Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

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For Kirk Johnson, a paleontologist with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the walrus has been a creature close to his heart for 40 years. Most of the world's walrus, 250,000 of them, live in the frigid seas between Russia and Alaska. Johnson embarks on an Arctic quest to uncover the lives of these enigmatic giants and the threats they face as the sea ice melts. From NATURE.

2025 · 53m

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Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

Documentary

For Kirk Johnson, a paleontologist with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the walrus has been a creature close to his heart for 40 years. Most of the world's walrus, 250,000 of them, live in the frigid seas between Russia and Alaska. Johnson embarks on an Arctic quest to uncover the lives of these enigmatic giants and the threats they face as the sea ice melts. From NATURE.

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Studio
PBS
Released
2025
Run Time
53 min

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English (United Kingdom) (SDH)

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Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.