World’s Toughest Boat Trips | The Arctic | Free Documentary

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Host Ian Wright travels to the high Arctic from the coast of northern Norway, working his passage on a trawler fishing for cod, before continuing his voyage on a specially icestrengthened vessel around Spitsbergen, the world’s northernmost inhabited islands, in order to search for polar bears. Ian’s tough Arctic journey starts in the northern Norwegian fishing port of Tromso, more than 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. From here, aboard the fishing trawler Hermes, he travels 300 miles further north to rich fishing grounds near remote Bear Island. With 18 crew on board, the Hermes can catch and store up to 450 tons of fish in its freezer before needing to return to port to unload. Before the fish are frozen, the heads and guts are removed in the onboard fish factory, where Ian helps out. It’s a tough job, with the crew working shifts, 6 hours on, 6 hours off, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for weeks on end, often in rough seas. Ian struggles to keep up with the hardworking crew and admits he’s not much of a fisherman, but he has plenty of laughs, keeping spirits high all the time.

After 5 days at sea, the Hermes drops Ian off at the remote Spitsbergen islands, where he boards the 1950sera Arctic cruise ship Stockholm, which takes a small group of passengers in search of polar bears and other wildlife. Spitsbergen's rich wildlife and historical significance in Arctic exploration are highlighted, including visits to sites used for North Pole expeditions. Roald Amundsen launched from Spitsbergen in 1926, becoming the first person to reach both Poles. Ian also explores Danskoya Island, where a Swedish attempt to reach the North Pole in 1897 ended in disaster. As the Stockholm navigates past stunning Arctic landscapes, it reaches the edge of the pack ice, encountering a variety of wildlife including polar bears, an Arctic fox, and walruses. Ian's journey from Norway to Spitsbergen is an unforgettable adventure.

This series explores some of the planet's most fascinating and hardcore boat journeys. We undertake epic journeys by boat in some of the toughest environments on earth. During our journeys, we look at how the technology of boat travel has been adapted to survive, trade with, and connect isolated communities.
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