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Learning the Bear Necessities of Life

Season 1 Episode 2 | 3m 01s

In the forests of Finland during early spring, a mother brown bear has emerged from hibernation with her cubs. She starts to teach them some important life lessons, such as how to climb trees away from danger. Climbing up the towering pine trees seems to be easy enough, but it is harder to get back down.

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Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
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Meet Laugakönguló, Iceland's tiny pool spider thriving in hot springs during winter.
Two muskox clash in a brutal fight for dominance and the protection of their herd.
A male polar bear's pursuit of love in the frozen Arctic wilderness.
A male brown bear is interrupted from feasting on a reindeer carcass by a pack of wolves.
The sounds generated by skating over black ice are out of this world.
Margret Fjellström and her reindeer depend on dwindling lichen-rich forests for survival.
Male black grouse fight it out over mating rights at a lek in Norway.
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Lynx, wolf and reindeer survive through surprising alliances in the Scandinavian forest.
The Scandinavian coast is a place of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes.