The Polar Bear Family & Me

Name: The Polar Bear Family & Me
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-01-07
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Gordon Buchanan

8.3(3 votes)

1 Season

3 Episodes

January 7, 2013

Documentary

Overview

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan follows a wild polar bear family over three seasons in Svalbard.

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

January 7, 2013

Episodes

Episode 1

Spring

January 7, 201360m

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travel to far flung Svalbard to find a polar bear birth den and meet mother Lyra and her cubs Miki and Luca as they emerge from their den.

Episode 2

Summer

January 8, 201360m

Gordon Buchanan and the team return to Svalbard in mid-June to try to understand how his polar bear family are surviving the unusual arctic weather. He discovers that cub Luca is missing.

Episode 3

Autumn

January 10, 201360m

Gordon and the team return to Svalbard in September. They 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.