About this season
A children's television series for three to five year olds that stars a collection of puppet characters who live in the Canadian North: Wumpa the walrus, Tiguak the polar bear, Seeka and Tuk the snow hares, and Zig and Zag, a pair of fun-loving snowmobiles. Wumpa the Walrus opens the episode with a concept and proceeds to tell a story concerning that concept. Each episode has a specific message or lesson within it.
Episodes (26)
1. The Bear Who Came to Dinner
Aired 4 September 2001 • 15 min
Tiguak becomes demanding after he injures himself.
2. The Longest Day
Aired 5 September 2001 • 15 min
What happens when Zag tries to stay up past his bedtime?
3. What's so Big About Being Big?
Aired 11 September 2001 • 15 min
Zag wishes to be bigger after being made to feel too small.
4. Birthday Unsurprise
Aired 12 September 2001 • 15 min
Zag causes trouble when he peeks at his birthday present early.
5. The Ant & the Polar Bear
Aired 18 September 2001 • 15 min
A snow storm comes to the North and Tiguak did not prepare for it.
6. Noizy Ziggy
Aired 22 September 2001 • 15 min
Zig gets a case of the hiccups.
7. This Way or That
Aired 26 September 2001 • 15 min
Zig gets lost after the snow man she built to help her find her way home gets ruined by Zag and the snow hares after they've played too rough with it.
8. Special Feeling
Aired 9 October 2001 • 15 min
Zig loses her hover hat.
9. Sleepytime
Aired 10 October 2001 • 15 min
It's that time of the year when it's continual daylight and Tiguak is having a terrible time sleeping so everyone tries to help.
10. Hot Enough for Ya?
Aired 16 October 2001 • 15 min
Zig and Zag learn about the chinook.
11. Be Good to Bears Day
Aired 16 October 2001 • 15 min
Tiguak convinces everyone that it's 'Be Good to Bears Day' so that he can get special treatment.
12. Blubbering for Blubber
Aired 17 October 2001 • 15 min
Wumpa has trouble keeping his fish once they're caught so Zig and Zag investigate the matter.
13. The Big Race
Aired 24 October 2001 • 15 min
Zag, Seeka, and Tuk have a race to find out who is the fastest.
14. The Bogeyman
Aired 30 October 2001 • 15 min
Wumpa and friends celebrate 'Snowyween' and Tiguak's snow sculpture frightens everyone.
15. Big Bellyache
Aired 31 October 2001 • 15 min
Tiguak gets a stomachache after eating his bag of maple fudge all at once.
16. Losing Your Hares
Aired 3 November 2001 • 15 min
Zag notices that Tuk and Seeka are missing, but it turns out that they are just on vacation in Prince Edward Island.
17. Bigfoot
Aired 3 November 2001 • 15 min
Zig and Zag find giant footprints in the snow and make a trip to the Tundra to investigate. It turns out that it is Tiguak's new boots that made the 'Big Foot' prints afterall.
18. The Snowlympics
Aired 7 November 2001 • 15 min
Wumpa and friends compete in the Snowlympics.
19. The Treasure
Aired 11 November 2001 • 15 min
Zag finds what he thinks to be a treasure so Zig goes on the hunt to try and find one too.
20. Miss Bossy Treads
Aired 13 November 2001 • 15 min
Zig tries to tell everyone else what to do.
21. Bedside Manners
Aired 14 November 2001 • 15 min
Zig gets a cold and everyone tries to help her get better.
22. The Night Marathon
Aired 17 November 2001 • 15 min
Wumpa's friends have a sleepover.
23. So You Want to be a Snow Hare?
Aired 20 November 2001 • 15 min
Zag and Tuk wish that they could be like each other instead of themselves.
24. Will You Play with Me?
Aired 21 November 2001 • 15 min
Tuk misses Seeka when she leaves to visit her penguin friends in the South Pole so everyone tries to cheer him up.
25. Man of Stone
Aired 28 November 2001 • 15 min
Zig and Zag learn what the Inukshuk means.
26. Bright Star Night
Aired 8 December 2001 • 15 min
Wumpa and friends celebrate Bright Star Night in tribute to the North Star.