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A story of scientific daring and discovery, grit, and human endeavor, where unlocking the mysteries of our icy worlds is key to unlocking the forces that drive our planet.

No sunlight, no soil to eat. In Antarctica, Dr. Ry Holland finds microbes surviving on thin air.
Could life beyond Earth hide in ice? Dr. Birgit Sattler finds tardigrades thriving inside a glacier.
Dr. Melanie Lancaster is a marine mammal specialist and advocate for quiet Arctic oceans.
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Journey beneath the ice to discover hidden worlds and clues to life beyond Earth.
As polar oceans warm and sea ice disappears, is the balance of our entire planet at risk?
Venture into Earth’s most extreme ice fields to unlock the hidden history of our climate.
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Pumping seawater onto frozen ocean, Real Ice and Inuit guides test whether sea ice can grow thicker.
Discover epic science in the most extreme places on Earth.
Is Greenland's ice leaking methane? Glaciologist Alun Hubbard descends into a moulin to find out.
Go behind the scenes of the epic three-year journey to film “Ages of Ice.”
Five strangers, 220-pound sleds, 30 days on Greenland's ice, all to map what lies beneath.
Glaciologist Alun Hubbard stands at the edge of a perilous moulin on the Greenland ice sheet.
Discover epic science in the most extreme places on Earth.
At -40°, your eyelashes freeze with every blink. So why do these scientists keep coming back?
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