3) -- The Blue Planet-open Ocean (2001) Subtitles

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At 00:00:45,962, Character said: The frozen seas
are worlds unto themselves.

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At 00:00:50,508, Character said: Beneath their ceiling of ice,

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At 00:00:53,345, Character said: they have an eerie,
almost magical stillness,

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At 00:00:56,639, Character said: cut off from the storms
that rage above.

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At 00:01:03,938, Character said: In the winter, the feeble slanting
rays of the sun bring little warmth

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At 00:01:08,485, Character said: and the temperature seldom rises
above minus 50 degrees Centigrade.

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At 00:01:13,323, Character said: (HOWLING, WHISTLING WIND)

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At 00:01:27,170, Character said: For much of the year,
it is dark and cripplingly cold.

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At 00:01:31,299, Character said: Yet, there IS life here
at BOTH ends of the earth -

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At 00:01:34,886, Character said: the Arctic and the Antarctic.

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At 00:01:48,400, Character said: For most animals, whether
they live in or out of water,

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At 00:01:52,195, Character said: the winters,
when much of the sea is frozen,

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At 00:01:55,323, Character said: bring the greatest challenge.

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At 00:02:01,246, Character said: The northern hemisphere.

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At 00:02:03,498, Character said: It's February,

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At 00:02:05,208, Character said: and as the earth tilts on its axis,

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At 00:02:07,711, Character said: the sun's rays
creep slowly northwards

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At 00:02:10,505, Character said: and the Arctic emerges
from its harsh winter.

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At 00:02:17,262, Character said: The Arctic is a frozen ocean
surrounded by continents,

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At 00:02:21,266, Character said: and when the surface of the sea
between the continents

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At 00:02:24,853, Character said: freezes from shore to shore,

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At 00:02:26,855, Character said: land predators walk out onto it

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At 00:02:29,524, Character said: to hunt.

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At 00:02:36,614, Character said: It's early March,

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At 00:02:38,867, Character said: and the sea is still covered
with ice...

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At 00:02:42,162, Character said: But there are patches
of open water - polynyas -

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At 00:02:45,457, Character said: that never freeze over.

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At 00:02:47,334, Character said: Here, where tidal currents
are squeezed between islands,

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At 00:02:51,921, Character said: the water movement is so strong
that ice cannot form.

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At 00:03:01,222, Character said: Walruses spend the winter
in polynyas.

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At 00:03:05,435, Character said: Here they have permanent access
to the air,

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At 00:03:08,480, Character said: but they can also retreat
to the sea to shelter, to hunt.

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At 00:03:26,331, Character said: Other sea mammals overwinter
in polynyas as well - in this one,

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At 00:03:30,627, Character said: a young bowhead whale.

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At 00:03:42,722, Character said: Here, the current is really fast

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At 00:03:45,058, Character said: and the shifting ice is dangerous.

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At 00:03:52,816, Character said: This whale became trapped

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At 00:03:55,068, Character said: when ice encircled it last autumn.

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At 00:04:04,994, Character said: There is no food here,

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At 00:04:07,247, Character said: but a whale must breathe,

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At 00:04:09,749, Character said: and the only place it can do so
for miles around is in this tiny hole.

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At 00:04:18,133, Character said: It's living entirely
on its reserves of fat,

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At 00:04:21,261, Character said: but now, they're dangerously low.

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At 00:04:23,930, Character said: It will be some months yet
before it can escape.

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At 00:04:41,281, Character said: Elsewhere, other whales
have also been trapped.

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At 00:04:44,743, Character said: These are belugas.

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At 00:04:46,703, Character said: Their tiny hole in the ice

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At 00:04:48,955, Character said: has been kept open not by currents,

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At 00:04:51,458, Character said: but by the belugas'
continuous movements

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At 00:04:54,461, Character said: as they rise to breathe.

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At 00:05:02,052, Character said: Open water is now
some 20 miles away.

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At 00:05:05,764, Character said: It will be two months yet
before the ice melts.

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At 00:05:21,488, Character said: The belugas are extremely thin

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At 00:05:23,990, Character said: and most of them
are horribly scarred.

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At 00:05:36,044, Character said: But their wounds
were not inflicted by the ice.

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At 00:05:48,932, Character said: A whale would be a huge prize
for any meat-eating hunter,

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At 00:05:52,852, Character said: and these belugas,
trapped by the ice,

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At 00:05:55,689, Character said: are within reach of polar bears.

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At 00:06:11,454, Character said: Well aware of the danger,

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At 00:06:13,665, Character said: the belugas stay submerged
as long as they can,

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At 00:06:17,293, Character said: but they can only hold their breath
for about 20 minutes.

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At 00:06:40,692, Character said: Catching a four-metre-long whale
that weighs one tonne

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At 00:06:44,696, Character said: is no easy task,

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At 00:06:46,448, Character said: even if that whale
is weakened by starvation.

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At 00:07:02,005, Character said: But a beluga
is well worth waiting for.

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At 00:07:29,574, Character said: Day by day,
as the hole gets bigger,

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At 00:07:32,035, Character said: it becomes increasingly difficult
for the bear to land a whale.

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At 00:07:40,126, Character said: Keeping its fur in good condition
and free from salt

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At 00:07:43,755, Character said: is important for warmth,

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At 00:07:45,799, Character said: and the bear uses snow
like blotting paper.

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At 00:08:00,772, Character said: These belugas have been attacked
by many bears

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At 00:08:03,942, Character said: over the last six months,

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At 00:08:05,777, Character said: and some have been caught.

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At 00:08:11,157, Character said: It may have taken a long time
and a lot of patience,

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At 00:08:14,619, Character said: but a catch when it's made
brings abundant rewards

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At 00:08:18,581, Character said: of energy-rich blubber.

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At 00:08:31,428, Character said: Gulls rely on bear kills
at this time of the year,

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At 00:08:35,265, Character said: and the colour of blood
staining the ice

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At 00:08:38,059, Character said: attracts them from a long way away.

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At 00:08:44,482, Character said: The remaining belugas
still have a long wait

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At 00:08:47,610, Character said: before they're released
from their prison

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At 00:08:50,655, Character said: and the threat of slaughter.

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At 00:09:21,269, Character said: Arctic foxes
also rely on the polar bears

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At 00:09:24,272, Character said: to hunt on their behalf.

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At 00:09:26,441, Character said: They're the jackals of the north,

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At 00:09:28,985, Character said: and scavenge from bear kills
whenever they can.

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At 00:09:40,997, Character said: In winter and early spring,

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At 00:09:43,249, Character said: they're wholly dependent on bears.

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At 00:09:46,127, Character said: Only in the summer,
when the sea ice melts,

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At 00:09:49,089, Character said: will they regularly catch prey
for themselves.

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At 00:09:59,599, Character said: They're not strong enough
to tackle adult seals,

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At 00:10:03,019, Character said: but can certainly take
new-born pups or birds.

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At 00:10:20,704, Character said: This canny individual

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At 00:10:22,580, Character said: is going to bury its prize.

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At 00:10:24,833, Character said: It may need it
during the uncertain times ahead.

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At 00:10:31,798, Character said: The presence of bears

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At 00:10:33,717, Character said: affects the behaviour of almost all
the animals here, big and small.

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At 00:10:38,471, Character said: The bears tend to avoid
the fringe of fragmented ice

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At 00:10:42,100, Character said: bordering open water

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At 00:10:44,060, Character said: where travelling
can be very laborious,

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At 00:10:46,938, Character said: but that very fact
makes this area - the pack ice -

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At 00:10:50,316, Character said: a particularly good place

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At 00:10:52,444, Character said: for seals to pup.

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At 00:11:03,079, Character said: Harp seals breed here.

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At 00:11:04,956, Character said: Their pups are born with white coats

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At 00:11:07,542, Character said: which camouflage them
very effectively against the snow.

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At 00:11:13,631, Character said: Harp seals have
a very short nursing period -

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At 00:11:16,760, Character said: a necessity
on this unstable pack ice -

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At 00:11:19,679, Character said: but suckling is intensive.

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At 00:11:22,724, Character said: The pup feeds for just 12 days

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At 00:11:25,727, Character said: on milk that is 45 per cent fat.

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At 00:11:28,146, Character said: Then it's abandoned

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At 00:11:30,940, Character said: and has to fend for itself.

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At 00:11:36,446, Character said: A male hooded seal.

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At 00:11:42,869, Character said: This impressive nasal display

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At 00:11:45,121, Character said: is used to warn away other males...

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At 00:11:54,881, Character said: and to win a mate.

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At 00:11:57,384, Character said: Hooded seals also breed
on pack ice.

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At 00:12:00,053, Character said: Their pups suckle
for only four days,

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At 00:12:02,722, Character said: the shortest nursing period
known for any mammal,

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At 00:12:06,267, Character said: and all because
the threat of polar bears

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At 00:12:09,938, Character said: caused them to breed
on the unstable ice.

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At 00:12:28,957, Character said: Another Arctic seal opts
for the solid ice further north.

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At 00:12:34,337, Character said: Because it's easy for bears
to hunt here,

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At 00:12:37,215, Character said: these ringed seals
must be particularly vigilant

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At 00:12:40,760, Character said: and have to hide their pups.

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At 00:12:46,850, Character said: Ringed seals
are comparatively small,

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At 00:12:49,644, Character said: so they can give birth
to their pups

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At 00:12:52,147, Character said: in little caves or lairs
under the snow.

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At 00:12:55,692, Character said: Here, a pup is out of sight

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At 00:12:57,694, Character said: and protected from bad weather.

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At 00:13:04,451, Character said: In late March and into April,

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At 00:13:06,703, Character said: female bears emerge from
winter dens with their new cubs.

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At 00:13:13,001, Character said: The mother has not eaten
for at least five months

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At 00:13:16,379, Character said: and she's hungry - very...