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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Gauntlet

    • September 22, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    In Churchill's post bear attack, Dennis races to get a VIP client to polar bears before Conservation scoops them up, while Kelsey wrestles to protect an overzealous photographer from an unpredictable cub with very protective mother.

  • S01E02 Bear Insecurity

    • October 6, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Dennis mentors a nervous polar bear guide upstart through the bear essentials, while Brian reaches across the globe for much needed bear security for his roadside attraction.

  • S01E03 Someone to Watch Over Me

    • October 13, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Kelsey puts his life in the hands of a newbie polar bear guide in order to contribute to an important polar bear ID project, while Dennis comes to the rescue as Brian’s bear security recruit gets schooled.

  • S01E04 Up the Creek

    • October 20, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Dennis guides a wildlife photographer to the remote promised land of polar bears but their photography mission shifts to a rescue mission when they find the tracks of an orphaned cub.

  • S01E05 Therapy/Lost in Translation

    • October 27, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Kelsey and Karine guide a polar bear attack survivor through a dangerous but therapeutic bear encounter, while Brian’s roadside bear attraction transforms into a perilous circus with the arrival of a surreal Japanese film crew.

  • S01E06 Trick or Trap

    • November 3, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    The entire town rallies a citizen patrol to keep the town safe for trick-or-treaters, while Dennis struggles to keep bears from falling victim to the high alert witch hunt.

  • S01E07 Bears in the Air

    • November 10, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Kelsey rides along on an airlift to release the Halloween-jailed mother and cub. Dennis mounts a snowmobile expedition to a train wreck site where its spilled cargo of grain is attracting throngs of hungry bears.

  • S01E08 Feast or Famine

    • November 17, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Brain hosts an open house at his roadside polar bear attraction to solicit some much needed financial support to feed his Eskimo Dog brood, under the watchful eye of Conservation,

  • S01E09 Wolves at the Door

    • November 24, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    After a vicious wolf attack, Brian races to relocate his Eskimo Dog pack to safer ground. Dennis guides a band of underdressed Floridian musicians to an epic snowy adventure through polar bear alley.

  • S01E10 The Perfect Storm

    • December 1, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Dennis and his client race into the eye of a storm that’s threatening to freeze the bay and send the polar bears packing. Kelsey and his client witness an aggressive male bear stalking a mother and cubs.

  • S01E11 The Last Dance

    • December 8, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    As the Hudson Bay freezes and Churchill’s polar bears ready for their mass exodus, Dennis enlists Kelsey and bush pilot pal Al, to search for Dancer – the polar bear that inspired 20 years of Dennis’s guiding career.

  • S01E12 Quest for the Cubs

    • December 15, 2015
    • Smithsonian Channel

    To bolster his business, Dennis plots an epic expedition over impassable tundra to an undiscovered denning site. At an exclusive denning lodge, Kelsey witnesses the rare first steps of newborn cubs emerging from their den.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Bears vs. Belugas

    • November 22, 2017
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Welcome to summer in Churchill, where polar bears and beluga whales share the stage in one unique wildlife season.

  • S02E02 The Search for Big Bear

    • November 29, 2017
    • Smithsonian Channel

  • S02E03 The Big Exodus

    • December 6, 2017
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Summer is coming to an end in Polar Bear Town, and belugas whales are on the move. Now, only the locals and polar bears remain, and there's plenty to do before the onset of fall. Dennis and Andrew are on a treacherous journey to find an uninhabited island where bears and belugas are rumored to be found in abundance. Kelsey and Karine fly to a remote camp on the hunt for bears that have little human contact. Travelling to a remote lodge on the fringes of Hudson Bay to observe these wild bears in their native habitat, they have to be ready for anything when they come face-to-face with a group of these dangerously unpredictable bears, miles from any help. Renowned polar bear scientist Robert Rockwell ventures deep into the heart of polar bear country in search of bear DNA while conservation officers release Big Bear from polar bear jail and helicopter him back into the wild. Finally, as the days grow shorter, a local couple takes to the high seas in hopes of incorporating bears and belugas into their unique wedding ceremony.