Climate Change: Our Planet - The Arctic Story (2011)

In the far North, at a time of year when it should be covered with ice, glaciers are melting and shedding chunks of ice that scatter across the ocean's surface. The animals inhabiting the land and water are threatened by warming temperatures. Climate change is fundamentally altering the natural environment of Greenland and affecting the lives of its wildlife and indigenous people. Greenlanders are facing the stark reality of a warming climate, and are trying to adapt. Until now, the Inuit people who were born in Greenland and know only their traditional life of hunting have never thought of a different place, a different life, or a different future. The sea, the ice, and the marine mammals here are everything to them. But now they must face the possibility of losing their ancient traditions, and their prey, along with the disappearing ice. They must find a way to cope.
This documentary takes a probing look at the effect of climate change on the ecology of the Arctic, where areas like Greenland suffer from glacial melt as a result of infinitesimal - but nonetheless extremely important - shifts in temperature, altering the food chain, and threatening extinction to numerous creatures, possibly including the human race.

Directors: Kwon Tae-Chul, Joo Young-Sang
Stars: Anna Palk (Narrator)
Production land: USA