FROM POLE TO POLE

MARY CORKERY

EMPEROR PENGUINS MALE PENGUINS STAY THOUGHOUT THE WINTER TO KEEP THE EGG WARM.THE FEMALES MIGRATE AND COME BACK AFTER WINTER. THE EGGS HATCH ONCE SUMMER HITS AND THE FEMALES COME BACK.

POLAR BEARSBABY POLAR BEARS ARE BORN DURRING WINTER HIBERNATION AND FIRST SEE THE BIG WORLD WHEN WINTER IS OVER. ICE BEGINS TO MELT FAST ONCE POLAR BEARS COME OUT OF HYBERNATION, SO THEY HAVE TO MOVE FAST TO GET FOOD BEFORE THE ICE BREAKS UP TOO MUCH. HALF OF ALL POLAR BEAR CUBS DIE IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.

KARABOOEVERY YEAR 3 MILLION KARABOO MIGRATE ACROSS THE ARTIC TUNDRA. WOLVES SHADOW THE KARABOO IN HOPES TO GET A KILL. BUT THE KARABOO ARE FASTER THAN THE WOLVES SO NOT MANY GET A KILL.

TIGER FORESTIN THE NORTHERN HEMOSPHERE, JUST BELOW THE ARTIC CIRCLE. CREATES SO MUCH OXYGEN IT CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE THERE. THE FOREST IS THREATED BY THE CHANGING CLIMATE, HUMANS, AND CIVILIZATION, NEEDING WOOD.

AMUR LEPOARDTHE AMIL LEPOARD IS THE RAREST BIG CAT IN THE WORLD.THERE ARE ONLY 40 LEFT!CAN BE FOUND IN SOUTHEAST RUSSIA AND NORTHEAST CHINA

GREAT WHITE SHARKSGREAT WHITES MIGRATE THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BE ABLE TO GET FOOD YEAR ROUND. THEY HAVE 300 TEETHGREAT WHITES CAN DETECT ONE DROP OF BLOOD IN 25 GAL OF WATER AND CAN SENSE EVEN TINY AMOUNTS OF BLOOD IN THE WATER UP TO 3 MI AWAY.

KALAHARI DESERTCOVERS ABOUT 350,000 SQUARE MILES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.ANIMALS MIGRATE IN HUGE GROUPS TO TRY TO FIND WATER. ELEPHANTS MAKE THE BIGGEST MIGRATION. SUPPORTS MORE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAN A TYPICAL DESERT.