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Written by: artistharry [31/12/10, 07:52] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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BBC - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice (2010) Information Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice Shot mainly using spy cameras, this film gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator. Icebergcam, Blizzardcam and Snowballcam are a new generation of covert devices on a mission to explore the Arctic islands of Svalbard in Norway. Backed up by Snowcam and Driftcam, these state-of-the-art camouflaged cameras reveal the extraordinary curiosity and intelligence of the polar bear. The cameras are just a breath away when two sets of cubs emerge from winter maternity dens. They also capture the moment when 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. The cameras also follow the bears as they hunt seals, raid bird colonies, dive for kelp and indulge in entertaining courtship rituals. Icebergcam even discovers their little-known social nature as seven bears share a washed-up whale carcass. Often just a paw's swipe from the play-fighting and squabbling bears, the spy cameras face their most challenging subject yet. When their curious subjects discover the cameras, they are subjected to some comical-but-destructive encounters. 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. |
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Written by: cameltoe [31/12/10, 15:43] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Bloody amazing documentary. Just simply astonishing footage of polar bears and their everyday lives that go unseen by the humans. Up until now that is. This document will force you to sympathize with the bears, followed by mild contempt as you witness their opportunistic nature and their morally grey actions that are fueled by their will to survive, and thus creating a mixture of emotions that should make any normal person to pause and think. Luckily the docu won't show the cruelest things they're capable of, even though they are still mentioned by the narrator, but instead it portrays the polar bear as an intelligent and even a playful creature that faces exceptional hardship every day. It sucks to be a carnivore in the arctic region. The other species are fast and nimble enough to catch fish, but a polar bear has to eat the other animals which are often faster than it. I will never forget the face of the battle-scarred seal they showed at one point, that escaped an approaching dumbass polar bear with little effort. Just watch this. |
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Written by: yak93 (Banned) [01/01/11, 17:53] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Best thing on UK tv over the festive period. Such intelligent creatures & the cubs featured are adorable. Well worth a DL. |
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