Here are a few clips I put together showing life in camp during the filming of The Great Bear Stakeout. Hopefully the film will help show the world how special brown bears are, and encourage their conservation. Threats to their habitat loom throughout their range. In my opinion, the greatest threat to these bears is the proposed Pebble Mine. This mine would be catastrophic to the bears of the Alaska Peninsula. Bears are easy to fall in love with, and when we decide to conserve bears, we must conserve giant, intact ecosystems. To me, the words Grizzly and wilderness are synonymous.
Here is an amazing clip that I filmed with a GoPro camera that I strapped to a rock with a rubber band! The first bear to appear is an older mother, and the second is her 3 year old cub. The bear only gently mouthed the camera, and didnt even put a dent in it! Obviously the card was fine, and I actually used the camera many more times. I filmed this clip while I guiding a Natural Habitat Trip, but the BBC used it in the show. Anyway, check it out!!!
Here is a tour of our camp, and some explanation of how we stayed safe with the bears.
Last September was very stormy. Here is some footage during the worst storm of the season.
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Hi Brad,
I’m a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia.
I’d like to speak to you over the phone today if possible, to have a chat about your Go Pro footage of the bear trying to eat your camera.
What’s the best number to contact you on?
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Amanda Hoh
hey, sure, my number is 001-907-299-3732
Hi Brad,
I’m a writer with Alaska Dispatch. Are you around on Sunday to speak about your videos? I’d love to write an article about your work.
Thanks!
Laurel
oh, i missed this sorry, i already tried to email ben anderson
ill be around monday, tomorrow.
bradjosephs@hotmail.com
9072993732
Hi Brad!
We (me, my husband Paolo and my son Francesco) were your guests on the Kittiwake boat in 2009.
Your news arrived also in Italy! Many congratulations for the very nice clip of the young bear eating your GoPro that I saw on the website of the most popular italian newspaper.
It must has been an exciting adventure! And I see on your blog lots of other wonderful ideas for beautiful trips.
Again congratulations and wishes
Maria Giovanna
Going to follow your page now!
This reminded me of a much less scary encounter I had with a baby fox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKE3m2IMdiY
In the end the foxes stole my camera. That was the scariest part.
Hi,
we are an Italian publishing company specialized in the dogs field, we have among our main titles, books and DVD videos on the training and education of dogs.
We are now working on a DVD video about puppies (growth phases, development and education) and we’d like to include some wolves photos (or even better video clips) particularly of: wolf’s cubs (few weeks old) in the den, cubs at an early exit from the den and then cubs around four months old, romping with the pack, to compare with analogue situations with dogs.
During our research for this kind of footage, we’ve found on YouTube some of your videos and we’d like to know if it’s possible to use some parts of them (if you can provide us with the original clips for better quality) or if you have some more.
The duration of the edited clip with wolves will not be longer than 10 seconds and the final destination of our video we’ll be just for personal/educational use, not for TV broadcast or else.
Is it possible to get in touch with you by phone for terms and conditions?
With many thanks, we look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards.
Erica
Hi Brad,
I just discovered your Instagram and I wanted to say thank you for your effort to stop the Pebble Mine.
Your tours and pictures look so incredibly amazing. I hope one day I will be able to join one.
All the best from Germany,
Sabrina (vancouverising on IG)