Life in Polar Bear Town

Imagine having to dodge polar bears when you're just trying to do your job...

Imagine having to dodge polar bears when you’re just trying to do your job.

That's the reality for the refuse collectors of Churchill, Manitoba, a tiny Canadian town whose locals have to live alongside polar bears for two months every year when the animals pass through to hunt.

Wildlife cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan finds out what that's like in this one-off documentary.