Polar bears are deemed by many to be the most charismatic and elusive bears of all. Cameras are just a breath away when two sets of cubs emerge from winter maternity dens. Witness the moment the sea-ice breaks away from the island in the spring. As one set of mother and cubs journey across the drifting ice in search of seals, the other is marooned on the island with very little food. How they cope with their different fates is captured in revelatory close-up detail. As the film captures its intimate portrait of polar bears' lives, it reveals how their intelligence and curiosity help them cope in a world of shrinking ice.
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice, Parts 1 & 2, Wednesday beginning at 8 p.m. on PBS 6.
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