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The Polar Bear Family & Me

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The Polar Bear Family & Me
GenreNature documentary
Directed bySaritha Wilkinson
Presented byGordon Buchanan
Narrated byGordon Buchanan
ComposerBrett Aplin
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerTim Martin
ProducerTed Oakes
Production locationsSvalbard, Norway
Antarctica
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBBC Natural History Unit
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
BBC HD
Release7 January (2013-01-07) –
10 January 2013 (2013-01-10)

The Polar Bear Family & Me is a three-part nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. It follows wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild polar bears, under the guidance of his biologist Jason Roberts, the polar expertise of the Antarctic region and Svalbard near Norwegian archipelago of the Arctic Ocean.

The series was controversial for its use of a perspex box, from within which Buchanan filmed polar bears up close. It was reported that Roberts was notified by Norwegian authorities that he could be fined for "disturbing" the bears.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Nick (18 March 2013). "Frozen Planet documentary maker in trouble for 'disturbing' Norway's polar bears". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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