Chris Kratt

OF “WILD ALASKA LIVE”

As the three-part “Wild Alaska Live” wraps up, how has it been to be reliant on the showcased animals to do things within the time frame of a live broadcast?

One of the things that we’ve learned with all of our productions is that you follow the lead of the animals. We adjust to what the animals are doing, and that is what this production is all about. We take viewers to where the action is when it happens.

As with any adventure, you might get there just in time. You’re just trying to keep up with the animals, and that’s one of the exciting things about this. We’ve got a whole team of experts, so we know where to be and when to be there, and we’re going to do our best.

You’ve brought together two major television entities, PBS and England’s BBC, on “Wild Alaska Live.” How complex, or not, a process was that?

Both are experts at this type of wildlife documentary, and it’s really been a pleasure to work with them. It’s their collaboration that brought this project together, so I couldn’t think of two better partners to be doing something like this. It’s a big undertaking.

Why is now the optimal time to do “Wild Alaska Live”?

This is an amazing summertime “moment” for wildlife in Alaska. The summer represents a window of time where there’s an amazing amount of activity among them. Summer brings with it a certain bounty, and it’s also a short amount of time when these animals can get done what they need to survive.

They can raise their young, they can build their homes, and they can take advantage of nature’s bounty to get stronger and healthier for the long winter months ahead. That’s one of the things we’re really focusing on, this “summer feast” or real uptick in activity.