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Chukchi Sea, 1976. Nikolai Machulyak's team trapped by storm. Food running low. Then—polar bears approach. Team panics. Nikolai does opposite: opens last can of condensed milk. "They're hungry too." Extends hand. Mother bear sniffs, licks gently. Cubs follow. Every day, sharing rations. Bears stop hunting seals, wait for Nikolai. Team thinks he's crazy until bears start guarding their camp from wolves. Storm clears. Time to leave. Bears follow helicopter, running below. Nikolai drops remaining cans. Thirty years later, Nikolai returns. New generation of bears. One approaches—same gentle manner. Greatgrandcub of that first mother. Local Chukchi say bears still tell stories of the man who shared when sharing meant surviving. Some bridges between species last generations. Follow for more.