Kale Williams

Nora is only six days old when her mother, Aurora gets up and leaves her. The keepers at the Columbus Zoo watch anxiously as a young polar bear needs it's mother to maintain body heat and of course for nutrition. Once they step in there would be no turning back and the fate of cubs raised by keepers have not had great outcomes. This begins Nora's story. A story of hope, joy, love, attachment, setbacks, struggles, adjustments and consequences.

But, this is not only Nora's story but a call for awareness, a call to action. The polar bears in the Arctic are struggling, the lands once covered in ice are diminishing, in some places the ice is already gone. The villages, such as Wales, are also being changed, the hunting ground no longer plentiful, their way of life for generations, in peril. People animals, their very survival no longer assured. We, as a people, have done this. Horrifying.

History, of these villages including a hunter whose hunt brought Nora's mother Aurora to the zoo. The role of zoos, conservation efforts, though many are already too late for some. Personal stories but also a much larger range. The history of these areas and what has already changed never to return. An important book. A wake up call in the strongest terms for those who choose to listen. Maybe, a mind changer, for those who don't believe. What will be left when this is finished, where will the effects of climate change, already being felt, leave us. It's a terrifying scenario.… (mere)