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Umka (Russian: Умка) is a 1969 Soviet animated film. It is based on a children's book of the same name by Yuri Yakovlev, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.Umka means "polar bear" in the Chukchi language.
At night, unknowingly with the help and guidance of the Sprites, Rudolph journeys across the North Pole, and eventually befriends an Arctic fox named Slyly and later, a polar bear named Leonard. Meanwhile, Zoey learns that Rudolph ran away from home, and runs off to search for him.
The game is played with a set of plastic "ice blocks", a stand, and one miniature plastic hammer for each player. One ice block is larger than the rest, and has a plastic character standing on it - this varies from edition to edition, being either Phillip the Penguin, a man referred to as "Ice Man", or a polar bear.
A polar bear at The Buffalo Zoo in Buffalo, New York, had the time of his life during a winter storm that saw some parts of upstate NY slammed by as much as 17 inches of snow on Sunday, January 20 ...
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- The polar vortex doesn't always mean snow: Temperatures on the ground still have to be cold enough for snow production. If the atmosphere is too dry or too warm, you'll miss out on the snow.
Motion Picture Exhibitor (Nov 15, 1938): "Here's a natural for the kids. The Fleischers put Myron Waldman to work turning out one of the best shorts they have made. Three polar bears (one is naturally the "black sheep") cavort in the snow, are chased by hunters. The "black sheep" fails to run to safety, is kayoed by a falliong icicle.
The show centers on a curious polar bear named Bernard, whose bumbling slapstick antics and clumsiness typically result in Bernard being knocked unconscious or being severely injured near the end of an episode. Bernard almost doesn't speak, but he does communicate through guttural sounds.