The mother teaches her cubs about survival—catching seals, avoiding hungry male polar bears, using their incredibly powerful sense of smell. The mother bear will nurse them for a year and train them for 2 years before they’re out on their own.
For more information about polar bears and Arctic wildlife, see the new IMAX® film “To The Arctic 3D” opening in select IMAX Theatres starting April 20, 2012. “To The Arctic 3D” is a MacGillivray Freeman Film from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation.
