With predictions of polar bears being extinct in 50 years, On
Thin Ice follows bears as they emerge from their dens and
navigate their rapidly changing environment. On Thin Ice shows
how the frozen expanses of the Arctic are shrinking at an
unprecedented rate, with the very survival of the polar bear
literally on thin ice. Over the last year, producer/presenter
Greg Grainger has mounted a series of expeditions across the
Arctic to document the plight of the polar bear. * Researcher
Nick Lunn tranquillises polar bears from his helicopter,
cataloguing the diminishing health of the Western Hudson Bay
bear population and finding the remains of a bear thought to
have died from starvation. * Close and wild encounters with
rangers from the Polar Bear Alert team as they chase bears out
of the township of Churchill, built in the middle of the bears’
migration route. Follow one family of bears that have to be
darted after they attempt to break into a building food for
food, while another bold bear becomes trapped insid