Alaska Walrus Mother: Can Her Tusks Stop a Polar Bear? | Full Documentary

Pearl, a Pacific walrus, faces the fight of her life in the rapidly melting Arctic. With their sea ice nursery vanishing, she must protect her vulnerable calf from predators and the dangers of overcrowded haul-outs. This is a story of incredible maternal resilience in a world that is silently disappearing. To provide an intimate look at these rare, fragile moments without disturbing the animals, some scenes in this documentary were ethically recreated using AI technologies, based on verified behavioral research. If you’re moved by Pearl’s journey and want to support responsible wildlife storytelling, please subscribe to our channel for more emotional survival narratives from our natural world. 📚 Sources & Research Ecology and Biology of the Pacific Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus divergens illiger — F. H. Fay, North American Fauna 74, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1981 (классический фундаментальный труд) https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/naf74 The Walrus in Alaska: Its Ecology and Management — John J. Burns, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration, 1965 https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/ho... Sex-Specific Energetics of Pacific Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) During the Nursing Interval — USGS publication on lactation costs to females https://www.usgs.gov/publications/sex... Forecasting Consequences of Changing Sea Ice Availability for Pacific Walruses — Jay, Fischbach и др., U.S. Geological Survey https://www.usgs.gov/publications/for... Evaluation of Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Pacific Walruses at a Large Coastal Haulout — Fischbach и др., U.S. Geological Survey, 2018-2020 (Point Lay haulout monitoring) https://www.usgs.gov/publications/eva... Walrus Haulout Outlines Apparent from Satellite Imagery Near Point Lay Alaska, Autumn 2018-2020 — USGS Data Release https://www.usgs.gov/data/walrus-haul... Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report — Government of Canada, 2017 https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-... Polar Bear Predation of Walruses on Wrangell Island — N. G. Ovsyanikov, Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, 1995 (девять лет полевых наблюдений охоты медведей на моржей) https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/E/Wal... The Epic Walrus vs Polar Bear Fight in the Arctic — BBC Future, 2026 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20... Odobenus rosmarus — IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Vulnerable, 2016 reassessment) https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1... Our Planet: Frozen Worlds — Netflix Documentary (2019), Episode 2 (controversial walrus cliff falls scene; supplementary scientific context provided by WWF and Silverback Films) Frozen Planet II — BBC Natural History Unit (2022), follow-up coverage of walrus haulout phenomenon All facts in this video are based on peer-reviewed research and verified scientific sources.