A photo from open sources
Scottish photographer Gordon Buchanan (Gordon Buchanan) and his BBC Earth TV channel colleagues shot amazing footage at Svalbard polar archipelago – in a natural habitat polar bears.
In order to study the life of these huge predators of the Arctic Circle BBC Earth and went to the area. Since shooting white bears are not entirely safe (to put it mildly), then in snow-white Several transparent containers are set in the desert. In one of them to Gordon, in time to notice a bear approaching him, and managed to take cover and escape (see the video itself below).
It’s to be saved, because, apparently, a hungry bear, smelling the “game”, for some time trying to penetrate the container and get to it. When she realizes that it’s useless, then just loses interest in the container and is removed back home.
But this story turned out to be a rather extraordinary continuation. Since the video became viral, the leadership saw it too. Svalbard archipelago. And soon the BBC Earth television company receives a notification of a fine of 6 thousand British pounds, appointed by the vice governor of Svalbard for being TV reporters disturb the peace of polar bears, provoking this incident. IN case of greater persistence on the part of the she-bear, it is quite possible a real threat to life would be created for man, and then the animal, without no doubt it would have been shot by television men.
Such an official statement was met with indignation TV channel employees who did not agree with these far-fetched accusations. As Jason Roberts (Jason Roberts) stated – co-producer of filming data, he has been studying for 22 years polar bears in their natural environment, needless to say, using special equipment, in particular transparent security containers. And yet they never scared predators and all the more, they did not cause the death of people or animals.
Wildlife television and filming, Roberts emphasized. always carried out by professionals who, despite even the tasks set show some tragic moments, not cause the same bears no harm, not even the slightest. This is very clearly illustrated by, say, the feature film “The Bear” directed by Jean-Jacques Annot, although there are some points (see below) they simply amaze with their drama. And yet none the animal while shooting this amazing picture is not suffered …
Time bears
