Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs, in a similar vein to the 2005 hit production March of the Penguins, also from National Geographic.
Cinematography
Underwater walrus footage that took 15 years to capture.
Direction
Ravetch spent decades living on sea ice—shows.
Practical Effects
Zero CGI, all real Arctic chaos.
Director
Adam Ravetch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directors Ravetch and Robertson are married; they shot for 8 years and built their own underwater camera housing.
Released the same year An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar—part of a wave of climate docs that now feel like elegies.
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