Polar scare: Watch the terrifying moment wildlife filmmaker came face-to-face with hungry 36-stone polar bear

The eight-foot predator spent 40 minutes attacking a protective perspex ice cube Gordon Buchanan stood inside while shooting dramatic footage for a TV mini series.

This is the terrifying moment a wildlife film-maker almost became lunch for a ravenous polar bear.

Wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan comes face-to-face with a hungry 36-stone polar bear looking for a meal.

The eight-foot predator spent 40 minutes attacking a protective perspex ice cube Gordon stood inside while shooting dramatic footage for a TV mini series.

The adult female bear was hunting for food for herself and two young cubs.

Gordon, aged 40, admitted he had never been so afraid during 20 years filming the world’s deadliest creatures.

He spent a year following the family of polar bears - dubbed mum Lyra and cubs Miki and Luca.

Gordon risked long journeys across ice in plunging temperatures and battling violent storms before the mother bear confronted him in Svalbard in the Arctic region of Norway.