The Polar Bear Adventure

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year! This is a rebroadcast of “Polar Bear Adventure” from Season 8! Join us on an Arctic adventure as we head out onto the sea ice with a polar bear scientist! Andrew Derocher shares exciting stories of flying in helicopters, getting bit by a polar bear cub, and discovering how polar bears are surviving in a warming world. Andrew explains what happens when polar bears move into human towns, in the bonus interview episode. It’s available to Patrons who pledge just a dollar or more a month on patreon.com/tumblepodcast. Teachers! Find a toolkit to share polar bear science with students, on the World Wildlife Fund’s WildClassroom.org. A transcript for this episode and other resources are available on the blog on our website, sciencepodcast.com

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0:00.0	Happy 2025, everybody! Marshall here. We hope your holiday season has been as fun as ours has.
0:08.1	At Tumble, we are so excited because the return of season 10 is just around the corner.
0:13.4	We have so many great stories to share with you, and for today, we're excited to share another
0:18.0	wintery cold episode as we enter the new year.
0:21.6	It's the polar bear adventure.
0:23.9	This one is so exciting, and our scientist guest, Andrew, is just such a cool guy who's been bit by a polar bear.
0:29.4	How many people can say that?
0:31.0	I can't wait for you to listen.
0:36.9	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:38.3	And I'm Marshall.
0:39.3	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:43.3	Today we're talking about polar bears.
0:45.3	Ooh, I love polar bears, and so does everyone else.
0:48.3	Well, get ready for a polar bear Arctic adventure,
0:51.3	because we're about to head out on the ice and into a helicopter to track bears with a polar bear Arctic adventure, because we're about to head out on the ice and into a helicopter
0:55.0	to track bears with a polar bear scientist and find out how polar bears are surviving in a
1:01.7	warming world.
1:09.9	Marshall, what do you think about when you think about polar bears?
1:13.3	I think they are white and fuzzy, and they have those cute little black noses that are the only
1:18.2	things you can see in a snowstorm before they eat you.
1:21.2	What about you?
1:22.1	I feel like polar bears are like these majestic, almost mythical creatures.
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