Undercurrent: Bear 148
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Undercurrent: Bear 148
Undercurrent is an investigative series from The Narwhal. In Season 1: Bear 148, host Molly Segal investigates the life and death of a beloved grizzly bear in Alberta’s Bow Valley. Was Bear 148 in the wrong? Or were we? Either way, it was the bear that ended up dead.
Recent Episodes
7 episodes
Episode 6: Bear scare
For more than half a century people have been told to stay away from bears, that bears are inherently dangerous and to be avoided or killed. Can we ov...
Episode 5: Why did the grizzly cross the road?
Highways, camp sites, park trails, train tracks, power lines — these man-made features fragment grizzly habitat in all sorts of ways and yet we expect...
Episode 4: Invisible borders
The borders we create are invisible to grizzly bears. But crossing those invisible borders, and stepping into a new set of rules, turned out to have d...
Episode 3: Human footprint
Rumours and conspiracy theories swirl around the decision to move Bear 148 out of her home range, leading to her death just two months later. But thos...
Episode 2: Outcry
From her habit of snacking on goose eggs at a nearby lake, to cautiously navigating throngs of camera-wielding tourists, Bear 148 was well known and w...
Episode 1: A perfect neighbour
Many people called Bear 148 the perfect neighbour because she wasn't afraid of people. So how did she end up being shot by a hunter far from her home?
Trailer: Bear 148
Was Bear 148 in the wrong? Or were we? Either way, it was the bear that ended up dead