As winters warm and ice disappears, grizzly and polar bears’ age-old way of life is quickly changing. “Nature” tracks both at close range to see how they’re faring in “Arctic Bears,” premiering on PBS Sunday, February 17 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates the film, part of the 26th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc., Toyota, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/nature
In the remote Churchill region of Canada's Manitoba province, early winter lays a blanket of white over the barren tundra. Along with the fresh snow arrives a much larger white presence - the highest concentration of polar bears in the world. They've traveled for months to get here and they're starving, having lived primarily off their body fat. The mid-winter attraction is a frozen Hudson's Bay, full of seals and other favorite holiday meals. Anxiously, the bears wait for the ice to freeze. Soon, the short days will start getting longer. On this morning, they roam about and play-fight, observe and wait. They scent the winds that blow across the wide expansive plain during the long, red hours of the sub-artic dawn. SUNRISE EARTH: Polar Bears premieres on Thursday, December 21 at 10 PM on Discovery HD Theater.
Polar Bears step lively, a segment from “Polar Bear Pueblo”, an Intrepid Berkeley Explorer free, two-country video. The film starts in New Mexico with the Carlsbad Caverns, Taos Pueblo, White Sands, Roswell, Santa Fe, and much more. Moving north, it then features the incredible Polar Bears of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, as seen from a tundra buggy. To enjoy all of this film, plus over 30 more free, non-commercial, streaming travel videos from every continent, plus still pictures, please go to: http://www.geocities.com/intrepidberkeleyexplorer/Video.html
For the past ten years, on Superbowl sunday people jump into the Atlantic Ocean off of Long Beach (Long Island) NY. I heard about it last year, and this year I decided to join it as well. We lucked out this year since the air temp was ~46F & sunny, and the ocean was ~39F. I'll update this text if I ever hear the official estimate of how many people were there but I'd say many many thousands. The event was great, except I was stupid and left my glasses on while I went in!!! And surprise surprise, they didn't come back out with me. :( Official Site of the Long Beach Polar Bears: http://www.longbeachpolarbears.org/
In the remote Churchill region of Canada's Manitoba province, early winter lays a blanket of white over the barren tundra. Along with the fresh snow arrives a much larger white presence - the highest concentration of polar bears in the world. They've traveled for months to get here and they're starving, having lived primarily off their body fat. The mid-winter attraction is a frozen Hudson's Bay, full of seals and other favorite holiday meals. Anxiously, the bears wait for the ice to freeze. Soon, the short days will start getting longer. On this morning, they roam about and play-fight, observe and wait. They scent the winds that blow across the wide expansive plain during the long, red hours of the sub-artic dawn. SUNRISE EARTH: Polar Bears premieres on Thursday, December 21 at 10 PM on Discovery HD Theater.
Fair trade roses for Valentine's Day Reporters Deb Tullmann and Cortney Hamilton investigate the changing landscape of flower farming in Ecuador, where the latest trend is towards environmentally sound practices, safer working conditions, and fair trade certification. One farm, Nevado Roses, is leading the way in this revolution. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/02/ecuador_a_rosie.html
Singer-songwriter Al Jarreau tells Tavis about his new album "Love Songs." Check local listings for airdates of Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/
John Tesh's "ALIVE: Music & Dance" is an unforgettable ministry of music and dance. It features a cast that includes a 60-voice choir, singers, band, strings and young dancers. Go to familychristian.com/shop/product.asp?ProdID=55655 for more.
The Marines of 3/1 Kilo Company talk with FRONTLINE about rules of engagement in the shadow of the 2005 Haditha incident, where twenty-four of the town's residents were killed by U.S. forces. http://www.pbs.org/frontline/haditha/ In “Rules of Engagement,” airing Tuesday, February 19, 2008, FRONTLINE cuts through the fog of war to reveal the untold story of what really happened in Haditha and what it can tell us about the harrowing moral and legal landscape the U.S. military faces in Iraq. Watch online free following the broadcast at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/haditha/
Pioneer of Philly soul, Kenneth Gamble, says the music industry today needs less machines and more musicians making music. Check local listings for airdates of Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200802/20080212.html
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