Polar Bear Roams the Streets of London

The streets of London are filled with some interesting characters but no one was prepared to see an 8 foot curious polar bear ambling along. The stunt is part of a promotion for Sky Atlantic’s new British TV crime drama “Fortitude” where a small Norwegian town is plagued by a murder and outnumbered by polar bears. The mammoth replica took four fabricators four weeks to make while puppeteers Derek Arnold and Tom Wilton bring the bear to life.

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