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 covertdevices on amission to explore the Arctic islands of Svalbard inNorway. Backed up bySnowcam and Driftcam, these state-of-the-artcamouflaged cameras revealthe extraordinary curiosity and intelligenceof the polar bear.
Thecameras are just a breath away when two sets of cubs emerge fromwintermaternity dens. They also capture the moment when the sea-icebreaks awayfrom the island in the spring. As one set of mother and cubsjourneyacross the drifting ice in search of seals, the other ismarooned on theisland with very little food. How they cope with theirdifferent fates iscaptured in revelatory close-up detail.
The cameras also followthe bears as they hunt seals, raid birdcolonies, dive for kelp andindulge in entertaining courtship rituals.Icebergcam even discoverstheir little-known social nature as sevenbears share a washed-up whalecarcass.
Often just a paw's swipe from the play-fighting andsquabbling bears,the spy cameras face their most challenging subjectyet. When theircurious subjects discover the cameras, they are subjectedto somecomical-but-destructive encounters.
As the film capturesits intimate portrait of polar bears' lives, itreveals how theirintelligence and curiosity help them cope in a worldof shrinking ice.
发表于 2026-3-14 01:51:56
