The Polar Sea

Season 1

The documentary is about sailing the arctic seas and how global warming is effecting natural living in the small communities as well as fauna life. The focus is primarily on three men who are friends that decide to leave their homes for the summer and take an adventure. There are some graphic scenes in the 4th episode that depict animals being killed for food, and whales being hunted and shot. The killing of the whale is not fast and may upset some viewers. The kill is to feed the family of local tribes people so it is not done out of cruelty

Where to Watch The Polar Sea • Season 1

10 Episodes

The New Everest
E1
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.
Sailing Ice
E2
Sailing IceIt 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.
Legends of Food
E3
Legends of FoodThe 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.
Wild Science
E4
Wild ScienceWe 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.
Arctic Exiles
E5
Arctic ExilesCrossing 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.
Surviving Civilization
E6
Surviving CivilizationIn 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.
Arctic Crossroads
E7
Arctic CrossroadsLate 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.
Melting Land
E8
Melting LandRichard 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.
Striking Oil
E9
Striking OilEntering 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.
A Passage to the Future
E10
A Passage to the FutureTwo 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.