National Geographic cameras take viewers to the Arctic ice edge; a land held captive each winter and set free by the sun each summer, abundant with wildlife beyond the imagination. For six months of the year, the Arctic is cloaked in darkness; Earth and water are ice-bound, frozen in mind-numbing, endless winter. The Arctic rhythm has slowed to a steady beat, as all creatures lie waiting...for the sun to come again and breathe light and life into this apparent wasteland. In spring, the darkness recedes and as the sun first pours its rays onto the ice, it breaks up and sets free a fountain of life. All summer long the animals of the land and sea will feast, building up reserves to sustain them through the coming six months of darkness.
