The Polar Sea

Season 12014

The Polar Sea is a 10 part television series that follows an incredible amateur expedition through the fabled Northwest Passage during a summer of revolutionary change in the Arctic.

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10 Episodes

E01 The New Everest

"The Polar Sea" begins in Reykjavik, Iceland with Richard Tegner, an ordinary Swedish man embarking on an extraordinary expedition to cross the Northwest Passage with his friends.

December 1, 2014

E02 Sailing Ice

It is late July and the Northwest Passage is still choked with ice. In the small village of Ilulissat, Greenland, a motley collection of Arctic voyagers assembles to prepare for their expeditions while they wait for the sea to melt.

December 2, 2014

E03 Legends of Food

The explorers cross Baffin Bay to the tiny Inuit village of Pond Inlet. The new accessibility of this region has brought an unprecedented wave of tourists to Pond. For residents this is one of the many mixed blessings of climate change.

December 3, 2014

E04 Wild Science

We depart coastal civilization for Lancaster Sound, a wilderness teeming with whales, birds and bears which is now being swarmed by scientists racing to understand the biological effects of climate change.

December 4, 2014

E05 Arctic Exiles

Crossing the Northwest Passage remains an immense challenge despite the melting ice. Halfway through their journey, some explorers break down and fall back, leaving others exiled.

December 5, 2014

E06 Surviving Civilization

In the little coastal village of Gjoa Haven deep in the Northwest Passage, modern life - driven by Canada's ongoing efforts to dominate this territory - has led to very mixed results.

December 8, 2014

E07 Arctic Crossroads

Late August finds our explorers at the halfway point of the Northwest Passage in Cambridge Bay, racing against the return of winter. Undiscovered until the 20th century, this is an ancient crossing place where surreal contrasts abound.

December 9, 2014

E08 Melting Land

Richard Tegner has hitched a new and luxurious ride and is sailing west along a melting coast. Climate change is turning the Arctic green and the consequences are as complex as they are frightening.

December 10, 2014

E09 Striking Oil

Entering Alaska, USA, the Northwest Passage transforms from wild terrain into an industrial corridor lined with oil rigs. As ice melts, newly revealed oil and minerals create a bitter divide between petrol politics and reality.

December 11, 2014

E10 A Passage to the Future

Two months after they began their journey, our explorers finally exit the Bering Strait and complete the Northwest Passage, but not before passing one last astonishing impact of climate change: an entire community sinking into the sea.

December 12, 2014

The Polar Sea

E01 The New Everest

E02 Sailing Ice

E03 Legends of Food

E04 Wild Science

E05 Arctic Exiles

E06 Surviving Civilization

E07 Arctic Crossroads

E08 Melting Land

E09 Striking Oil

E10 A Passage to the Future

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Tagesschau

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Jesse James: Outlaw Garage

Gloria

Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks

Major Crimes

American Dad!

Gullah Gullah Island

Kanıt

袁游

沃福早教创意绘画

Kashf

Samurai Banners

Postcards from Buster

Evil Online

How Dare You!?

Doubles - Futari no Keiji

Lilyhammer

E01 The New Everest

E02 Sailing Ice

E03 Legends of Food

E04 Wild Science

E05 Arctic Exiles

E06 Surviving Civilization

E07 Arctic Crossroads

E08 Melting Land

E09 Striking Oil

E10 A Passage to the Future