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FILMMAKER’S FOUR-YEAR OBSESSION WITH POLAR BEAR MOTHER REVEALS INTIMACY AND EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ SPECIAL MY JOURNEY WITH A POLAR BEAR

PREMIERES ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 AT 8PM ET/PT   With climate change at the forefront of the world’s natural crises, Smithsonian Channel takes you on a dramatic adventure that reveals an ever-changing Arctic. In MY JOURNEY WITH A POLAR BEAR, viewers will get an intimate look at one polar bear mother’s struggle to raise her cubs as her home melts away under her feet. Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad worked in the harshest of conditions to document the bear’s life over the course of four years, capturing her attempts to hunt and her interactions with other bears while experiencing unprece...