Quarterly Program Topic Report July 1-15, 2012 Category ... - WYES

estimated to be worth over $300 billion. Now, two foreign mining companies are proposing to
extract this mineral wealth by digging one of North America's largest open-pit mines, the
"Pebble Mine," at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the
fault lines of a growing battle between those who depend on this extraordinary fishery for a
living, the mining companies who are pushing for Pebble, and the political framework that will
ultimately decide the outcome.
Category:
Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters
NOLA: NAAT 002814
Series Title:
Nature | Bears of the Last Frontier
Episode Title: The Road North
Length:
Airdate:
60 minutes
7/18/2012 7:00:00 PM
O.B. Date: 5/15/2011
Service:
Format:
PBS
Documentary
Segment Length: 00:56:46
Bears are an ultimate icon of the wild, regarded as among the most successful wild animals on
the planet. Three of the eight bear species in the world--brown bears, black bears, and polar
bears--can be found in Alaska, one of North America’s last truly wild frontiers. Nature joins
adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motorcycle odyssey deep into
Alaska’s bear country to explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of these majestic
animals as they struggle to make a living in five dramatically diverse Alaskan ecosystems:
coastal, urban, mountain, tundra, and pack ice.
Category:
Environment/Nature/Natural Disasters
NOLA: NAAT 002815
Series Title:
Nature | Bears of the Last Frontier
Episode Title: Arctic Wanderers
Length:
60 minutes