Polar bears filmed with spy cameras on skis, WOW!

Just watched a very interesting (really amazing!) segment on 60 Minutes, about polar bears being filmed in the Arctic at close range (sometimes under 1 ft, or even touching) with remote-controlled spy cameras. This includes cameras disguised as snowballs, snow drifts, icebergs, and one mounted on skis with electric motors that quietly propel it to 40 mph:







It's the work of John Downer, a British filmmaker ( www.jdp.co.uk/ ). The full program produced by BBC is called Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice, and it will air in the US on March 10 at 10pm on Animal Planet (channel 43 in Seattle, Comcast): press.discovery.com/us/apl/programs/polar-bear-spy-on-the-ice/

Here's the 60 Minutes video segment (14 minutes, plus ads): A rare view of polar bears - 60 Minutes - CBS News

Links to several extra video clips related to the 60 Minutes segment: Spy cams and the secret world of polar bears - 60 Minutes - CBS News

The original BBC site, with good info about the cameras: BBC One Programmes - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

Apparently, the bears think the cameras are toys to play with and break: YouTube - Polar bears smash the spy cams
More YouTube videos: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pol...+Spy+On+The+Ice&aq=f

The elephant cam and the dung heap cam weren't bad either . . .

My personal favorite polar bear footage, courtesy Børge Ousland, (mad, mad tough Norwegian polarnaut).

The full program Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice premieres in the US tonight at 10pm on Animal Planet (channel 43 in Seattle, Comcast):
press.discovery.com/us/apl/programs/polar-bear-spy-on-the-ice/