Sunday, June 24, 2007

Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe

Beautiful program, this week about grizzly bears on Katmai Coast of Alaska.

Note the moving collage of dramatic still shots and video cam work, with music that incorporates animal and bird cries.

You get to enjoy majestic nature without enduring the cold, bug bites and
other discomforts.

http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=16461

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