Gordon Pinsent
The Polar Sea (2014)
Season 1
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.
Released Dec. 1, 2014
Episode 43 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Production Companies: Primitive Entertainment
Network: TVOntario
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Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Dec. 1, 2014, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Dec. 2, 2014, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Dec. 3, 2014, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
Dec. 4, 2014, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Dec. 5, 2014, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Dec. 8, 2014, midnight
S1E7 - 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.
Dec. 9, 2014, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Dec. 10, 2014, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Dec. 11, 2014, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Dec. 12, 2014, midnight
Network: TVOntario
Episode Runtime: 43 min.
Season Runtime: 43 min.
Released: Dec. 1, 2014
Last Air Date: Dec. 12, 2014, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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