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The Great Polar Bear Feast

Season 1 Episode 1 | 54m 40s

Every year, up to eighty polar bears gather on the frozen shores of Barter Island, near the village of Kaktovik, to feast on the hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains. This extraordinary gathering not only highly unusual, it turns dangerous as the whale bones are picked bare, and the huge group of polar bears heads for the town.

Aired: 06/21/16 | Expires: 01/03/24
Extras
Dr. Todd Atkins and his team from the U.S.G.S. track and study the bears.
The normally solitary bears must navigate a complex social scene as they gather to feed.
With no food left, the bears head towards Kaktovic to scavenge during the night.
The astonishing story of an annual gathering of 80 polar bears near a whaling village.