Photos of Starving Polar Bear Attacks BBC Cameraman in Pod in Arctic Norway

Cameraman Gordon Buchanan endured 45-minute attack from hungry female bear who wanted to feed her cubs. BBC man says he was the most frightened he's ever been - and the microphone picked up noise of his heart racing.

This is the terrifying moment a wildlife cameraman comes face-to-face with a deadly 1,000lb polar bear looking for its next meal. The hungry eight-foot predator repeatedly attacks the safety perspex box - the on-ice equivalent of a shark cage - housing helpless Gordon Buchanan. Filmmaker Mr Buchanan shows nerves of steel as he endures the lethal polar bear’s 40-minute sustained assault as it desperately hunts for a weak spot in his protective pod.

(via Mail Online)