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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.

Could life beyond Earth hide in ice? Dr. Birgit Sattler finds tardigrades thriving inside a glacier.
Journey beneath the ice to discover hidden worlds and clues to life beyond Earth.
No sunlight, no soil to eat. In Antarctica, Dr. Ry Holland finds microbes surviving on thin air.
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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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Dr. Melanie Lancaster is a marine mammal specialist and advocate for quiet Arctic oceans.
Pumping seawater onto frozen ocean, Real Ice and Inuit guides test whether sea ice can grow thicker.
Is Greenland's ice leaking methane? Glaciologist Alun Hubbard descends into a moulin to find out.
Five strangers, 220-pound sleds, 30 days on Greenland's ice, all to map what lies beneath.
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?
Discover epic science in the most extreme places on Earth.
Go behind the scenes of the epic three-year journey to film “Ages of Ice.”
Glaciologist Alun Hubbard stands at the edge of a perilous moulin on the Greenland ice sheet.
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