The Polar Sea
A Swedish sailor and a crew of voyagers embark on an expedition through the Northwest Passage, looking to connect with the people of the Arctic and to witness the changes due to global warming.
A Swedish sailor and a crew of voyagers embark on an expedition through the Northwest Passage, looking to connect with the people of the Arctic and to witness the changes due to global warming.
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In his quest to navigate the famed Northwest Passage, Richard Tegner heads to Greenland, where the melting glacier is...
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The voyagers must learn to navigate Arctic waters and the discomforts of long confinement in a small vessel.
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The explorers cross Baffin Bay to land in the tiny Inuit village of Pond Inlet, where climate change has meant an...
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The voyagers depart for Lancaster Sound, a land teeming with whales, birds and bears.
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Crossing the Northwest Passage is a huge challenge. Some explorers break down and fall back, leaving others exiled. Such...
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Deep in the Northwest Passage, Richard enters a surreal world where civilization has had very mixed results.
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Late August finds the explorers at the halfway point of the Northwest Passage, racing against the return of winter.
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Richard hitches a luxurious new ride and sails west along a melting coast. Climate change is turning the Arctic green...
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Entering Alaska, the Northwest Passage transforms from wild terrain into an industrial corridor lined with oil rigs.
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Threading between the Diomede Islands - one American, the other Russian - our explorers finally exit the Bering Strait...