"Ursus Maritimus."
Hold on tight, Greybeard!
We're leading her right to you, David.
Tracking collar ready?
Ready and waiting. And freezing.
Sorry, it's hard to use this thing when you can't feel your fingers.
Uh-oh.
What's "uh-oh"?
I think I broke the mountain!
What?
Hurry!
Hello, friend. We're trying to figure out why you spend so much time alone.
Putting a collar on you will help us track you
and see if we run into any other polar bears.
Ready for your collar?
Can I take that as a maybe?
Jane?
Jane!
Jane.
Hop on, David.
We lost her.
But we didn't lose the avalanche.
We have to find her.
- Find who? - Ursus Maritimus.
Ursus what-i-mimus?
Ursus Maritimus. It's the scientific name for polar bear.
It means "maritime bear" because they mostly live in water.
Do they have to live in your breakfast?
She's hunting. Polar bears eat seals, walruses, and even whales.
- Whales? - Crazy, huh?
Jane, come in. Over.
Jane here.
Are we still playing Track the Polar Bear?
Just a sec.
Do you wanna know how they hunt?
I don't think Mr. Jin does.
- Do you wanna know how they hunt? - Can you tell me while you get dressed?
Come on, Greybeard.
Don't run! Or--
That did it.
Hey, Dad. It's Noah. Just checking in.
Haven't heard from you in a little while.
I know you're probably busy, but just call me back when you can.
It's called still-hunting!
You're still hunting what?
No, still-hunting! It's how polar bears catch their food.
They wait for hours and hours, staying perfectly still
by a hole in the ice for a seal to pop up.
And when they do, chomp!
- Poor seal! - Everyone needs to eat.
I'll remind you of that tomorrow at breakfast.
Jane?
Where did you go?
Chomp!
I guess still-hunting works.
We're going to put a tracking collar on a polar bear today,
so we can follow her and figure out why they spend so much time alone.
Any ideas?
I think it's because they don't wanna fight each other for food.
Or maybe they're not alone. Maybe they're looking after their babies.
Interesting idea.
Not all animals look after their babies together. Like you and Dad.
Can you imagine how cute a baby polar bear would be?
Or maybe they're alone because there's not that many of them left.
Oh, sweetie.
It'll be okay.
- Only if we do something to help them. - And how do we do that?
"Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help.
Only if we help, can they be saved." Jane Goodall said that.
I know. You recite it every morning.
Polar bears need our help, but before we can help them--
We need to understand them.
Exactly.
Have fun saving the world.
I will!
We will!
Stay here, Greybeard.
Polar bear spotted.
What is she doing?
Some polar bears don't have enough food, so they eat garbage.
That's so sad. And gross.
Maybe while she's distracted by eating, we could--
Put the tracking collar on her. Good idea.
She's getting away.
Elevator?
Three!
Two!
Mr. Jin! Do you wanna help us put a tracking collar on a polar bear?
I'll catch the next one.
Are you sure? There's room.
I'm sure.
We shouldn't waste electricity. Come on, Mr. Jin.
We're trying to figure out why they spend so much time alone.
- Who? - Polar bears.
One!
Probably because they don't like having to put up with other noisy bears.
Just wanna look out for themselves.
Not wanting to share resources.
Maybe, but wouldn't they get really lonely and sad being alone all the time?
I left another bag upstairs.
Okay, well, if you change your mind, come and find us.
There she is.
There she goes. Why would she be scared of us?
I don't think she's scared, but I do think one of our ideas was right.
They don't wanna waste energy fighting over food they already caught.
I wouldn't wanna fight over garbage either.
Not quite, Greybeard.
We still need to see whether they're on their own to look after their babies
or because there's not a lot of them left.
Looks like there's at least two of them left.
And it might be still-hunting us.
Do you want this to be scary?
A little bit. It's more exciting, don't you think?
I don't know if Greybeard wants to play anymore.
You're right to be scared.
Polar bears have sharp claws and even sharper teeth.
You're not helping.
And really cute, soft, cuddly fur?
Yes. I think given your history with us,
we should be able to offer you a lower insurance rate.
Sadly, scientists estimate that there are less than 26,000 polar bears
- left in the wild. - Hello, are you still there?
Sorry. Yes, I'm still here.
Too scary.
Pass me the collar, David.
- David! - You always make it too scary!
Stay there, Greybeard. I'll put the collar on her.
Mr. Jin!
- Are those bottles in there? - Yes.
Then they don't go in the trash.
- They go in the recycling. - Excuse me.
You've mixed your garbage and recycling.
You can't do that. Do you want me to help separate them?
I'll pass.
All right. I'll do it for you this time.
Come on, Greybeard.
She just steal my garbage?
Who am I talking to?
Yeah. David got pretty scared, huh?
Don't move, Greybeard.
Is that her? I said don't move!
Now's our chance. She's asleep.
Must not pet
this majestic, fluffy, soft...
And I'm petting her.
Polar bear fur is white so they're hard to see in the snow.
Helps them get close to their prey.
Which I guess I am now.
Run!
Hurry, Greybeard!
Jump!
Yes. Sorry, Ms. Moradi.
No, everything's all right over here.
My daughter has an active imagination. Extremely active.
What are you doing?
She's gone.
She's very creative, yeah. Thank you for your understanding.
What is going on?
I just outran an angry polar bear. She doesn't know we're trying to help her.
Where's David?
And what's that?
Mr. Jin's garbage.
You brought his trash into our apartment?
I have to separate the--
Wait! Where are you taking that?
- You don't know what's in there. - I do! Bottles and garbage, together.
You can't go through other people's trash.
Polar bears have to!
You are not a polar bear, okay?
Did you not finish your polar bear thingy?
How far did you get?
Only that they don't wanna fight over food.
Well, it makes sense.
They don't wanna deal with anyone. Just themselves.
That must get so lonely.
Maybe lonely feels safer for them. Less risky.
I'd be sad.
Yeah. I'm sure they get sad sometimes too.
But if being alone is less risky,
does that mean they don't look after their babies either?
Maybe.
Looking after kids can be overwhelming.
There's still so much we need to understand before we can help them.
- Good luck. - I said, "we."
We can start by recycling.
There are less polar bears because there's less ice.
And there's less ice because the world is getting warmer.
Recycling helps slow that down because it takes less energy
to recycle something--
Than to make something entirely new.
Exactly.
I just don't think that one person not recycling--
One person can make a huge difference.
Polar bears live alone. We don't.
If everyone worked together to help them, we could save them.
Even if it's less risky to do nothing.
- Together, huh? - Together.
Together. David.
Where is your friend?
I scared him away. And my mom's mad at me too.
Do you see why polar bears like living alone?
Maybe you could apologize.
I don't like saying, "I'm sorry."
Neither do I. But maybe sometimes we should.
Yeah. Thanks, Mr. Jin.
- You're welcome, Jamie. - It's Jane.
Joan?
- Jane. - Jeanne.
- Jane. Okay. Sorry. - Jane.
Come on, Greybeard.
We have some apologies to make.
Hello?
Hey, son.
I'm sorry I missed some of your calls.
- Some of them? - Okay, okay.
A lot of your calls.
It's okay. I've missed you.
I miss you too.
Polar bears really do love water.
"I'm sorry."
"I forgive you."
"I have a plan!"
Two!
Time to get still-hunted.
Except this time, we're bringing the polar bear to us.
This is gonna be unbearably cool.
See what I did there?
Remember David's plan, Greybeard.
- Ready? - Ready.
Cannonball!
Lunch time! Who wants a yummy seal?
No running!
Yeah, sorry.
It's working. She's headed for the seal towel.
Time to get still-hunted.
Now, Greybeard!
We did it!
Yeah! It worked!
Probably should have stayed under the water for a little longer.
Get outta there, Jane!
We have to help her, Greybeard.
- It worked. She's swimming back. - Thank you!
Come on, Greybeard, hop on.
I said no running!
- Nice work. - Nice plan.
Nice collaring.
You were right. A little bit scary can be a little bit exciting.
It's not in there.
What's not?
- Mr. Jin's garbage. - Did you throw it--
Listen, sweetheart, I know you wanna save the world, but that doesn't mean
you can go through other people's trash.
I know.
- I'm sorry. - You're what now?
I'm sorry.
Okay. One more time, so I can get this on video.
I'm sorry.
Did you throw it out?
I didn't.
- You're recycling. - I separated them myself.
I decided to be a bit more risky. It's kind of fun, actually.
I like the sound it makes when it hits the bottom.
Me too.
And thank you.
Thank you too, Jane.
You wanna help me recycle the rest?
Wait, do you not compost?
There she is. We did it.
Yeah. It's so much easier to find her with a tracking collar.
Look, Jane, she has a baby.
So, two of our ideas were right.
They stay on their own,
so they don't have to fight each other for food and to look after their babies.
Now, all we have to do is figure out how many are left.
"Only if we understand, will we..."
"Care. Only if we care, will we..."
Right, "help."
And "only if we help, can they be..."
"Saved."
Help save the polar bears.
Can I borrow the snowmobile after our call?
Maybe. We'll figure it out after we talk to Jill Heinerth.
Check this out.
Did she take that picture swimming with a polar bear?
Yep, just like I did.
You were more swimming away than swimming with.
She's here now.
Hi, Jill.
Hi, Jane. Hi, David.
Thank you so much for talking to us about polar bears today.
Well, I was pretty impressed
with the photo of the homemade snowmobile you sent me.
I helped with the painting.
Have you really swam with polar bears?
I sure did.
And the first time I swam with one, I think it thought I was a seal.
Here, let me show you the video.
I roll out of the boat, into the water,
and the polar bear swims at me at six miles per hour,
because he thinks I'm food.
When he gets close,
I dive beneath the surface, and I catch him swimming overhead.
That's amazing.
Were you scared?
Oh, yes. It's important to be scared as an explorer.
It means that you wanna come home safely.
When did you know you wanted to be an explorer?
I've wanted to be an explorer since I was a little girl.
I literally grew up watching men landing on the surface of the moon
and watching Jacques Cousteau, the great undersea explorer.
But a lot of adults told me
that little girls couldn't grow up to be astronauts or divers.
Today, I just wanna be the woman
that I wish I had met when I was ten years old,
because I'm proof that you can do these things.
That's like how I want to be like Jane Goodall when I grow up.
Oh, well, I wanna be Jane Goodall when I grow up too.
She likes animals, just like I do.
Do you wanna see the pictures of animals that I've taken in the Arctic?
Do you have walruses?
I sure do. This is a walrus family.
A mother with two little babies.
And here, here's some sea lions mobbing me like a pack of puppies.
They're awesome.
And we have king eiders flying out over the open water.
They're beautiful too.
But you know, every year that I go up, there are fewer and fewer animals
in the North and that's a direct result of the warming Arctic.
How does the Arctic warming hurt the polar bears?
Polar bears need ice. I mean, they wanna rest on the ice.
They raise their young and they hunt from the ice.
All the wildlife is affected by the loss of sea ice.
What can we do to stop the Arctic from warming up and help the animals?
There are lots of things that you can do to help the planet overall from warming.
So, here, let me open up this little graphic on my computer.
If we use less things like gasoline, drive less, maybe walk more
or ride our bicycles.
But we also have to think about everything that we buy as well.
Look at all the toys, Jane.
Everything you buy does have an impact.
But that's the good news too,
because it means that you can act right away
by buying less things and thinking about everything that you purchase.
So buy less and share what we have.
Like how you're gonna share your snowmobile with me?
- I guess so. - Yes!
Thanks, Jill.
Well, thank you.
It's been great to talk with you
and I'm always so inspired to see young explorers who are curious out there,
wanting to make this a better world for all of us.
Thanks for helping polar bears and the whole Arctic.
- Bye, Jill! - Bye!
I'll be right up to get the snowmobile.