Moksgm’ol – The Quest for the Spirit Bear | Go Wild

A forest that lives off fish, a white bear that is not a polar bear, and wolves that feed off the ocean… Canada’s Great Bear Rain Forest is a strange and pristine world, a land that time almost forgot. The awe-inspiring northern coastline of British Columbia with its great fjords that rival those in Norway, is the habitat of numerous species and the scene for the amazing co-existence of wolves, ravens, salmon, bears and a mystical rainforest, whose lives are intricately intertwined… This picturesque part of the earth is a complexly interwoven ecosystem, which scientists have yet to fully understand. But its astounding biological productivity and the adjoining waters have helped the conservation of a true miracle in this incomparable, temperate rain forest: The Spirit Bear. Legend has it that Raven - the creator, gave white fur to one out of ten black bears, as a memento of the time when the earth was still covered with ice more than 10, 000 years ago. To the native Tsimshian of the Gitga’at community the Moksgm’ol, or the Spirit Bear, symbolizes the spirit of the rain forest. Their dances and stories will guide us on our quest for the mysterious white bear. The best way to explore and discover the full dimension of the Great Bear Rain Forest is by boat. This is what a group of scientists and experts decide to do. Marven Robinson, one of the local pathfinders from the Gitga’at community has spent all his life here and knows the area around the islands by heart. He knows the secret places of Spirit Bears so he decides to walk. We follow both, the group and Marven, to gain exclusive insight from the inside and the outside. With the aid of high-speed technology, underwater cameras and a polecam, we take the viewer on a journey to the mysterious world of the Spirit Bear, from a variety of different perspectives.