Canada

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Episode 4 of 5

Duration: 59 minutes

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. The Gwitchin tribe has hunted migrating caribou in the Arctic wilderness for thousands of years, but this tradition is now under threat from oil exploration.

Bruce then heads south to the tar sands of Alberta, home to the second largest oil reserves in the world, to discover how native people cope when the oil industry moves into their territory.

  • Bruce Parry at Bluefish Hunting Camp, near Old Crow

    Bruce Parry at Bluefish Hunting Camp, near Old Crow

  • Bruce with Gwitchin hunters Robert Kay and Peter Frost waiting for caribou near Old Crow

    Bruce with Gwitchin hunters Robert Kay and Peter Frost waiting for caribou near Old Crow

  • Bruce with Chief Jim Boucher, Fort Mackay First Nation

    Bruce with Chief Jim Boucher, Fort Mackay First Nation

  • Bruce on Tarsands site

    Bruce on Tarsands site

  • Bruce with Gwitchin Hunter Peter Frost after killing caribou

    Bruce with Gwitchin Hunter Peter Frost after killing caribou

Credits

Series Producer
James Smith
Presenter
Bruce Parry
Director
Rob Sullivan
Executive Producer
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer
Sam Organ

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