Follow the separate journeys of two captive polar bears, as they travel from their northern hemisphere homes to Sea World, on the Gold Coast of Australia.
The transfers were long and difficult and not without setbacks. This film charts the highs and lows, first meeting Kanook in Tucson, Ping Ping in Beijing, and staying with them as they get to know each other and their new home. For their new keepers it’s an exciting challenge. For their long-time carers, a sad goodbye. For animal lovers around the world, a chance to meet these two very special Polar Bears face to face.
Drawing upon years of experience in the care and exhibition of marine mammals, Sea World took on their most ambitious project when they set out to create a living virtual reality for one of the natural world’s most majestic and dangerous predators.
By using movie special effects and the most up to date zoo technology, Sea World recreated the arctic summer at Polar Bear Shores, and set a new benchmark for the captive care of polar bears.Read more
Twin polar bear cubs Lia and Lutik, born and bred in St. Petersburg zoo, are about to be moved to the opposite end of the earth: from snowy Russia, to Sea World on Australia’s sunny Gold Coast.
Although Polar Bears are native to Russia, there’s
no room for them to grow up in their home at the Leningradsky Zoopark. Sea World has already shown that polar bears can thrive in the virtual climate created at Polar Bear Shores. But these are thought to be the youngest cubs ever to travel such a vast distance.Read more
Life at the Edge is the story of the survival strategies of two remarkable polar animals: polar bears in the Arctic and emperor penguins in the Antarctic. Read more
