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The Making of “Ages of Ice”

Season 2026 | 4m 54s

Learn how crew and scientists travelled to some of the most unforgiving places on the planet to film “Ages of Ice.” Battling blizzards, crossing ice sheets, and adapting to the unpredictability of polar fieldwork, watch the extraordinary effort behind every moment on screen and the shared curiosity driving filmmakers and scientists to the ends of the Earth.

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Austrian scientist Dr. Birgit Sattler studies the microbial life that exists in ice.
On Antarctica’s barren nunatuks, Dr. Ry Holland searches for microbial life.
Dr. Melanie Lancaster is a marine mammal specialist and advocate for quiet Arctic oceans.
The team from Real Ice work with the Inuit community on a radical plan to refreeze sea ice.
Discover epic science in the most extreme places on Earth.
Professor Alun Hubbard is studying the cause of meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet.
Dr. Adrian McCallum and his team traverse the Greenland ice sheet on a 350 mile journey.
Glaciologist Alun Hubbard stands at the edge of a perilous moulin on the Greenland ice sheet.
The polar regions are places of wonder and profound connection for the scientists who work there.
Discover epic science in the most extreme places on Earth.
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