Polar Bear Tries to Eat Photographer.... To No Avail

Cameraman Gordon Buchanan endured 45-minute attack from hungry female bear who wanted to feed her cubs.

'I've never been terrified 

for 40 minutes 

before' ~ Buchanan

This is the terrifying moment a wildlife cameraman comes face-to-face with a deadly 1,000lb polar bear looking for its next meal. The hungry eight-foot predator repeatedly attacks the safety perspex box - the on-ice equivalent of a shark cage - housing helpless Gordon Buchanan like a tasty human piñata.
[via daily mail uk]



This is the moment that wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan came face to face with a hungry polar bear in Svalbard, in the northern-most region of Arctic Norway, for his three-part BBC series The Polar Bear Family and Me


"fee fie foe fum, I smell the blood of a Scotsman." ~ P. Bear.







'Without a doubt, she wanted me for lunch': Gordon Buchanan's reinforced perspex pod protected him

The female bear, with its powerful paws and giant teeth, was trying to get hold of the 40-year-old so she could feed herself and her two young cubs.

Mr Buchanan, who has filmed the world’s deadliest creatures for 20-years, described the ordeal as his scariest ever experience.

He said: 'A lot of people think that carnivores are intrinsically dangerous but most aren’t - there’s a minimal risk and attacks are the exception. 'But polar bears are different, without a doubt she wanted me for lunch. She was so persistent, looking for a weak spot for almost 45 minutes.

'I was terrified and you could hear my heartbeat on the mic. It really was a sensational moment and a worrying situation.

'It shows how enormous and powerful they are.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257088/Starving-polar-bear-attacks-BBC-cameraman-pod-Arctic-Norway.html#ixzz2H2SduBrp 





Incredible footage shows the photographer just a perspex cage away from polar bear's attack.