The Polar Bear Family and Me

The Polar Bear Family and Me

Season 1
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan embarks on a new ambitious and dangerous mission - to gain the trust of a family of polar bears and using this unique opportunity, observe the life of these enigmatic animals as never before, over the course of a year.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Polar Bear Family and Me

    January 7, 2013
    59min
    TV-PG
    Gordon, and arctic survival experts travel by boat to far flung Svalbard. They manage to find a polar bear birth den and meet mother 'Lyra' and her cubs 'Miki' and 'Luca' as they emerge from their den. Little is still known about polar bears family life because no one has been able to follow them this closely before.
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  2. S1 E2 - Polar Bear Family and Me

    January 8, 2013
    59min
    TV-PG
    Gordon and the team return to Svalbard in mid-June on the trail of 'Lyra' and her cubs, 'Miki' and 'Luca'. Gordon works with scientists to try to understand how his polar bear family are surviving the unusual arctic weather.
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  3. S1 E3 - Polar Bear Family and Me

    59min
    TV-PG
    They have been away for six weeks and don't know if either bear is still alive. Lyra's collar hasn't sent a signal for a month - finding her this time will be a huge challenge. But Gordon does find her - and Miki is alive. Times are tough though. Lyra is very thin and has been reduced to eating moss and seaweed.
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