The Great Polar Bear Adventure

In this 2006 TV documentary style film, a new polar bear mother named Ikuk guides her two cubs through a gradually warming Arctic. The story steps inside the bears' world, showing how their routines, hunts, and denning patterns are affected as ice melts and stretches into the sea. As Ikuk teaches the cubs what life on the edge of the ice demands, human presence intrudes in the form of boats, scent, and unfamiliar sounds. The narrative balances intimate, motherly moments with stark scenes of hunger and peril, while reframing challenges from the bears' point of view rather than from a human narrator. The result is a family friendly look at resilience and adaptation in a changing environment.

Directed by Robert Cohen, The Great Polar Bear Adventure was produced as a 2006 TV movie blending documentary style with animated voice performances to bring polar life to a broad family audience.

The film leans into themes of climate change, survival, and motherhood, portraying how Ikuk and her cubs cope with shrinking ice and new risks from people. It aims to present the bears' perspective, inviting empathy without sensationalism.