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Nature, Episode 2, Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North
produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, b...
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produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
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Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, bears frequently raid garbage bins and birdfeeders for easy snacks. But these behaviors are less than ideal for bears and residents alik...
Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, bears frequently raid garbage bins and birdfeeders for easy snacks. But these behaviors are less than ideal for bears and residents alike. Morgan heads north out of Anchorage to Denali National Park, where the mountains loom over treeless plains and bears get by on a diet of thousands of berries a day. The grizzlies share the enormous park with foxes, wolves and moose — and with one intrepid bear biologist and his team. Morgan continues his journey north on a bone-shaking, 610-mile motorcycle journey from Denali to Prudhoe Bay along the only Alaskan highway to reach the Arctic. Prudhoe Bay, a once pristine area at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, has been changed forever by the oil industry.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bill Murphy, fl. 2002, Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Nature
Speaker / Narrator
Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
Behavior, Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Ecosystems, Climate change, Bears
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Place Discussed
Alaska
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Nature, Episode 3, Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic wanderers
produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik. It’s early November and winter is coming on. But each year, the polar bears struggle for extended periods on dwindling fat reserves, waiting for the opportunity to hunt on sea ice that takes longer to freeze. In early spring,...
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produced by Bill Murphy, fl. 2002 and Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Nature, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 53 mins
Description
Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik. It’s early November and winter is coming on. But each year, the polar bears struggle for extended periods on dwindling fat reserves, waiting for the opportunity to hunt on sea ice that takes longer to freeze. In early spring, Morgan joins local hunters in Barrow, the northernmost city in Alaska, as they go out on their own hunts, facing some of the same chal...
Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik. It’s early November and winter is coming on. But each year, the polar bears struggle for extended periods on dwindling fat reserves, waiting for the opportunity to hunt on sea ice that takes longer to freeze. In early spring, Morgan joins local hunters in Barrow, the northernmost city in Alaska, as they go out on their own hunts, facing some of the same challenges as the bears. In late spring, Morgan travels to the North Slope of the Brooks Range, where countless thousands of caribou cover the ground for miles. The grizzlies are waiting for them, as they have for thousands of years.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bill Murphy, fl. 2002, Joe Pontecorvo, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Nature
Speaker / Narrator
Chris Morgan, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
Wildlife conservation, Ecosystems, Climate change, Bears
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Place Discussed
Alaska
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Land of the Eagle, Episode 7, The First and Last Frontier
produced by Paul Reddish, fl. 1986, British Broadcasting Corporation and WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Land of the Eagle, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990), 58 mins
The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instruments, contemp...
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produced by Paul Reddish, fl. 1986, British Broadcasting Corporation and WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in Land of the Eagle, Episode 7 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990), 58 mins
Description
The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instruments, contemporary Indians voicing the words of their ancestors, and magnificent wildlife filming, revealing the shifting balance between man and na...
The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instruments, contemporary Indians voicing the words of their ancestors, and magnificent wildlife filming, revealing the shifting balance between man and nature.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul Reddish, fl. 1986, British Broadcasting Corporation, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, Alan Ereira, fl. 1965
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Land of the Eagle
Speaker / Narrator
Alan Ereira, fl. 1965
Topic / Theme
Marine life, American Indians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 BBC Worldwide
Place Discussed
Alaska
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