Find Out More
Learn more about the threat climate change poses to Canada's winter culture.
|
The Climate in the Arctic is changing. The days are getting warmer, the permafrost is melting and the ice that covers the ocean is disappearing. Accustomed to their life in perpetual cold Team Polar Bear has traveled south to discover what's happening to the snow and ice they used to take for granted. |
 |
|
What they discover is that it's not only their home that's under threat. Winter itself is in jeopardy. For years Canadian's have joked about no longer needing a February vacation in Florida but now the true reality of Global Warming is hitting home. Warmer days could spell the end of pond hockey and ice castles, the slopes of Canada's great ski mountains could go bare and in the countries capital, Ottawa, skating on the Rideau Canal may eventually be no more. The Polar Bears' mission to save their home becomes a mission to save Winter itself. But save it from what? The Polar Bears discover a deep secret at the centre of the disappearing snow. Canada, the country that prides itself on its frosty fortitude, is itself one of the largest per capita contributors to heat trapping gas emissions. And in the heart of the Great Nation is one of the Dirtiest Projects on Earth. The Alberta Tar Sands. Can team Polar bear save their home and in the process Save Winter, or will the forces of big oil prevail and change Canada forever? |
Learn More:
 |
 |
 |
 |
