On the edge of a lush forest in Coastal Siberia, a hunter is on the prowl. Terney, A small town in Far East Russia. This is no longer a place of exile, but today's Siberians must eke out a hard living, trapping, fishing, and logging. They live on one of the last frontiers - surrounded by a vast and largely untamed wilderness. And still, out there somewhere, a legend lives. A creature of fearful power and stunning beauty. It is the biggest cat on earth... the Siberian tiger. Today wildlife biologists seek to study the tiger and perhaps to save it. About three hundred Siberian tigers survive in the wild. And they are perilously close to extinction. These Russian and American scientists must get close to one of the most dangerous animals in the world. But while some seek the elusive tigers in the wild... one Russian scientist is studying them in captivity: mating and hunting.

Made for Siberia, this splendid cat can sprint across the snows at fifty miles an hour. Magnificent. Mysterious. Highly dangerous and highly endangered. This is the great Siberian - The Tiger of the Snow. A vast stretch of forest blankets Russia with a fourth of the world's timber reserves. Until recently the Siberian Tiger thrived here in secure isolation. Under the strict dictates of the old Soviet system, the tiger was protected.