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Nature | Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers - Preview | PBS

Duration: 00:31
Program: Nature #2813
Broadcast Date: May. 22, 2011

Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska to observe polar bears in early November. In spring, Morgan travels to the North Slope of the Brooks Range, where grizzlies await the roaming caribou.

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