For 80 million years, birds have controlled the sky, the sea, and the land.
Every spring, they fly away.
Every fall they fly back on the same route.
This film is the result of 4 years following their amazing journey,
in the northern part of the earth and then South part of the earth,
species after species, flying across every continent.
No special effects were used when filming the birds.
Graylag geese fly 1800 miles...
... from Southwest Europe to Scandinavia.
The story of bird migration is a story of promise:
Promise to return.
They fly, often thousands of miles, facing danger...
... for one reason:
To survive.
Their migration is a battle for life.
When spring comes, they fly to the North Pole.
Some of them fly not rest, day and night.
Others travel in several stages...
... work to achieve their distant goals.
The Eurasian stork flies 2500 miles from Spain to the North Forest.
White storks fly as far as 3100 miles from Central Africa to Western Europe.
As navigation crosses latitude...
... they use natural signs from nature:
Sun, star.
They can track the Earth's gravitational field...
... as sensitive as a compass needle.
Barnacle geese fly 1500 miles from Western Europe to Greenland.
Whooper geese fly 1800 miles...
... from the Far East to the Siberian tundra.
Everything in the North Earth...
... on all continents spring migration has begun.
There are no obstacles that stop them.
Birds fly directly towards the North.
The head swans fly 1500 miles from India to the Central Asian steppe.
The red crown stork flies 600 miles from the Far East to the Siberian Taiga.
Bald Eagle flies 1800 miles from West America to Alaska.
Canadian geese fly 2000 miles...
... from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Pole Circle.
Everything is all over America...
... from coast to coast...
... migrants fly to the North Pole Circle.
Snowmen fly 2500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Pole.
Clark Grebe in Oregon.
Goose Sandhill flies 2000 miles...
... from the land of Central America to the North Pole.
Greater Sage Grouse in Idaho.
Coming from all continents...
... migratory birds gather at the North Pole and then scatter.
Their lives as a community are over.
Now, it's time for family.
There is a separate world:
Seabirds.
Every spring, they avoid ocean waves...
... and gather to nest on the same cliffs and rocks.
North Gannet in the North Atlantic.
The summer of the North Pole lasts only a short time.
Soon the Northland will be locked in cold and polar nights.
It's time for autumn migration.
No more food. Time to go.
Flying south now is a matter of life and death.
North Pole Tern flies 12,500 miles from the North Pole to the South Pole.
In the open ocean...
... any floating object can save a tired bird's life.
For others, there is no rest to the coast.
During the fall, there is one main need:
Stay protected from bad weather.
Going south through North America.
A trip to the South passes through North America.
Red chest geese travel south through Eastern Europe.
Autumn migration minimizes rank.
Among those who survive, by flying with their parents...
... the young ones remember the route and recognize the location pointer...
... they will stay twice a year, during their lives.
Take a trip to Africa.
For millions of birds from Europe...
... the trip ends in Africa...
... but many die on the edge.
Waders fly 6200 miles from the North Pole Circle to the west coast of Africa.
At the end of their odyssey...
... birds from all corners arrive at a tropical paradise.
Pelican white Africa crossing Africa.
Heaven is mortal.
Only lasts one season.
Again...
... they have to fly to the sky for their needs to find food.
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Sea eagles around Antarctica.
There is no land that dampens the waves of the South Sea.
Nesting seabirds on islands hit by strong winds.
Young sea eagles only come to this island...
... after traveling around Antarctica for several years.
Penguin Rockhopper traveled as far as 620 miles...
... following the South Atlantic flow.
Penguin King travels...
... from the South continent to the Island of Antarctica.
One has passed.
Millions of birds have flown thousands of miles.
In the sky, the same trip starts again.
In the northern part of the Earth...
... migratory birds bring new spring news.
The promise to return has been fulfilled.