

The Great Polar Bear Feast
2015-12-05 · 55 min · ★ 6.0
"The Great Polar Bear Feast" is the astonishing story of an annual natural phenomenon that occurs in early September on the north slope of the Arctic. Every year, up to 80 polar bears gather on the frozen shores of Barter Island, near the village of Kaktovik, to feast on the hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains.
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- Nick Clarke Powell
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- Renegade Pictures
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- United Kingdom
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