --> 00:57:41,097
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
765
00:57:41,097 --> 00:57:48,254
I've come to find a bear in a place that seems un-bear-like to me in every way.
766
00:57:48,254 --> 00:57:59,086
[TRAFFIC SOUNDS]
767
00:57:59,086 --> 00:58:03,420
So that's this area, okay.
768
00:58:03,420 --> 00:58:06,427
Yeah, this must be a small difficult road huh?
769
00:58:06,427 --> 00:58:09,700
- You want that, that road. - I see, yeah.
770
00:58:09,700 --> 00:58:12,610
- [INAUDIBLE].
771
00:58:12,610 --> 00:58:15,390
- I'm on my way to the Denham Valley Conservation area
772
00:58:15,390 --> 00:58:19,240
to meet with biologist Siew Te Wong.
773
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:22,000
He's dedicated his life to the study of sun bears and
774
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:26,360
probably knows more about them than anyone on earth.
775
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:32,350
He's one of very few people who really know these animals.
776
00:58:37,768 --> 00:58:40,963
Most of the people here work in the surrounding plantations.
777
00:58:40,963 --> 00:58:45,370
The local economy is driven by palm oil.
778
00:58:45,370 --> 00:58:48,000
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [MOTORCYCLE]
779
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:52,810
Millions of acres across Malaysia and Indonesia are now covered with oil palms.
780
00:58:52,810 --> 00:59:00,000
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
781
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,172
I stopped counting the number of miles
782
00:59:02,172 --> 00:59:06,165
since I entered the plantations. [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
783
00:59:06,165 --> 00:59:12,302
I am literally surrounded by an ocean of oil palms.
784
00:59:12,302 --> 00:59:16,358
And all of this land as far as the eye can see, was once rainforest
785
00:59:16,358 --> 00:59:22,260
Home to the very animal I seek.
786
00:59:22,260 --> 00:59:28,165
And as demand for palm oil grows, the world's most ancient rainforests are at risk.
787
00:59:28,165 --> 00:59:33,241
[MOTORCYCLE] [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
788
00:59:36,530 --> 00:59:39,639
From my conversations with Wong I expected some logging activity
789
00:59:39,639 --> 00:59:43,707
just outside of Danum Valley in the buffer zone surrounding the reserve.
790
00:59:43,707 --> 00:59:48,004
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [TRUCK HORN]
791
00:59:48,004 --> 00:59:49,813
But I wasn't ready for this.
792
00:59:49,813 --> 00:59:52,639
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
793
00:59:52,639 --> 00:59:54,540
I'm shocked by the sheer volume
794
00:59:54,540 --> 00:59:57,377
of logs coming out of the forest.
795
00:59:57,377 --> 01:00:07,611
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
796
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:16,690
Wave after wave of trucks,
797
01:00:16,690 --> 01:00:22,758
stacked full of ancient hardwood.
798
01:00:22,758 --> 01:00:28,020
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
799
01:00:32,125 --> 01:00:34,085
Finally I enter the reserve.
800
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,000
The air is suddenly heavy with moisture.
801
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:45,018
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE]
802
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:49,700
Hey.
803
01:00:49,700 --> 01:00:51,380
- Hey.
804
01:00:51,380 --> 01:00:52,691
- Wong?
805
01:00:52,691 --> 01:00:54,100
- Chris. - How are you doing?
806
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:55,635
- Good, good to see you.
807
01:00:55,635 --> 01:00:56,498
- Good to meet you.
808
01:00:56,498 --> 01:00:57,880
- Hey, well found.
809
01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,115
- Finally - Yeah.
810
01:00:59,115 --> 01:00:59,960
[LAUGH]
811
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:00,990
Finally to see you, yeah.
812
01:01:00,990 --> 01:01:02,887
- You live in the middle of nowhere. - Yeah.
813
01:01:02,887 --> 01:01:07,390
- Oh my God, thank goodness for GPS.
814
01:01:07,390 --> 01:01:10,690
After I settle in Wong shows me around his camp and
815
01:01:10,690 --> 01:01:15,200
introduces me to the camps newest member. - Yep here's the cub.
816
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:20,355
Hey Cerah. - Hey Cerah, Cerah,
817
01:01:20,355 --> 01:01:24,748
What's Cerah mean? - Cerah means bright in the Malay language.
818
01:01:24,748 --> 01:01:28,680
- She's a bit shy at first,
819
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:34,260
she's about ten months old and has spent nine of those behind bars.
820
01:01:34,260 --> 01:01:39,140
My goodness, she's perfect, what a healthy looking cub. Hello.
821
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:43,380
- And she was confiscated by the wildlife departments.
822
01:01:43,380 --> 01:01:45,300
From where, where was she being held?
823
01:01:45,300 --> 01:01:52,210
- First poacher, shot the mothers while they're in the forest, then sell the bear parts,
824
01:01:52,210 --> 01:01:56,020
and then capture the cubs.
825
01:01:56,020 --> 01:02:01,850
The cubs are extremely helpless, friendly, cute, so it is not a problem for
826
01:02:01,850 --> 01:02:05,450
the poachers to capture the cubs. - Wong tells me that
827
01:02:05,450 --> 01:02:09,660
the pet trade here is a byproduct of rapid deforestation. [SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL]
828
01:02:09,660 --> 01:02:12,460
The climbing trees, look at those tree climbing tools.
829
01:02:12,460 --> 01:02:16,341
It's impossible to miss how this little bear has won over Wong's heart.
830
01:02:16,341 --> 01:02:17,548
The long tongue?
831
01:02:17,548 --> 01:02:23,520
Yes, he likes the salt. Look at that [LAUGH].
832
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:26,345
Wong hopes to give her a second
833
01:02:26,345 --> 01:02:31,776
chance, an opportunity to be a wild sun bear once again.
834
01:02:31,776 --> 01:02:32,400
- Coffee for you Chris?
835
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:33,557
- Yes please.
836
01:02:33,557 --> 01:02:38,000
- Wong is a fascinating and really passionate guy.
837
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:38,751
Cheers.
838
01:02:38,751 --> 01:02:39,568
- Cheers.
839
01:02:39,568 --> 01:02:41,890
[LAUGH]
840
01:02:41,890 --> 01:02:43,280
- Here's to the sun bear. - Yes.
841
01:02:43,280 --> 01:02:44,940
- And by our fourth cup of instant
842
01:02:44,940 --> 01:02:47,690
coffee, we were on a roll.
843
01:02:47,690 --> 01:02:51,770
We don't know much about sun bears, but much of what we do know is largely thanks
844
01:02:51,770 --> 01:02:54,000
to Wong's passion and dedication.
845
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:57,100
- Yeah, they are elusive, they are rare.
846
01:02:57,100 --> 01:03:01,480
They live in a very difficult environment to study and also
847
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:04,080
they compete for conservation attention. - Because they're up against these
848
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:05,804
other species. - Absolutely,
849
01:03:05,804 --> 01:03:08,625
like orangutans, Sumatra rhinoceros, elephants.
850
01:03:08,625 --> 01:03:10,252
- But although they compete for attention,
851
01:03:10,252 --> 01:03:15,640
it's clear that all of these animals need efforts to save their homeland.
852
01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:20,399
[SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL]
853
01:03:20,399 --> 01:03:26,372
[VARIOUS NIGHT SOUNDS]
854
01:03:26,372 --> 01:03:29,640
What time are we starting in the morning? - Well we start early up.
855
01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:32,400
Start at dawn. - Okay, sounds good.
856
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:33,688
- Good night, Chris.
857
01:03:33,688 --> 01:03:35,289
[BLOWING OUT LANTERN]
858
01:03:35,289 --> 01:04:07,400
[VARIOUS ANIMAL SOUNDS]
859
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:09,975
[WATER POURING]
860
01:04:09,975 --> 01:04:15,155
- This morning, Wong and I hope to get a locationon one of his radio collared bears.
861
01:04:15,155 --> 01:04:17,671
And if we're very lucky, catch a glimpse of one.
862
01:04:17,671 --> 01:04:23,790
[RUSTLING]
863
01:04:23,790 --> 01:04:29,400
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINES.
864
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:35,010
[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC]
865
01:04:35,010 --> 01:04:38,063
This forest has one of the highest biodiversity on Earth.
866
01:04:38,063 --> 01:04:42,890
And probably takes ages to grow. - How old do you think it is?
867
01:04:42,890 --> 01:04:45,470
- I think it maybe like six, 700 years.
868
01:04:45,470 --> 01:04:46,840
- Really?
869
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:49,230
Wow, the things that this tree must have witnessed?
870
01:04:49,230 --> 01:04:50,188
- Yeah.
871
01:04:50,188 --> 01:04:55,533
[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC]
872
01:05:07,839 --> 01:05:14,730
The forest of Borneo is not just a horizontal landscape, it is a vertical landscape.
873
01:05:14,730 --> 01:05:21,585
Make canopy all the way to the canopy that may reach up to 80 meters.
874
01:05:21,585 --> 01:05:28,821
[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC]
875
01:05:28,821 --> 01:05:31,225
All filled with life.
876
01:05:31,225 --> 01:05:33,698
[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC]
877
01:05:33,698 --> 01:05:37,677
- Two hundred feet about the ground, it's another world.
878
01:05:37,677 --> 01:05:43,428
An entire ecosystem unto itself.
879
01:05:43,428 --> 01:05:49,322
[SOFT VOCAL MUSIC]
880
01:05:49,322 --> 01:05:53,930
But for Wong, traveling through the canopy is not an option.
881
01:05:53,930 --> 01:05:57,663
To track the sun bears, he has to tackle the forest floor.
882
01:05:57,663 --> 01:06:03,653
[RUSTLING][SPLASHING]
883
01:06:10,500 --> 01:06:12,999
It seems like everything in this forest is out to get you.
884
01:06:12,999 --> 01:06:18,714
Stick you, snag you, bite you, or suck your blood.
885
01:06:18,714 --> 01:06:28,000
[RUSTLING] [TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
886
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:29,427
No signal?
887
01:06:29,427 --> 01:06:33,000
- No, No signal.
888
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:38,990
[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
889
01:06:42,999 --> 01:06:48,990
[FOOTSTEPS]
890
01:06:48,990 --> 01:06:51,322
- Throughout the forest Wong has laid culvert traps
891
01:06:51,322 --> 01:06:53,671
to try and find these elusive bears.
892
01:06:53,671 --> 01:06:59,661
[FOOTSTEPS]
893
01:07:00,942 --> 01:07:05,056
[METAL DOOR SLIDING OPEN]
894
01:07:05,056 --> 01:07:07,536
What is that? - It's a Malay civet.
895
01:07:07,536 --> 01:07:08,554
- A Malay civet?
896
01:07:08,554 --> 01:07:11,156
- Yeah.
897
01:07:11,156 --> 01:07:12,479
- So they're pretty common around here.
898
01:07:12,479 --> 01:07:13,211
- Yeah they are very common,
899
01:07:13,211 --> 01:07:15,593
they're very common. - Pretty special to see one of
900
01:07:15,593 --> 01:07:18,010
these things, but you probably, they're a bit of a headache for you,
901
01:07:18,010 --> 01:07:20,830
no doubt, aren't they? - Yeah, absolutely.
902
01:07:20,830 --> 01:07:24,297
[METAL DOOR SLIDING OPEN]
903
01:07:24,297 --> 01:07:29,913
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]. - We´re no luckier,
904
01:07:29,913 --> 01:07:35,100
for sun bears must be elsewhere, silently foraging in an oasis of food.
905
01:07:35,100 --> 01:07:45,005
[RUSTLING] [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
906
01:07:45,005 --> 01:07:46,750
It's like a Garden of Eden that,
907
01:07:46,750 --> 01:07:49,070
for now, knows nothing different.
908
01:07:49,070 --> 01:07:54,309
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
909
01:07:54,309 --> 01:08:02,125
Life here just pulses along regardless of what's happening outside the reserve.
910
01:08:02,125 --> 01:08:08,120
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [BEAR LICKING AND CHEWING]
911
01:08:30,164 --> 01:08:36,150
[BIRDS]
912
01:08:57,122 --> 01:09:01,110
[FOOTSTEPS]
913
01:09:06,313 --> 01:09:08,078
- Yeah, I often describe sun bears
914
01:09:08,078 --> 01:09:12,184
as a cross between a chimpanzee and a bear, because they are so primate like.
915
01:09:12,184 --> 01:09:17,180
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
916
01:09:17,180 --> 01:09:19,361
The only thing that can actually
917
01:09:19,361 --> 01:09:23,720
fill up their stomach is fruit.
918
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:26,001
Wild fruits in the forest are in trees,
919
01:09:26,001 --> 01:09:32,433
they have to climb all the way up to harvest those fruits.
920
01:09:32,433 --> 01:09:36,257
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
921
01:09:36,257 --> 01:09:41,294
And also, they take rests and sleep in the tree.
922
01:09:41,294 --> 01:09:47,284
[BIRDS]
923
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:57,090
[FOOTSTEPS]
924
01:10:00,900 --> 01:10:02,052
[TRUCK ENGINE]
925
01:10:02,052 --> 01:10:05,340
And all of the timber extractions in this part of the world
926
01:10:05,340 --> 01:10:07,795
all originate from the sun bear's habitat.
927
01:10:07,795 --> 01:10:11,705
The forest has been cleared, and converted into agriculture use.
928
01:10:11,705 --> 01:10:13,639
And it is impossible for
929
01:10:13,639 --> 01:10:18,300
people to recreate the tropical rainforests of Borneo.
930
01:10:18,300 --> 01:10:24,770
Once they are gone, they are gone.
931
01:10:24,770 --> 01:10:28,460
Sun bears are forest dependent species.
932
01:10:28,460 --> 01:10:31,248
If we don't help them there might not be a chance for
933
01:10:31,248 --> 01:10:35,067
us to help in the future.
934
01:10:35,067 --> 01:10:38,022
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
935
01:10:38,022 --> 01:10:43,398
- The sun bears are just a piece of this fragile ecosystem, and
936
01:10:43,398 --> 01:10:47,442
all of it hangs in the balance.
937
01:10:47,442 --> 01:10:51,637
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
938
01:10:51,637 --> 01:10:59,665
- This place has all of the megafauna that used to be here 100,000 years ago.
939
01:10:59,665 --> 01:11:03,493
Bornean pygmy elephants,
940
01:11:03,493 --> 01:11:08,660
Bornean orangutans, sun bears.
941
01:11:08,660 --> 01:11:09,467
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
942
01:11:09,467 --> 01:11:16,170
And we just cannot lose this forest. Chris: It's an incredibly fragile and
943
01:11:16,170 --> 01:11:19,500
infinitely complex system.
944
01:11:19,500 --> 01:11:24,070
- I feel as if I've only scratched the surface.
945
01:11:24,070 --> 01:11:28,780
John Muir said it perfectly, When one tugs at a single thing in nature,
946
01:11:28,780 --> 01:11:33,320
he finds it's attached to the rest of the world.
947
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:34,360
By understanding and
948
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:39,170
protecting these bears, I'm beginning to sense how much there is to gain.
949
01:11:39,170 --> 01:11:43,200
You only have to be here for a moment to feel it.
950
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:46,750
Their home is home to thousands of other species.
951
01:11:46,750 --> 01:11:53,440
Many of them found nowhere else on earth.
952
01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:54,689
It's like they're base jumping
953
01:11:54,689 --> 01:11:57,208
from one part of the tree to another.
954
01:11:57,208 --> 01:12:01,425
- Some days are [INAUDIBLE] but not as [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGH]
955
01:12:01,425 --> 01:12:03,183
Whoa, orangutan, mother and
956
01:12:03,183 --> 01:12:04,990
baby over there. - Where?
957
01:12:04,990 --> 01:12:10,869
- Take a look, There, the female.
958
01:12:10,869 --> 01:12:15,400
- And a baby, oh my goodness. - They're very comfortable.
959
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:16,660
- What a tiny, young one,
960
01:12:16,660 --> 01:12:20,220
looks like this big. - Yeah.
961
01:12:20,220 --> 01:12:24,790
Orangutan is listed as critically endangered.
962
01:12:24,790 --> 01:12:29,180
Sun bear's numbers are much much much more lower than the orangutan.
963
01:12:29,180 --> 01:12:32,890
If orangutan is classified as critically endangered,
964
01:12:32,890 --> 01:12:38,170
I don't know how should I classify sun bears because they are so rare.
965
01:12:38,170 --> 01:12:41,560
- If there was any hope of saving
966
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:47,730
these amazing creatures, even the smallest of steps can have a profound effect.
967
01:12:47,730 --> 01:12:52,200
For Wong, today is a chance to reintroduce Cerah to her rightful home.
968
01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:54,200
- Good girl, good girl.
969
01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:56,774
- Hey Cerah, hey Cerah,
970
01:12:56,774 --> 01:13:00,200
Cerah, Cerah yeah. - It's okay.
971
01:13:00,200 --> 01:13:03,155
- Yeah, it's okay, it's okay,
972
01:13:03,155 --> 01:13:06,648
Come on out. - Yeah, come.
973
01:13:06,648 --> 01:13:07,315
- Come see.
974
01:13:07,315 --> 01:13:08,834
- Come on, come on girl, come.
975
01:13:08,834 --> 01:13:11,031
- Come on.
976
01:13:11,031 --> 01:13:14,452
Follow us. - Actually, the first 20 minutes or
977
01:13:14,452 --> 01:13:17,671
30 minutes after she is released from a cage and
978
01:13:17,671 --> 01:13:23,000
she's not wrestling through anybody at all, she's just doing her own stuff.
979
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:25,355
[PLAYFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] [LAUGH] - She's a crazy little thing.
980
01:13:25,355 --> 01:13:26,360
- She's so excited.
981
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:31,640
She's so happy. - She's running into things.
982
01:13:31,640 --> 01:13:34,070
Yeah Cerah!
983
01:13:34,070 --> 01:13:42,970
[PLAYFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
984
01:13:46,374 --> 01:13:47,525
- She can play with anything.
985
01:13:47,525 --> 01:13:49,138
She can play with leaves.
986
01:13:49,138 --> 01:13:50,609
She can play with sapling.
987
01:13:50,609 --> 01:13:56,391
Bite, grab, you know, she's like, wow, I'm back to my home again.
988
01:13:56,391 --> 01:14:00,235
[PLAYFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
989
01:14:00,235 --> 01:14:03,300
- Sheesh, [LAUGH]
990
01:14:03,300 --> 01:14:05,056
Hey.
991
01:14:05,056 --> 01:14:07,234
It's amazing to watch her behavior change.
992
01:14:07,234 --> 01:14:11,737
And little by little, she's becoming a wild sun bear cub again.
993
01:14:11,737 --> 01:14:14,830
[UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
994
01:14:14,830 --> 01:14:16,395
To think just a few days ago,
995
01:14:16,395 --> 01:14:19,560
Cerah had never touched the soil since she was an infant.
996
01:14:19,560 --> 01:14:22,846
Never smelled the forest, dug in the dirt, or
997
01:14:22,846 --> 01:14:27,074
even walked more than a few feet [LYRICS:Have no fear ]
998
01:14:27,074 --> 01:14:30,405
[LYRICS:For when I'm alone] And to watch her transformation is amazing.
999
01:14:30,405 --> 01:14:37,170
[LYRICS:I'll be better off- than I was before]
1000
01:14:37,170 --> 01:14:46,769
[LYRICS: I've got this light- I'll be around to grow]
1001
01:14:46,769 --> 01:14:49,682
[LYRICS: who I was before ]
1002
01:14:49,682 --> 01:14:52,000
Wong has given something back to this little bear.
1003
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,467
[LYRICS:I cannot recall] Something thought lost forever.
1004
01:14:55,467 --> 01:14:57,892
[LYRICS: Long ]. Freedom.
1005
01:14:57,892 --> 01:15:04,692
[LYRICS: Nights allow me to feel- I'm falling- I am falling]
1006
01:15:04,692 --> 01:15:07,444
[LYRICS: The lights go out - I study wild sun bears,I know that
1007
01:15:07,444 --> 01:15:09,852
[LYRICS: let me feel] this environment is very, very,
1008
01:15:09,852 --> 01:15:12,112
harsh and difficult environment to make a living in, so.
1009
01:15:12,112 --> 01:15:14,006
[LYRICS: I'm falling- I am falling ]
1010
01:15:14,006 --> 01:15:18,106
[LYRICS: Safely to ] [LAUGH] - That's a first
1011
01:15:18,106 --> 01:15:21,878
[WHISTLING] [LYRICS: the ground ] - The whole process,
1012
01:15:21,878 --> 01:15:24,680
it's gonna take time.
1013
01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:27,730
We are talking about maybe months or year in order for
1014
01:15:27,730 --> 01:15:33,087
her regain confidence to the wild [LYRICS: I'll take this soul that's inside me now].
1015
01:15:33,087 --> 01:15:35,680
I really hope that Cerah will have a Cerah future,
1016
01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:43,258
will have a bright future [LYRICS: Like a brand new friend- I'll forever know].
1017
01:15:43,258 --> 01:15:48,800
[LYRICS:I've got this light] - I see Wong as a crusader for the sun bear.
1018
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:50,202
[LYRICS: And the will to show- I will always be] He's dedicated so much
1019
01:15:50,202 --> 01:15:52,786
to see that these species doesn't go unnoticed
1020
01:15:52,786 --> 01:15:57,610
in a place where orangutans and elephants steal the limelight .
1021
01:15:57,610 --> 01:16:00,260
He's a really thoughtful man and
1022
01:16:00,260 --> 01:16:04,690
I sense he has deep beliefs about our role on this planet.
1023
01:16:04,690 --> 01:16:06,493
I know these are just baby steps.
1024
01:16:06,493 --> 01:16:09,572
Wong and Cerah have a long and difficult path ahead,
1025
01:16:09,572 --> 01:16:16,645
but what an adventure for both of them. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1026
01:16:16,645 --> 01:16:21,095
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE] For me too,
1027
01:16:21,095 --> 01:16:25,690
bears have shaped my life.
1028
01:16:25,690 --> 01:16:28,890
But in those early days, I wasn't looking for answers.
1029
01:16:28,890 --> 01:16:32,527
I was in it for the adventure. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1030
01:16:32,527 --> 01:16:35,701
But somewhere along the road the journey changed for me.
1031
01:16:35,701 --> 01:16:39,415
From adventure to discovery. [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1032
01:16:39,415 --> 01:16:40,275
[HELICOPTER]
1033
01:16:40,275 --> 01:16:43,486
And it brought me to some extraordinary people.
1034
01:16:43,486 --> 01:16:46,170
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1035
01:16:46,170 --> 01:16:49,334
The quiet heroes.
1036
01:16:49,334 --> 01:16:51,872
There are so many of them.
1037
01:16:51,872 --> 01:16:56,690
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]. So, my adventure continues
1038
01:16:56,690 --> 01:17:02,680
to find them and tell their stories, and in many ways, it's just begun.
1039
01:17:04,700 --> 01:17:09,668
This film has takes seven years to complete, a journey in itself, that has
1040
01:17:09,668 --> 01:17:12,577
triggered so much good along the way.
1041
01:17:12,577 --> 01:17:20,245
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1042
01:17:20,245 --> 01:17:23,220
I heard from Robyn. [INAUDIBLE CHATTER].
1043
01:17:23,220 --> 01:17:25,253
She told me she had some sad news.
1044
01:17:26,013 --> 01:17:30,550
Laura had died, they were devastated.
1045
01:17:30,550 --> 01:17:33,900
Like they'd lost a family member.
1046
01:17:33,900 --> 01:17:37,683
But then, through the tears, she told me that perhaps Laura's
1047
01:17:37,683 --> 01:17:40,664
real role was her legacy.
1048
01:17:40,664 --> 01:17:44,523
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1049
01:17:44,523 --> 01:17:48,067
Robyn now works with dozens of women in spectacle bear
1050
01:17:48,067 --> 01:17:51,018
country, employing them full time.
1051
01:17:51,018 --> 01:17:52,804
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1052
01:17:52,804 --> 01:17:55,480
And using radio collared data in this film,
1053
01:17:55,480 --> 01:17:59,540
she approached the government and did the impossible.
1054
01:17:59,540 --> 01:18:03,223
She convinced them to create a brand new national park.
1055
01:18:03,223 --> 01:18:04,899
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1056
01:18:04,899 --> 01:18:08,188
A place of bear country in Peru, preserved forever.
1057
01:18:08,188 --> 01:18:12,846
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1058
01:18:12,846 --> 01:18:15,354
In Churchill, people and bears
1059
01:18:15,354 --> 01:18:21,972
are finding a way forward together, through changing times.
1060
01:18:21,972 --> 01:18:25,980
Nick's work continues to glimpse at the future.
1061
01:18:25,980 --> 01:18:30,550
It may only be decades before the bears here are gone.
1062
01:18:30,550 --> 01:18:35,057
But what they're teaching us will live on for other Polar bears.
1063
01:18:35,057 --> 01:18:38,509
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1064
01:18:38,509 --> 01:18:41,990
And Wong, for so
1065
01:18:41,990 --> 01:18:46,030
long here, he's been the solo champion for the little sun bear.
1066
01:18:46,030 --> 01:18:50,975
Not anymore, he's opened a sun bear conservation center for research and
1067
01:18:50,975 --> 01:18:53,650
education, for other bears like Cerah.
1068
01:19:02,369 --> 01:19:07,720
And his mission to tell the world, is working.
1069
01:19:07,720 --> 01:19:11,518
This smallest of bears that has inspired so much.
1070
01:19:11,518 --> 01:19:14,842
[INSPIRING VOCAL MUSIC]
1071
01:19:23,582 --> 01:19:28,985
These bears have four other bear cousins. [INSPIRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1072
01:19:28,985 --> 01:19:30,820
Eight species in total.
1073
01:19:30,820 --> 01:19:34,980
And, as we look out for their needs, perhaps we can preserve what we all need.
1074
01:19:34,980 --> 01:19:41,000
[INSPIRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
1075
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:42,574
And just by being here,
1076
01:19:42,574 --> 01:19:46,306
you are already making a difference.
1077
01:19:46,306 --> 01:19:51,308
[INSPIRING VOCAL MUSIC]
1078
01:19:51,308 --> 01:19:56,050
Any good journey reveals new things.
1079
01:19:56,050 --> 01:20:00,769
For me, it's been hope.
1080
01:20:00,769 --> 01:20:05,500
[INSPIRING VOCAL MUSIC] [MOTORCYCLE ENGINE].
1081
01:20:05,500 --> 01:25:14,214
[SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC].
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