Name: Spring
Released: 2017-07-15

Words to remember

Nouns

1) cilia

their beating cilia scatter the sun's rays
2) superhighway

Here we are on the penguin superhighway,
3) larder

from the outside larder is too risky.
4) shoal

The shoal can be enormous,
5) harem

His harem contains 50 females,
6) plankton

The tiny plankton they eat have been fuelled
7) cameraman

Cameraman Mark Smith and Director Jeff Wilson plan
8) albatross

The enormous albatross chicks
9) leftovers

but there will be no leftovers today.
10) robber

probably because he keeps a particularly sharp lookout for robber.
11) paraffin

on the paraffin stove,
12) filament

Sea gooseberries strain the water with their stinging filament,
13) influx

This influx of life is good news for some permanent residents.
14) nectar

than nectar if they're to stay active in the cold.
15) pebble

To construct one, they need pebble,
16) tundra

The Arctic tundra is unveiled.
17) disappearance

but the disappearance improves the chances of the remaining two,
18) unicorn

The unicorn of the north are on a mission,
19) pup

and now is the time when they have their pup.
20) moth

to transform itself into a moth.
21) snail

It's on the trail of a peculiar swimming snail.
22) slug

a predatory sea slug flies through the water on translucent wings.
23) eater

And now the most voracious of the plankton eater

Verbs

1) fertilize

by the increasing warmth of the sun and fertilize by the nutrients
2) ringe

In fact, the ringe seal abandoned her den just a few hours ago
3) covet

females that are covet by others.
4) subside

As the winter storms subside, life begins to return.
5) devour

The ducks are devour instantly, but on the long journey home
6) unveil

The Arctic tundra is unveil.
7) unleash

The dam bursts and the river is unleash.
8) pluck

Boulders and trees are pluck from the bankside.
9) nurture

to be nurture by industrious parents,
10) devise

and Mark devise another way of testing the wind speed.
11) scatter

their beating cilia scatter the sun's rays
12) enrich

her milk will be enrich
13) stash

there's the added worry that our gear is stash outside somewhere.
14) absorb

so they absorb more of the sun's energy.
15) grind

Millions of tons of ice grind their way downstream,
16) abandon

In fact, the ringed seal abandon her den just a few hours ago
17) accelerate

and as they enter the ocean, they accelerate the break-up.
18) expose

It's more expose up here,
19) cease

It cease to breathe and its body starts to freeze.
20) warn

This is the kind of thing we were warn about
21) emerge

A female polar bear emerge from her den beneath the snow.
22) illustrate

No life illustrate more vividly the shortness of the Arctic spring
23) freeze

that have been frozen up all winter, but are now opening up.

Adverbs

1) famously

The winds here are famously ferocious,
2) utterly

Aside from being utterly terrified,
3) nonetheless

Nonetheless, there are signs of spring.
4) nicely

The thief's nest is coming along nicely,
5) nowhere

but the smallest cub is nowhere to be seen.
6) barely

The road narrows until there's barely room for one-way traffic.
7) instantly

The ducks are devoured instantly, but on the long journey home
8) aside

Aside from being utterly terrified,
9) somewhere

there's the added worry that our gear is stashed outside somewhere.
10) apart

These two are renewing their bonds after being months apart.
11) eventually

But eventually, a very special spring arrives.
12) forth

A new generation of Adélies steps forth into the short Antarctic spring
13) truly

and the story of how it does so is truly astonishing.
14) indeed

as indeed it must,
15) certainly

Times have been lean and a bear cub would certainly make a welcome snack.
16) exactly

and if his aim is not exactly on target, the seal will certainly escape.
17) alone

A solitary bird here standing alone would quickly die of exposure.
18) particularly

probably because he keeps a particularly sharp lookout for robbers.
19) perhaps

Perhaps these encounters are to remind each animal
20) finally

prove to be worth the wait when they finally decide to turn up.
21) behind

Leaving her cubs behind, however, is not an option.
22) quite

that the sea-ice never quite reaches.
23) especially

especially from bears.

Adjectives

1) katabatic

These katabatic winds are stronger than any hurricane.
2) uneaten

Uneaten food is usually hidden for leaner times,
3) camouflaged

The pup is well camouflaged,
4) voracious

And now the most voracious of the plankton eaters
5) underweight

One of the cubs is underweight
6) industrious

to be nurtured by industrious parents,
7) fearsome

It seems that the cubs already see themselves as fearsome hunters,
8) motionless

The vast water shed lies motionless,
9) arduous

So arduous was Scott's winter expedition to Cape Crozier
10) unstoppable

driven by the unstoppable force of the meltwater.
11) ferocious

They are the coldest and the most ferocious on the planet.
12) plentiful

Food is rarely plentiful out on the tundra.
13) terrifying

After four terrifying days inside the hut,
14) barren

This barren landscape is a hard place to make a living,
15) frantic

Its remaining days now become frantic.
16) translucent

a predatory sea slug flies through the water on translucent wings.
17) dazzling

into dazzling bursts of color.
18) frightening

Bit frightening, though, really.
19) fluffy

It can't be easy, but their thick layer of fluffy down
20) snowy

Their coats are pale, to conceal them during the long, snowy winter.
21) unpredictable

Unpredictable weather continues to force the team
22) imminent

in the knowledge that the Adélies' arrival is imminent.
23) unaware

The one who has been robbed seems unaware that the thief

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