CBBC gets serious about global warming
Eight young explorers are
attempting to help the plight of the endangered polar bear by collecting
crucial data linked to global warming.
Polar bears could be extinct by the end of this century
if nothing is done to tackle global climate change.*
A new six-part CBBC programme, Serious Arctic,
filmed earlier last year, follows the adventures of the eight - picked
from BBC Talent auditions around the UK - as they brave the elements
in the Canadian High Arctic.
They measured, for the first time, one of Canada's most
southerly glaciers – the Grinnell Glacier - which forms part of
the hunting ground of the world's largest meat-eating land mammal.
The Arctic ice cap is only half as thick as it was 30
years ago and if the current rate of melting continues, there may be
no ice at all by 2070.*
If the polar bear's hunting ground disappears then
the species faces extinction.
Serious Arctic starts at
2.00pm on Saturday 15 January 2005 on The CBBC Channel.
Notes to Editors
* According to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment,
Impact of a Warming Arctic report 2004.
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