Season 1 (2014)

The New Everest
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December 1, 2014 • 43m

"The Polar Sea" begins in Reykjavik, Iceland with Richard Tegner, an ordinary Swedish man embarking on an extraordinary expedition...Read more

Sailing Ice
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December 2, 2014 • 43m

It is late July and the Northwest Passage is still choked with ice. In the small village of Ilulissat, Greenland, a motley collect...Read more

Legends of Food
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December 3, 2014 • 43m

The explorers cross Baffin Bay to the tiny Inuit village of Pond Inlet. The new accessibility of this region has brought an unprec...Read more

Wild Science
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December 4, 2014 • 43m

We depart coastal civilization for Lancaster Sound, a wilderness teeming with whales, birds and bears which is now being swarmed b...Read more

Arctic Exiles
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December 5, 2014 • 43m

Crossing the Northwest Passage remains an immense challenge despite the melting ice. Halfway through their journey, some explorers...Read more

Surviving Civilization
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December 8, 2014 • 43m

In the little coastal village of Gjoa Haven deep in the Northwest Passage, modern life - driven by Canada's ongoing efforts to dom...Read more

Arctic Crossroads
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December 9, 2014 • 43m

Late August finds our explorers at the halfway point of the Northwest Passage in Cambridge Bay, racing against the return of winte...Read more

Melting Land
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December 10, 2014 • 43m

Richard Tegner has hitched a new and luxurious ride and is sailing west along a melting coast. Climate change is turning the Arcti...Read more

Striking Oil
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December 11, 2014 • 43m

Entering Alaska, USA, the Northwest Passage transforms from wild terrain into an industrial corridor lined with oil rigs. As ice m...Read more

A Passage to the Future
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December 12, 2014 • 43m

Two months after they began their journey, our explorers finally exit the Bering Strait and complete the Northwest Passage, but no...Read more