March 01, 2021 - 6:07 AM
Filming a polar bear just inches from its nose, close enough to see its breath fog up the lens, was a career highlight for Jeff Thrasher.
The CBC producer is part of the team behind Arctic Vets, a new show that follows the day-to-day operations at Assiniboine Park Conservancy in Winnipeg. It was breathing warm air onto the lens. I was thinking, Wow, there s nothing between me and this polar bear, Thrasher said, who filmed the shot using a GoPro camera up in Churchill, Man.
The show is also the first time cameras have been allowed in the Winnipeg facility, which houses Arctic animals like seals, polar bears and muskox.
CBC s Arctic Vets brings viewers up close with polar bears, seals and muskox
Andrew Szklaruk (left) and Dr. Chris Enright release a polar bear back safely into the wild away from the town, about 70 kilometres away from Churchill, Man. at the North Knife River delta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CBC MANDATORY CREDIT February 25, 2021 - 10:45 AM
Filming a polar bear just inches from its nose, close enough to see its breath fog up the lens, was a career highlight for Jeff Thrasher.
The CBC producer is part of the team behind Arctic Vets, a new show that follows the day-to-day operations at Assiniboine Park Conservancy in Winnipeg.