In this companion volume to the motion picture, photographs and text relate the lives of a newborn walrus and an infant polar bear as they grow up in the Arctic.
Documents three species--polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales--as they journey through the seasons, capturing their migrations, their struggles to survive, and the impact environmental changes have on their lives.
When Little Bear complains to his mother that no matter how hard he wishes to be an astronaut or a pirate, his wishes never come true, his mother reminds him of all the smaller, more realistic wishes that do happen every day.
Riley travels to northern Canada where he and his aunt, uncle, and cousin study the polar bears that are wandering through towns while waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze over again.
Follow Nanu the polar bear cub and Seela the walrus pup through exciting and often dangerous struggles for survival, with only their natural instincts and mothers' guidance to help them face the challenges of a world that is melting around them.
Photographic tribute to the polar bear, captured over the course of several years, in all seasons, in its native habitat in and around Churchill and Manitoba, Canada.