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Voyageurs wolf pups to debut in new Disney series

Part of the six-episode “America the Beautiful” series filmed by the same team that produced Planet Earth

Marshall Helmberger
Posted 7/6/22

VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK— A media-savvy research project here is about to garner even more coverage of their ongoing wolf research thanks to an upcoming appearance on the Disney+ channel.Disney, …

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Voyageurs wolf pups to debut in new Disney series

Part of the six-episode “America the Beautiful” series filmed by the same team that produced Planet Earth

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VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK— A media-savvy research project here is about to garner even more coverage of their ongoing wolf research thanks to an upcoming appearance on the Disney+ channel.
Disney, working with Nat/Geo and the same award-winning team that created the landmark series Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, has created a new natural history series, “America the Beautiful,” that will journey through America’s visually spectacular regions, with a focus on iconic species of wildlife, including the gray wolves of northern Minnesota.
The Voyageurs research team, led by Tom Gables, from the University of Minnesota, has spent the past several years documenting the summer lives of more than a dozen packs of wolves that operate both in and near Voyageurs National Park in far northern St. Louis County.
They’ve positioned hundreds of trail cameras throughout their study area, which have collected vast amounts of video of wolves and the many other animals that call the area home. That video, in combination with GPS data from tracking collars, has given the researchers unique insights into the activities of gray wolves in summer, including time spent by both wolf pups and parents in and around their dens. The research team assisted the Disney/Nat Geo film crew as they visited the area to film wolf pups for one of the episodes. “We are incredibly pleased to be able to help the film crew capture stunning footage of the wolves of Voyageurs,” said lead researcher Tom Gables. “We look forward to seeing it when it comes out.”
The entire six-part series became available for streaming on July 4. Episode 5, titled Heartland, features the footage of the Voyageurs wolves.
You can see a brief trailer of the segment at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=559838319125355.