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Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 4: Canada

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. The Gwitchin tribe has hunted migrating caribou in the Arctic wilderness for thousands of years, but this tradition is now under threat from oil exploration.

Bruce then heads south to the tar sands of Alberta, home to the second largest oil reserves in the world, to discover how native people cope when the oil industry moves into their territory. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Rob Sullivan
Series Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

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