From bears to sandpipers, The Wild Canadian Year crew captures never-before filmed behaviours.

Watching a polar bear leap off a rock and catch a beluga whale in the sea.

On the western coast of Hudson Bay, Jeff Turner and his team captured a hunting behaviour in a filmmaking first. “We had heard stories that this was happening, and read about it in a blog, but until we saw with our own eyes — and captured it on camera — we were doubtful.” It’s a behaviour that isn’t known to science.

Hudson’s Bay was a spectacular place to film. Beyond recording that incredible hunt, the team saw thousands of beluga whales, watched two huge 500-kilo polar bears wrestling, and saw the most beautiful sunset ever.

Watching a grizzly bear family on top of a high mountain ridge in a remote part of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.

“When I saw that bear family my heart just leapt, because the odds of seeing one bear was low — so seeing four individuals was like winning the lottery.” Jeff Turner was filming out of a helicopter, and the landscape he was flying over was majestic with towering Rocky Mountain peaks all around.

It was springtime and a mother bear and her two yearling cubs were just emerging from the den. A young male bear was following them. The mother bear was interested in him as a romantic prospect, but he didn’t know what to do.

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Watching peregrine falcons hunt sandpipers in the Bay of Fundy.

Peregrines are the fastest birds on the planet, so filming them is a huge challenge. “You have to find them, get them in the frame, and hold focus - all while they are flying at speeds up to 320 kilometres an hour,” says Jeff Turner.

Impressive predators, they can snatch a bird in mid flight with incredible dexterity and precision. The sandpipers would try to evade the peregrines by shifting and turning in the air in unison — almost like an aerial ballet.

