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Polar Bear Romance

Season 1 Episode 3 | 2m 56s

As spring arrives in the Arctic, a male polar bear's attention turns to finding a mate. With the vast frozen landscape providing little in the way of clues, he must use his highly sensitive sense of smell to track down the faint scent of a female. But winning her over won't be easy.

Extras
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Scandinavia’s northern extremes have been shaped by the elemental forces of fire and ice.
Glaciologist Heidi Sevestre studies timelapse footage of a surging glacier.
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 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.
Lynx, wolf and reindeer survive through surprising alliances in the Scandinavian forest.
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.