National Geographics Polar Explorations
The Saga of Arctic Explorations
S1 • E4 Mar 6, 2015 30m
Over the centuries, hundreds of people have perished trying to find their way through the Northwest Passage and to the North Pole, while hundreds more have spent months or years trapped on ships in Arctic sea ice. Discover how explorers such as Henry Hudson, Sir John Franklin, and Roald Amundsen opened up this polar region to the world.
